BlackBerry Development Fundamentals

The BlackBerry Device Manager software can be downloaded from http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/desktop.

A great summary of the deployment options can be found in Deploying Java Applications.

For additional information on how to use the BlackBerry Application Web Loader, refer to the BlackBerry Application Web Loader - Developer Guide and the BlackBerry Application Web Loader - Release Notes and Known Issues List.

There are several interesting knowledge base articles related to concepts in this chapter:

• How To - Update the registry to deploy Java applications using Desktop Manager (Article #DB-00061).
• How To - Create a single .alx file to install multiple versions of an application (Article #DB-00028).
• How to - How To - Develop applications for different BlackBerry Device Software versions and BlackBerry smartphone models (Article #DB-00770)

For additional information on the BlackBerry App World, refer to http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/appworld.jsp.