RIM Adjusts Blackberry MDS

The Canadian Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) continues approach on two software -Java and Web applications- development in the future. It can be derived from elements of the so-called Web Widgets that generate HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and as an application to install.

For that RIM adjusts the development environment Blackberry MDS. MDS Runtime and MDS Studio starting at the end of the year has no longer available, the support ends in mid-2010. New devices with OS 4.7.1 and higher are no longer MDS Runtime support.

To ensure the support of Web applications development, RIM offers a new version 1.2 plug-ins for Visual Studio . It requires Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition on Windows XP and Vista in 32-bit version. In addition, RIM released a new plug-in for Eclipse 3.4, which is based on the same version of Windows.

Both tools include a device simulator, so that applications can be run directly on your PC for free, without having to install them on a BlackBerry device. Javascript can be used with the new plug-ins both for debug and profile. Moreover, they show the contents of transmissions to XMLHttpRequest.

The old Visual Studio plug-ins with V.1.0 and 1.1 are in the same frame as MDS Studio and Runtime. Both are no longer available or supported.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 Pluto

The rumor about BlackBerry Pluto or BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Magnum 9220 appears in Softpedia. Blackberry Pluto, which resembles Onyx, has a touchscreen display and QWERTY keypad, While the Magnum, which will be the successor Blackberry Bold will be present with the features of 3G.

Blackberry Bold 9900 is estimated to be released by the end of third-quarter of 2009 with the specification below:

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9900 (RIM Pluto) Specs

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Datasheet State:	Incomplete specifications
Expected Release Date:	September, 2009
Project Codename:	RIM Pluto
Predecessor Model:	RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000
Software Environment
Embedded Operating System:	RIM BlackBerry OS 4.7
Memory Storage capacity
RAM capacity:	128 MiB
ROM capacity:	128 MiB
Secondary ROM capacity:	1 GiB
Display
Display Type:	color transmissive TFT , 65536 scales
Display Diagonal:	2.6 "
Display Resolution:	480 x 360
Sound
Microphone(s):	mono
Loudspeaker(s):	mono
Audio Output:	3.5mm
Cellular Phone
Cellular Networks:	GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100
Cellular Data Links:	CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
Call Alert:	32 -chord melody
Vibrating Alert:	Supported
Speakerphone:	Supported
Control Peripherals
Positioning Device:	Touchscreen & TrackBall
Primary Keyboard:	Built-in QWERTY-type keyboard
Directional Pad:	Not supported
Scroll Wheel:	Not supported
Interfaces
Expansion Slots:	microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash
USB:	USB 2.0 client, 480Mbit/s mini-USB
Bluetooth:	Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Wireless LAN:	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
Infrared Gate:	Not supported
Multimedia Telecommunication
Analog Radio Receiver:	Not supported
Digital Media Broadcast Tuner:	Not supported
Satellite Navigation
Built-in GPS module:	Supported
Complementary GPS Services:	Assisted GPS, Geotagging
Built in Digital Camera
Main Camera:	3.1 MP
Autofocus (AF):	Supported
Built-in Flash:	mobile light (LED)
Additional Details
Battery:	removable

The release of these devices are still a rumor, even you can see the image manipulation by Photoshop at Crackberry. Still everything about this smartphone is a speculation.