Web Developers Empowered by Titanium Mobile to Create Native BlackBerry Applications

WES 2010, ORLANDO, FL. – Wednesday, April 28, 2010 – Appcelerator®, the leading platform for rapidly developing native mobile, desktop, and iPad applications using web technologies, today announced Titanium beta support for the BlackBerry platform. Web developers already use Titanium to create rich native applications for the iPhone, Android and iPad. With today’s announcement, Appcelerator expands its cross-platform solution to include BlackBerry – the nation’s top-selling smartphone.

According to a March 2010 survey (www.appcelerator.com/mobile-developer-survey/) taken by Appcelerator, 43% of developers are interested in creating applications for BlackBerry. That’s a two-fold increase in just two months, during which time RIM saw a significant increase in awareness of next-gen platform capabilities, in particular the number of rich APIs available to developers to create new applications.

“Many of our developers, large and small have been eagerly anticipating BlackBerry support,” said Jeff Haynie, CEO of Appcelerator. “With the BlackBerry Beta, Titanium developers gain a full-featured, rich environment for creating native apps that leverage BlackBerry’s enhanced smartphone capabilities. We are delighted to offer Titanium developers native support for yet another platform on which to showcase their innovative apps.”

The Titanium platform enables web developers that lack Java or Objective-C knowledge – the languages required for Android, BlackBerry, iPad and iPhone development – to create native apps quickly and easily using the JavaScript knowledge they already have. Apps made with Appcelerator’s Titanium platform look, function and perform as fully native apps with native UI components, native code compilation, and native access to the device’s storage, multimedia, input, and geo-location APIs.

Interest from the Enterprise

While first generation mobile apps focused heavily on games and entertainment, Appcelerator’s January 2010 developer survey (www.appcelerator.com/tabletappwave/) indicates increasing developer interest in enterprise-type applications. Titanium developers now say business/productivity applications is the number one category of apps they would like to create. This sentiment is echoed by Appcelerator clients such as Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services, which is looking forward to leveraging Titanium to build rich BlackBerry apps for its customers.

“CSC’s customers are interested in all of the capabilities the latest generation of BlackBerry devices offer,” said Jim Petrassi, managing director for systems integration and development at CSC. “We have already been using Titanium for iPhone development, and we are very much looking forward to expanding that offering to include rapid BlackBerry development on Titanium for the enterprise.”

BlackBerry Beta Program

With today’s announcement, Titanium Professional subscribers will be able to access the BlackBerry Beta, which includes premium support from Appcelerator’s experts and professional training to get developers up to speed quickly. Beginning June 1st, Appcelerator will also grant select beta access to developers who can register their interest here: www.appcelerator.com/blackberry-beta.

About Appcelerator

Appcelerator enables web developers, ad agencies, ISVs, and enterprises to take advantage of the explosive growth in mobile, desktop, and iPad applications. The company’s flagship offering, Titanium, is the only open source platform to enable cross-platform development, from a single codebase, at web development speed for these three platforms. Appcelerator’s customers can leverage their exiting skills and open, industry standard technologies to decrease time-to-market and development costs, increasing customer adoption and revenues, and enjoying greater flexibility and control. For more information, please visit www.appcelerator.com.

Appcelerator is a registered trademark of Appcelerator, Inc. Appcelerator Titanium is a trademark of Appcelerator, Inc.

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Appcelerator Titanium Tablet edition is first to support iPad’s native user experience capabilities.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — Monday, April 5, 2010 – Appcelerator®, the leading platform for rapidly developing native mobile, desktop, and iPad applications using web technologies, announced today that it has launched support for iPad as part of a newly introduced Titanium Tablet SDK. Titanium Tablet will be the first to enable web developers to quickly build native iPad applications that feature native performance, native iPad user interfaces, and native access to iPad’s device capabilities. Appcelerator estimates that developers can save up to 80% of the time it takes to develop an iPad application using Titanium vs. writing an application in Objective-C. Titanium Tablet will be freely available within Titanium, which is licensed under the Apache 2 open source license.

Enabling a Native iPad User Experience

When Apple announced the iPad in January, the focus was on user experience capabilities that build on, yet make iPad distinctly unique from its successful iPhone predecessor. New user interface controls such as split views and popovers enable iPad-specific interfaces that adapt to different uses such as portrait or landscape viewing. These user experience elements build on inherited user interface elements that have become the hallmark iPhone experience. With the introduction of Titanium Tablet, Appcelerator is enabling 100% pure native iPad development, including all of iPad’s user interface elements. Titanium is the first cross-platform solution to do so. Going forward, Appcelerator expects to add to these capabilities as Apple makes advances in user interface design that further define the iPad as a new mobile category.

“Appcelerator is synonymous with native application development. Our customers place a premium on delivering applications with native performance, native user interface design, and native access to the underlying device capabilities,” explained Jeff Haynie, CEO, Appcelerator. “We’re pleased to enable our 35,000 web developers to build native iPad applications with the full complement of Apple’s iPad capabilities.”

Introducing Titanium Tablet

Titanium Tablet joins Titanium Mobile and Titanium Desktop SDKs as part of the Appcelerator Titanium product line. Web developers can download the upgrade to Titanium today and start building native iPad applications using their Javascript skills. Titanium Tablet includes the iPad simulator and aids developers in testing and packaging their application for submission to Apple’s App Store. Appcelerator has updated its “Kitchen Sink” reference application for the iPad, which showcases the code and live examples of over 200 APIs available to iPad developers.

Appcelerator has also added iPad support to its recently-introduced Titanium Professional and Enterprise subscriptions. Developers can add application analytics to their iPad applications to analyze user, session, and customer events. As well, the company is extending the premium support including in the subscription to include iPad-specific questions.

To learn more and download Titanium for free, visit www.appcelerator.com.

About Appcelerator

Appcelerator enables web developers, ad agencies, ISVs, and enterprises to take advantage of the explosive growth in mobile, desktop, and iPad applications. The company’s flagship offering, Titanium, is the only open source platform to enable cross-platform development, from a single codebase, at web development speed for these three platforms. Appcelerator’s customers can leverage their exiting skills and open, industry standard technologies to decrease time-to-market and development costs, increasing customer adoption and revenues, and enjoying greater flexibility and control. For more information, please visit www.appcelerator.com.

Appcelerator is a registered trademark of Appcelerator, Inc. Appcelerator Titanium is a trademark of Appcelerator, Inc.

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Carmen Hughes
Ignite PR
carmen@ignitepr.com
Tel: 650.227.3280 ext. 1
Cell: 650.576.6444