BlackBerry Development
While hacking around with my BlackBerry today, I got Hello World! going fairly easily following a couple quick tutorials.
After that I wanted to test some integration with the Remember the Milk API so I followed the tutorial for HTTP connections. Got that working…
Next I was going to get the API login working which requires going to a specific URL to authorize the application. Here is where I hit a snag. the Browser API has this nice little note:
Signed: This element is only accessible by signed clients. If you intend to use this element, please contact RIM to establish the necessary agreements that will allow you to have your COD files signed.
Unfortunately, that necessary agreement to sign your applications is $100… Yes, $100…
So this has put a slight snag on me writing applications for the BlackBerry… I was going to try and hack up a quick Remember the Milk application this weekend as there seems to a fairly high demand for it…
Fortunately, I can still develop the application though using the BlackBerry Simulators, which are quite nice. So I think what I am going to do is try and develop the application using the simulators and show that around for now… I have some ideas for funding the $100 that I will get to if I can get some decent software up and running that people would like…
Probably going to spend the rest of tonight hacking away on the BlackBerry…
J!
