SOT: Blackberry 101 for developers

2005-07-26 Thread Ray Champagne
Hey all: So, here's a question for some of you more savvy developers out there: how to I program a corporate web site to be viewable by a Blackberry? We have a client who's salesforce just got issued Blackberrys. They already have a web site with a form that they'd like to access via the

Re: SOT: Blackberry 101 for developers

2005-07-26 Thread Rick Mason
Ray, I have a friend who has done some Blackberry apps using WML. I've seen some of his apps that use forms to submit info to a CF backend. If I am not mistaken Ben Forta even has a book out on WML. The other alternative on the newer Blackberries is Java. Rick Mason KnowledgeWatch Got news?

Re: SOT: Blackberry 101 for developers

2005-07-26 Thread Ray Champagne
Cool! My big question is, if I'm just submitting a simple form whose fields are just going to be emailed from the web server, is there any reason that I'd have to worry about other than display? I mean, it seems like once the info is pushed off the Blackberry, it should just be taken care of

Re: SOT: Blackberry 101 for developers

2005-07-26 Thread Adrocknaphobia
Ray, Most BlackBerry's have HTML browsers. Albeit usually in monochrome, but HTML browsers none-the-less. So the simple answer could be to just watch your page widths and d/l times. -Adam On 7/26/05, Ray Champagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool! My big question is, if I'm just submitting a

Re: SOT: Blackberry 101 for developers

2005-07-26 Thread Matthew Fusfield
There are a few options for Blackberry applications using CF. For the most part, the Blackberry browser can be used which supports HTML lite. You can also do push applications fairly easily with ColdFusion and the Mobile Data Service (MDS) on Blackberry Enterprise Server. There are a number of