Excerpt from BlackBerry Hacks on Oreilly.com
Dave Mabe, author of the soon to be released BlackBerry Hacks book, posted an excerpt from the book over on oreilly.com. The article is divided into eight sections:
1. Email: BlackBerry's Bread and Butter
2. Keyboard Design and Usability
3. The BlackBerry Web Browser
4. Key Corporate Features
5. Developers, Developers, Developers
6. Games and Third-Party Apps
7. Quick Tips for New Users
8. So, What Is a BlackBerry?
Check it out here.
Update 10/7/2005: It's actually not an excerpt from the book, you can get the chapter list and the cover image over on Dave's blog.
October 02, 2005 in Tips by ajohnson
Comments
I worked on this book, and several others in this series.
This is a fantastic book for BlackBerry neophytes and power users alike, as well as BES administrators and content authors.
I am quite pleased with the final product, this book will be a great stocking-stuffer for senior management this holiday season :)
Posted by: Emory on October 3, 2005 12:44 PM
Well Magmic just does not fit in the gaming business. Check Handango to see how well they do from the sales point of view and you will notice that their games are far from top ten(especially the games that appear in this book).
If the book is as proffesional as the gaming section then it is worthless.
Sorry guys you still need to work on it.
Better luck next time
Posted by: Criss Hildegard on October 6, 2005 4:03 AM
Magmic is the only Game house that was featured on the BlackBerry website, as far as I know.
You could install and download their games direct from RIM.
You do realize that people can buy software from people other than Handango, right? :-)
Posted by: Emory on October 6, 2005 9:54 AM
You'd be hard pressed to convince anyone that Magmic isn't the undisputed leader in BlackBerry games at this point. The article I wrote on the O'Reilly Network isn't an actual excerpt from the book - there are other games besides those from Magmic.
O'Reilly will make a few of the hacks available for download for free on the book's web site, so anyone can check them out for themselves. Gaming is just one of the chapters in the book.
Cheers, Dave
Posted by: Dave Mabe on October 6, 2005 10:38 AM