Research in Motion has announced at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, that the manufacturer will make available its own online application storefront on and a new on-device application centre. Developers will be able to upload their applications from December 2008, but the store itself will only be available from March 2009.
Developers will be able to set their prices, but RIM will retain 20% of the revenue. The manufacturer is working with PayPal to bring the payment method to the service. Carriers will be able to customize the application, and Organizations that have deployed BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Professional Software will retain control of what applications can be downloaded, according to the press release. Developers will receive updates of the store by visiting the Store Front page.
In other news, BlackBerry will make available the BlackBerry Web Signals technology to notify consumers of new content available from providers, such as news, weather, sports, entertainment, financial information and more. RIM will release a plug-in for Eclipse, new updates for Microsoft Visual Studio, and support for Gears, for developers to create web-compatible applications.
Press release after the break.
RIM made several announcements today at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, including plans to launch a new online application storefront and a new on-device application center. Highlights:
- RIM plans to launch the application storefront in March 2009; BlackBerry application developers can begin submitting their applications and content for inclusion in December 2008.
- The storefront will allow developers to set their own prices for applications; developers will retain 80 percent of the revenue generated from their applications.
- RIM is working with PayPal to provide consumers with a convenient and trusted way to pay for applications within the new application storefront, right from their BlackBerry smartphone.
- Organizations that have deployed BlackBerry® Enterprise Server or BlackBerry® Professional Software will retain control of what applications can be downloaded
- RIM is also working with its carrier partners to provide carrier-customized, on-device application centers. RIM has already worked with carriers successfully to provide this type of on-device distribution system for individual software applications, such as the popular Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones application.
- RIM is already working with carrier partners on plans to roll out the BlackBerry application center on future BlackBerry smartphones.
- For more information on the BlackBerry application storefront, interested developers should visit www.blackberry.com/storefrontinfo and sign up to receive periodic updates.
Separately, RIM announced the following:
- The availability of the new BlackBerry® Web Signals technology for the BlackBerry developer community
BlackBerry Web Signals leverages RIM’s unique push technology to allow online content providers to automatically notify BlackBerry smartphone users when relevant content has been published and to allow one-click access to the online information. Content providers will offer a range of services that enable customers to stay connected with news, weather, sports, entertainment, financial information and more. Several members of the BlackBerry developer community are already set to launch services powered by BlackBerry Web Signals technology, including CBC, Dada.net, Thumbplay and washingtonpost.com. For example, the washingtonpost.com icon on a BlackBerry smartphone’s home screen will change to reflect a breaking political story, sports piece or other topics of coverage that users sign up to receive.
- Plans to bring the power of the web to BlackBerry application development
The new tools and technologies will include a new plug-in for Eclipse developers and new features for the BlackBerry® Plug-in for Microsoft® Visual Studio® that support web development capabilities; as well as support for Gears, enabling web applications to run as standalone applications on BlackBerry smartphones.
- New versions of various BlackBerry developer tools that further support innovative, streamlined mobile application development
The developer tool updates include a new public beta of the BlackBerry® JDE® Plug-in for Eclipse, as well as new releases of the BlackBerry® Plug-in for Microsoft® Visual Studio®, BlackBerry® MDS Studio, and Plazmic Content Developer’s Kit™ for the BlackBerry platform.
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