This might sound like a noob question, but here it goes anyway. Can BlackBerry devices upgrade themselves to the latest version of the BB software?
So in the same way that an iPhone 3G can upgrade to iOS 4.0, could (for example) a BlackBerry Curve upgrade itself to BlackBerry OS 6? Or could something like a BB 7100i upgrade to a newer OS?
Thanks!
The best way to update your device is to connect it to a computer running the BlackBerry Desktop Software. It will check for any updates and install them for you. The available updates for your device is not as simple as on the iPhone as some devices won't support the latest versions.
Depends on the device and the OS version you wish to upgrade to.
You might be better asking this question in the blackberry support forum
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/
Blackberry devices can upgrade to new OS if the devices support OS Upgrade feature.
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I developed one application in Blackberry OS 6.I deployed that app in to Blackberry world successfully.But it is not working in Blackberry OS 10.I am getting following error:
Unsupported for this device
Please help me how to run application in OS 10.
Thanks in Advance.
OS10 is a completely different system. It no longer supports the BB6/7 Java environment. You will need to port your app to one of the new supported platforms:
http://developer.blackberry.com/develop/platform_choice/index.html
Cascades (c++ & qml)
Webworks
Android
Adobe Air
With WebWorks it is possible to run your application in both BlackBerry 6 and BlackBerry 10, you may need to make some changes to your code, but it is certainly possible and there are plenty of resources available.
You can start from here.
Specifically BlackBerry states:
Your BlackBerry WebWorks app can be targeted to run on a variety of
BlackBerry device models or ported to a different OS, such as iOS or
Android.
Developing your app with BlackBerry WebWorks gives you the flexibility
to target users of the latest BlackBerry devices and those who are
using older models. Depending on the OS you want to target, versions
of the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK available for:
BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry PlayBook
BlackBerry 7 and earlier
See here for a tutorial on creating an application which is able to work on old and new BB devices (Simple Hello World application).
A good article to look at can be found here, which explains some of the fundamentals and differences with webworks.
Please tell me will BlackBerry application till OS 7.1 work for new BlackBerry OS version 10?
It wouldn't work if it's written in java. If you used webworks,html5 etc, it will work on os 10
At BlackBerry10Jam London yesterday, it was said on stage that in future RIM aim to offer support for apps that ran on previous versions of BB OS. By that I guess they mean they are looking to adapt the Android App support they have for BB 10 (which is in effect a java/dalvik runtime within which you can run some Android apps). No time frames though.
I want to start learning how to develop apps for the iPhone and the ipad but I don't want to shell out $1000+ for the latest mac. I was wondering what is the lowest mac os required for development - snow leopard? Are there any major reasons why you should have a mac running the latest os for development?
iOS5 requires Xcode4 which requires Mac OS 10.7
You're going to want to have the latest OS. You'll need the latest OS to install future iOS SDK's. Plus, with the Mac Dev program the OS is free anyway (Assuming you plan to develop for the Mac as well). Otherwise, Lion is only $29.
For the computer, if you really want to spend as possible, I'd recommend going with a Mac Mini which is $599. You'll need a monitor, but if you already have one at home, you can just buy the Thunderbolt to VGA adapter to hook it up to an existing VGA monitor.
I have an app, it has two versions, a lite version(free) and a pro version(paid).
Now my need is to upgrade lite version to pro while go through a link from lite version.
After upgrading the lite version should not be in the device. Only pro version should appear in the device.
Is it possible to do this, if yes how can I implement this?
Thank you
Uninstalling an app in code is not possible, but you should take a look at In App Purchases to unlock Pro functionality in the free version.
Hi i started blackberry application development for 5.0 operating system.I just want to ask whether these apps would also run on operating system 6.0 as i heard that blackberry is forward compatible.
If you develop for BB os 5.0 it will work on os5.0 upwards, which are os 5.0,os6.0 , os7.0 etc. It will not work in pre os5.0 which are like os 4.5 ,os 4.6 etc