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Is it possible to program a BlackBerry smartphone using C# and managed code?

Is there any way possible to run C# code on a BlackBerry OS smartphone? I've got some Windows Mobile 5.x/6.0 frameworks written in C# that my team needs to "port" to various smartphone platform. We're looking at the following smartphone OS's:

  • Windows Phone 7 - VS 2010, Windows Phone Developer Tool CTP, Silverlight, XNA
  • iOS - MonoTouch, MonoDevelop IDE
  • Android - MonoDroid (when released), MonoDevelop IDE, Mono Tools for Visual Studio
  • BlackBerry OS - ???

Research didn't turn up any other programming options for BlackBerry OS but Java/J2ME. I know it's a long shot but was hoping someone here might know of some other options. At this point, I'd even consider a C#-to-Java translator.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • No, your only options for BlackBerry apps are:

    1. J2ME/CLDC native app
    2. BlackBerry widget using Javascript/HTML