The BlackBerry Smartphone is one of the most top used phones in the business world. It's strong and secure operating system has been on the market for years, proving itself against all competitors time after time. But in a world where customers are demanding more apps, it has some major competition coming from the Apple iPhone and Android OS based smart phones. This book is designed to help you focus on bringing your BlackBerry Mobile OS Apps to life. When creating an app for a mobile device, size and design are a crucial part of the mix. It's not enough to have a good idea, but you need an idea that works and is easy to use on a small touch screen surface. One of the reasons why some apps make it and others don't is because they took the time to plan out their app, see how it works & looks before even writing down one piece of code. This simple process of spending time in concept and design changes everything. It's a critical part of the app evolution process to having a good, successful and well thought out app. This book gives you a tool to do just that. It is setup to give you a place to put down your initial app scope, and then go more into detail on what your screen will do. Followed by the chance to sketch it out and see your app come to life before going into code to create it. By having a place where you can create all your screens with the details, it saves you time and money by allowing you to change and create new options that might be a bit more complicated to do if you just started coding from the beginning. It also has a place for you to put down your notes, create a description for the BlackBerry App World store and even a place to create your apps icon too. This portable canvas allows you to create designs for the BlackBerry Mobile OS environment. It also gives you an easy to carry portable lab to experiment and allow your ideas to flourish right before your very eyes.

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New Log On To Computers (Revised) series consists of eight thoroughly revised and updated textbooks for classes 1–8. The books aim to help learners master the use of various types of software and IT tools. The books have been designed to keep pace with the latest technologies and the interests of the 21st century learners.

Ready to put your ActionScript 3 skills to work on iPhone and iPad apps? This hands-on book walks you through the process of creating an Adobe AIR application for iOS devices from start to finish, using the Flex 4.5 framework. Move quickly from a basic Hello World application to complex interactions with iOS APIs, and get complete code examples for working with device components—including the accelerometer, GPS, camera, gallery, and multitouch display. This is an ideal resource for Flex developers of all levels. Use Flash Builder 4.5 to create and debug a Flex Mobile project Choose a layout option to determine which files Flash Builder autogenerates Explore APIs that enable your app to interact with the camera, accelerometer, and GPS Read and write text files, and create and write to an SQLite database Interact with the browser, place calls, and create emails and text messages Load content into your app with StageWebView Design for iOS with specific UI elements while maintaining one code version for all mobile devices Publish your app to an Apple iOS installer file with Flash Builder

The Windows Mobile Smart Phone is one of the most popular and best phones used by businesses worldwide. It has a proven track record of dependability, strength and security. But, the one thing that is a huge factor now with smart phones is apps. What kind of apps are available and how well do they perform. Even though the phone might have all the bells and whistles if it doesn't have the right apps, many people won't even consider it. This book is designed to help you focus on bringing your Windows Mobile OS Apps to life. When creating an app for a mobile device, size and design are a crucial part of the mix. It's not enough to have a good idea, but you need an idea that works and is easy to use on a small touch screen device. One of the reasons why some apps make it and others don't is because they took the time to plan out their app, see how it works and looks before even writing down one piece of code. This simple process of spending time in concept and design changes everything. It's a critical part of the app evolution process to have a good, successful and well thought out app. This book gives you a tool to do just that. It is setup to give you a place to put down your initial app scope, and then go more into detail on what your screen will do. Followed by the chance to sketch it out and see your app come to life before going into code to create it. By having a place where you can create all your screens with the details, it saves you time and money by allowing you to change and create new options that might be a bit more complicated to do if you just started coding from the beginning. It also has a place for you to put down your notes, create a description for the Windows Marketplace and even a place to create your apps icon too. This book gives you an easy to carry portable lab to experiment and allow your ideas to flourish right before your eyes.

Easily create cross-platform, standalone native applications for mobile devices using AIR AIR allows you to develop the rich, creative, interactive media experiences for mobile applications. This easy-to-follow guide covers everything you need to know to create rich mobile applications using Adobe Flash Builder. Packed with examples, this book shows you how to build applications for mobile devices using a combination of ActionScript, the Flex framework and AIR. You'll discover how these applications are able to run across multiple mobile and tablet devices, targeting Google Android, Apple iOS, and BlackBerry platforms. Plus, hands-on instructions detail how to leverage the unique hardware and software features that are available to each various device and platform. Serves an ideal starting point for learning to create rich, interactive applications for mobile devices Includes hands-on examples that demonstrate how to best use the variety of hardware and software features Escorts you through mobile app concept to completion with sample code and step-by-step instructions Discusses such topics as enabling multitouch; developing for multiple screen sizes; maintaining app data; and much more Start building standalone mobile applications today with Beginning Flash, Flex, and AIR Development for Mobile Devices.

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