New Developer Tools for BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold andBlackBerry Pearl Flip

New Developer Tools for BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip. Following the previous BlackBerry Storm officially announced, Research In Motion (RIM) announced the availability of new developer tools for creating and testing innovative, mobile-savvy applications for the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones.

The developer tools include new versions of the BlackBerry Java Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) that enable the streamlined development of mobile applications, as well as desktop simulators for the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones that accelerate mobile application testing.

BlackBerry JDE v4.7, available today in public beta, enables mobile application development for BlackBerry Device Software v4.7 which runs on the new BlackBerry Storm smartphone. It includes the ability to develop an application that works seamlessly on both touch-screen and keyboard based BlackBerry smartphones. New APIs available with BlackBerry JDE v4.7 that enable developers to take advantage of the new features of the BlackBerry Storm smartphone include:
+ Touch-Screen Support
+ Orientation and Rotation Support
+ Accelerometer Support
+ Virtual Keyboard Control
+ Camera and Media Integration
+ Set Homescreen Background Image

BlackBerry JDE versions and simulators are available as free downloads at www.blackberry.com/developers and will be showcased at the BlackBerry Developer Conference (www.blackberrydeveloperconference.com) on October 20-22, 2008 in Santa Clara, California.