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diff --git a/content/posts/2007-09-19-blackberry-links-and-a-rant-about-thieving-bastards.html b/content/posts/2007-09-19-blackberry-links-and-a-rant-about-thieving-bastards.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..52dd046 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2007-09-19-blackberry-links-and-a-rant-about-thieving-bastards.html @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +--- +date: "2007-09-19T07:27:30Z" +title: Blackberry Links and a Rant About Thieving Bastards +--- + +<img src='http://pablotron.org/gallery/misc/bb_pig-tiny.png' + width='176' height='176' align='right'/> + +<p> +I just got a Blackberry for work, and I've been looking around for +some simple applications. The entire experience reminds me of looking +for Windows Mobile software; a bunch of small, money grubbing companies trying to nickel +and dime people for things they have no business charging for. $5 for +a crappy theme that you obviously spent 15 minutes on? No thanks, I'll +make my own. $15 for your E-Book reader? I already made a mistake when +I bought your shitty software for my +<acronym title='Personal Digital Assistant'>PDA</acronym> +two years ago; I won't be fooled again. What a bunch of thieving bastards. +</p> + +<p> +The good news is that I did manage to find a couple of decent +applications. Here they are: +</p> + +<ul> +<li><a href='http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/'>MidpSSH</a>: Mobile SSH +client. <a href='http://tynian.net/'>Brian</a> dug this one up. The +source is also a pretty good reference for MIDP development. +</li> +<li><a href='http://www.operamini.com/beta/'>Opera Mini</a>: The +crackberry comes with a half-assed built-in browser. Opera Mini makes +up the other half by resizing images and scaling the page so it fits +nicely on your screen. +</li> +<li><a +href='http://jmirc.sourceforge.net/'>jmIrc</a>: Decent mobile IRC +client. +</li> +</ul> + +<p> +Also, <a href='http://www.blackberryfreaks.com/'>Blackberry Freaks</a> +and <a href='http://getjar.com/'>GetJar</a> both have lists of free +software for the Blackberry. Actually, GetJar is useful for any +<acronym title='Java 2, Mobile Edition / Mobile Information Device Profile'>J2ME/MIDP</acronym>-capable +device; that's where I got most of the software for my Samsung t809. +There's also <a href='http://midlet.org/index2.jsp'>midlet.org</a>, +although everything there seems to be straight out of 2002. +</p> + +<p> +The best overall Blackberry forum I've found so far seems to be +<a href='http://blackberryforums.com/'>Blackberry Forums</a>. I particularly like the <a href='http://www.blackberryforums.com/developer-forum/'>developer forum</a>. +</p> + +<p> +I also managed to get the <a +href='http://java.sun.com/products/midp/'>MIDP SDK</a> up and running +without too much effort. You basically just uncompress the archive +wherever, then add the <code>$MIDP_DIR/classes</code> directory to your +classpath when compiling your <code>.java</code> files. It includes an +MIDP emulator which works fine for several applications I've tried, and +also seems to hate the JAD files I'm generating for no apparent reason. +Oh well. Here are the interesting MIDP and Blackberry development links +I've dug up: +</p> + +<ul> +<li><a href='http://java.sun.com/javame/reference/apis/jsr118/'>Sun J2ME +MIDP 2.0 API Reference</a>. +</li> +<li><a href='http://www.theilya.com/info/bbjde.shtml'>Blackberry JDE on +Linux</a>: The information here looks a bit dated, but it still might be +useful.</li> +<li><a +href='http://developers.sun.com/mobility/midp/articles/midp2network/'>J2ME +Low-Level Network Programming with MIDP 2.0</a></li> +<li><a href='http://www.billday.com/j2me/'>Bill Day's java ME +Archive</a>.</li> +<li><a +href='http://www.spindriftpages.net/blog/dave/2006/06/18/midlet-jar-signing-a-tutorial-revised/'>MIDlet +JAR Signing</a>.</li> +<li><a +href='http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-2001/jw-0105-midp.html'>Device programming with MIDP</a>: Great three-part series +on the MIDP API. The articles pre-date MIDP 2.0 but they include plenty +of examples and links for additional information. Be sure to click the +Print link at the bottom to view all the pages concatenated together.</li> +</ul> + +<p> +Fire an email or comment my way if you've got any more useful links. +</p> + |