Comment Re:Blackberry is pretty good (Score 1) 143
I second this. Having worked with other J2ME devices, and then with BlackBerry smartphones, the latter is a dream by comparison.
I would have to say that sticking with the MIDP & CLDC ways of doing things can be quite limiting.
But like you mentioned, with the $100 key, you can do quite a lot beyond the usual J2ME set of limitations.
Of course, as always, the more recent the BlackBerry OS version you develop for, the happier the developer you are.
The only thing I do have to admit that I miss slightly is that the UI apis for BlackBerry phones are not thread safe
as they are in the MIDP apis, but there are plenty of reasonable ways to handle this in code.
I would have to say that sticking with the MIDP & CLDC ways of doing things can be quite limiting.
But like you mentioned, with the $100 key, you can do quite a lot beyond the usual J2ME set of limitations.
Of course, as always, the more recent the BlackBerry OS version you develop for, the happier the developer you are.
The only thing I do have to admit that I miss slightly is that the UI apis for BlackBerry phones are not thread safe
as they are in the MIDP apis, but there are plenty of reasonable ways to handle this in code.
