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BlackBerry GPS Programming

If you’re doing GPS programming on a BlackBerry, there are two good sources of information:

BlackBerry Developer Journal GPS overview
GPS and BlackBerry Maps Development Guide

The former is the most useful.

July 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Programming | No Comments

BlackBerry Programming Is Now Live

BlackBerry Programming is a new site I’m developing devoted to the ins and outs of BlackBerry programming. Unlike this blog, it’s strictly an essay-based site — no comments, no spam. I created it because I wanted to be able to present information in a specific order and it seemed best to get away from a […]

June 18th, 2008 | Posted in Programming | 1 Comment

BlackBerry Programming Tip: Limit COD File Sizes to 64K or Less

RIM will tell you that a COD file can be up to 128K in size. Or, more precisely, contain up to 64K of executable code and 64K of data. Experience tells me otherwise, however, at least for applications that are installed using over-the-air (OTA) download.
If you’re creating an OTA application, make sure that each […]

March 16th, 2007 | Posted in OTA, Programming | 10 Comments