Mobile Application Development Resources

T-Mobile offers a multitude of innovative platforms for your applications.  We regularly review and choose new devices and platforms that fit our customers' needs.

Development Platforms

Android:  Developers are buzzing about this open platform and we're right there with you. Android delivers a complete set of software for mobile devices: an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. An early look at the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) is now available.

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BlackBerry: The BlackBerry® Java® Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) is a fully integrated development environment and simulation tool for building Java Micro Edition (Java ME™) applications for Java-based BlackBerry smartphones.  Learn about the options available for developing wireless applications for BlackBerry® smartphones.

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Java™ ME:  Java ME is deployed on billions of devices, supported by leading tool vendors, and used worldwide.

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Sidekick: The Hiptop® API will help you produce applications with a distinct Sidekick flavor, but adhering to the J2ME specifications will allow you to more easily make your application available on other platforms. The Hiptop SDK contains a device simulator, OS libraries, proprietary tools and a set of example applications. Get the latest SDK for Sidekick developers.

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Windows Mobile®: Great opportunities to create rich new applications with Windows Mobile 6 that can reach deep into the OS. This mature OS uses many of the same APIs as regular Windows and can be easy for traditional developers to transfer their skills to mobile devices.

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Device Manufacturers

Device manufacturers such as, Motorola®, Nokia®and Samsung® offer their own set of SDKs, documentation and development tools. 

Dev Tooling:  IDEs, Emulators, Resource Kits

Eclipse: is a free, vendor neutral, open-source IDE available from the Eclipse Foundation.  With an extensible framework of plug-ins, this IDE has specialized support for J2ME with the Eclipse Java ME Plug-in.  Additionally, there is support from leading vendors including Device Anywhere, Blackberry and Nokia.

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NetBeans®: Mobility Pack.  NetBeans IDE is open-source and free. Create, test, debug and deploy applications that will run on billions of devices. Features like refactoring helps you change once and populate many.  Debugging support and Emulators in the NetBeans IDE help get you through testing quickly. 

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Windows Mobile 6 Developer Resource Kit: With this kit, you'll have everything you need to start developing for Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Mobile 5.0 powered devices. 

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