RIM BlackBerry Versions for HTML5/JS Hybrid Apps

Review these supported application development environments, operating systems, and hardware.

Supported Application Development Environments

Custom development using native IDEs is only supported for iOS and Android.

Supported Operating Systems

  • BlackBerry OS 7.1.x
  • BlackBerry OS 7.0.x
  • BlackBerry OS 6.0.x
  • BlackBerry OS 5.0.x

Tested Devices

Unless otherwise noted, all devices are supported. These devices have been tested by Sybase.

  • BlackBerry Curve 9360 OS 7.0 (7.0 Bundle 1680 (V7.0.0.353, Platform 8.0.0.388)) AT&T on BlackBerry OS 7.0.x
  • BlackBerry Torch 9810 Bundle 998 (v7.1.0.284) AT&T on BlackBerry OS 7.1.x
  • BlackBerry Torch 9810 (v7.0.0.540, Platform 5.0.0.694) AT&T on BlackBerry OS 7.0.x
  • BlackBerry Torch 9810 (v7.0.0.583, Platform 5.0.0.736) AT&T on BlackBerry OS 7.0.x
  • BlackBerry Bold 9780 Bundle 863 (v6.0.0.285, Platform 6.5.0.54) T-Mobile on BlackBerry OS 6.0.x
  • BlackBerry Torch 9810 Bundle 2647 (v6.0.0.600, Platform 6.6.0.223) on BlackBerry OS 6.0.x
  • BlackBerry Torch 9700 (v5.0.0.979) on BlackBerry OS 5.0.x
Warning!   BlackBerry Torch 9700 on OS 6.0.x is not supported due to a known BlackBerry bug.

Supported Hardware

The recommended minimum hardware is 256MB RAM with a CPU clock speed greater than 500MHz. Some 5.0 devices do not meet these minimums.

Devices are required to be paired with a BES and have the BlackBerry MDS transport enabled to allow connection with the Unwired Platform Runtime and to receive push notifications.