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Plazmic Content Developer's Kit v4.2.2 for BlackBerry

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The Plazmic Content Developer's Kit™ (CDK) for BlackBerry® is a suite of tools which allows content developers to create interactive and colorful media for BlackBerry wireless devices.

The Plazmic Content Developer's Kit incorporates Plazmic's expertise in rich wireless content development to significantly ease the content creation process for the award-winning BlackBerry platform. Developers, graphic artists and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) can use this suite of programs to simplify the authoring of rich wireless content. It leverages the unique features of the BlackBerry solution, such as full color LCD screen, 'always on' connectivity, web accessibility and back-end integration.

Features of the Plazmic Content Developer's Kit for BlackBerry:

• Composer, a graphical authoring tool for SVG content
• Theme Builder, a utility for customizing various aspects of the user interface, including home screen icons, wallpaper and font, text font and background, menu font and backgrounds idle screen and more. (Note: custom themes are supported on BlackBerry devices running BlackBerry device software v4.2 or higher only). New functionality includes:
  • support for Today Screens
  • support for Windows Vista
  • support for all handhelds running 4.2 or later
  • ability to import themes created with CDK 4.1 and CDK 4.2
• SWF Conversion Utility, transcoder for Macromedia Flash (SWF) files into SVG
• Media Engine Simulator, provides testing and debugging features for animated content
• SVG Transcoding Utility, a utility for transcoding SVG into a format optimized for delivery and use on wireless devices.

NEW! SVG Transcoder Now Included with BlackBerry Internet Service and BlackBerry Enterprise Server

The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) transcoder is now included as part of BlackBerry Internet Service™ and BlackBerry Enterprise Server™. The SVG transcoder is designed to convert supported SVG file format content into PME content on-demand when SVG content is requested by a software application.† As a result, content developers no longer need to manually generate PME content from supported SVG content. The SVG transcoder allows for improved delivery of data-driven SVG content to BlackBerry wireless devices.

BlackBerry Internet Service allows users to check their email and browse the web on a BlackBerry wireless device or BlackBerry-enabled device.* Users of BlackBerry Internet Service have the ability to access up to 10 supported business/personal email accounts and browse web content while on the go. The Internet browser feature of BlackBerry Internet Service allows users to quickly access HTML and WAP Internet content, with support for multiple content formats (GIF, JPEG, PNG, HTML, xHTML Basic, WML, SVG and JavaScript)** and secure sites (HTTPs, TLS, SSL).

BlackBerry Enterprise Server is software that sits behind a corporate firewall and can tightly integrate with existing enterprise systems.*** The BlackBerry Mobile Data Service™†† feature of BlackBerry Enterprise Server enables push-based access to enterprise applications and information using a BlackBerry wireless device or BlackBerry-enabled device, browser and software development tools. It supports multiple languages (XML, WML, JavaScript and HTML) and allows users to access data through either the BlackBerry Browser or Java™ applications.

Content developers should refer to the BlackBerry Wireless Handheld™ SVG Reference documentation in the Plazmic® Content Developer's Kit for further details on the supported set of SVG elements and attributes†.

* Availability of certain features of BlackBerry Internet Service may vary by wireless service provider.
** Some features require BlackBerry Handheld Software version 3.8 or subsequent versions.
*** Additional application development may be required.
† The SVG transcoder does not support all SVG content. Please refer to the BlackBerry Wireless Handheld SVG Reference document for the supported set of SVG. For best results, content developers should use the supported set of SVG.
†† Requires BlackBerry Enterprise Server software for Microsoft Exchange version 3.5 or subsequent versions, BlackBerry Enterprise Server software for IBM® Lotus® Domino® version 2.2 or subsequent versions, or BlackBerry Enterprise Server software for Novell® GroupWise® version 4.0 or subsequent versions.