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It would be great to add picks from my blackberry. What do you guys think?

 I agree, a BlackBerry application would be excellent. You can however do it from your BB browser. I just made this weeks picks that way. BB's have the ability to emulate IE or FF. However I just made my picks using BB browser with BB emulation in column view. A little messy but it worked.

What BB you have? I have the new Bold2 9700. Just trying it out. My regular BB is the Curve 8900. Using the browser would look nice in non column view in landscape on a storm.

You can specify different css rules for different media types. Does the BB browser identify itself as a handheld device? If so, you might be able to clean up the display for it.

I have the Blackberry Curve, but all blackberry's have the same browser, including the curve. Ive tested curve, tour, storm, and storm2.

The BB can identify itself. I found a css which is used for a BB so I should have the dimensions to make this mod. Mike, can you point me in the right direction to start this off?

 not all BlackBerrys have the same browsers.

They all have the "internet browser" unless you are on a BES and your IT admin removes it.

If you are on a BES you can have access to the "BlackBerry Browser" unless again the IT admin removes it

There is also a "Hotspot Browser" on WIFI capable BlackBerry's only. Again can be removes by IT admin if on a BES

Then there is an "MDS Browser", not used very often and also put on or not, by an IT admin on a BES

Then finally there is the WAP browser, strictly used to access your carrier related sites.

The main 3 browsers, "internet", "BlackBerry" and "Hotspot" all have the ability to emulate Firefox, Internet Explorer or BlackBerry. FF and IE will emulate that you are actually using a PC rather than your device. The BlackBerry emulation is what you should use on your device as it registers mobile sites, removes advertisements, that kind of stuff.

My site works 100% in the "BlackBerry Browser" using BlackBerry emulation, with column view selected. And as mentioned above it is ugly and out of place due to it not have a mobile version. This is where the CSS would come handy to create the mobile version.

 ok I was a little wrong. Works about 90%. Only think it doesnt seem to do is submit your picks. I can navigate anywhere, and can even make my picks and put in my tiebreaker, but submit just refreshes the screen.

Look like a mobile version will be needed

 this site looks handy

http://woork.blogspot.com/2008/07/tips-to-design-your-site-for-mobile.html

 So later builds of BlackBerry 5.0 OS started to work. BB6 also works as it is just like using a browser on your PC. Finally got rid of the horrible BB Browser and made a WebKit Browser. As for other phones... no idea... Im a BB man for life.

 I have a LG neon that has basic mobile functions with java based applications and games, i am running the mobile browser BOLT lite and am running my ASP football just perfectly on it. no modification for mobile needed, looks just like desktop format. i have tested making and reviewing picks just like on my desktop pc. i have no difference other than the mobile version likes reloading the page after checking boxes when making picks, but it is more like just refreshing the page instead of reloading so you dont lose any picks that are all ready made.

 I think the BlackBerry is pretty basic in design and function, and hasn't really evolved. And no developers I know are building on it. In another vein, I'd recommend new mobile computing units such as the Motorola mc65 which have the two-way radio function as well as a Windows-based OS which can crunch data, scan, take pictures AND it's rugged! For people out in the field working on a daily basis, it's way more functional.

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 I think the BlackBerry is pretty basic in design and function, and hasn't really evolved. And no developers I know are building on it. In another vein, I'd recommend new mobile computing units such as the Motorola mc65 which have the two-way radio function as well as a Windows-based OS which can crunch data, scan, take pictures AND it's rugged! For people out in the field working on a daily basis, it's way more functional.

The old browsers were good for their time, 6.0 was the start of their webkit browser. They bought a whole new company [Torch] for the 6.0 browser. It wasnt the greatest but it was better than what they had. 7.x browser has made the 6.0 browser much better. Hmmm... that sounds like evolving to me.

I know tons of developers that design for BB. Even more that design for the BBPlaybook. Since BBPlaybook is their new QNX OS [another company they bought, and again evolving] the browser is phenominal. With the BB10 Smartphones releasing later this year... all built in QNX, the browser will be the same as the BBPlaybook... phenominal.

Since the BBPlaybook can play native Playbook developed apps/games in flash, html5, air and a few others.... AND it can play Droid converted apps/games there is no shortage of app development for the future. Since the new BB10 Smartphones are QNX, they will also have the same luxery. RIM and BB are evolving for the future, USA technical analysts and the USA stock market are the ones not evolving.

The idea of adding blackberry application is awesome. I do have Blackbaerry curve 9360, and wanna try this out with it.

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