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Any discussion about Adobe and the iPad seems to always devolve into a Flash vs. HTML5 debate. For today at least, Adobe’s hoping to temporarily refocus the conversation on a trio of new tools that extend desktop Photoshop functionality to the iPad via native iOS apps. First up is Adobe Eazel, an iPad drawing app that lets you create a five-fingered painting on the iPad before transferring it back over WiFi to the Photoshop application running on your Mac or PC. Adobe Nav turns the iPad into a Photoshop companion device by extending live controls and menu bars from the Photoshop workspace to the iPad’s display. Finally, there’s Adobe Color Lava which turns the iPad into a hi-tech color mixing palette. Of course, these are just the first in what Adobe hopes to be a full range of Photoshop extensions hitting app stores just as soon as devs get their talents around Adobe’s Photoshop Touch programming tools (consisting of a Photoshop scripting engine and enhanced SDK) for Android, BlackBerry, and iOS devices (available for Mac and Windows platforms today). Expect to see the Eazel, Color Lava, and Nav Photoshop Touch apps arrive next month — alongside the 5.5 update to Adobe’s Creative Suite (and free Photoshop update for CS owners) expected on May 3rd — with prices ranging from $1.99 to $4.99. Until then, why not feast your eyes on a video preview posted after the break?

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Photoshop Touch apps and SDK extend desktop functionality to iPad and other tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kyocera promised that an SDK for its dual-screen Echo smartphone would be coming soon when it announced it last month, and it’s now delivered that and more. It’s just kicked off a full-fledged Android Developer Program for the phone, which will give developers access to Kyocera’s support team, additional promotion and co-marketing opportunities for their apps, and even loaner units, although it’s not clear exactly who’s eligible for the latter. Those interested in taking part can download the SDK and contact Kyocera for additional information at the link below.

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Kyocera launches developer program for dual-screen Echo smartphone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Announced at BlackBerry’s 2010 Developer Conference last fall, BBM Social Platform has just become available to interested third-party devs in beta form. Of course, you might be hoping that it opens BlackBerry Messenger to other (read: non-BlackBerry) platforms via API… but yeah, that’s not happening quite yet. Instead, the SDK allows folks developing for BlackBerry OS to integrate BBM capabilities into their own apps, and the list of capabilities is pretty extensive: you’ll be able to read and update user profiles, embed BBM chats inside your app, and transfer files, just to name a few of the big ones (with the user’s permission, of course). The current beta works for Java apps, while RIM’s hard at work crafting a new version for release in April that’ll add WebWorks web app compatibility.

RIM’s BBM Social Platform goes to open beta, lets devs bake BBM into BlackBerry apps originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ever since Allerta released an SDK for its well-hyped inPulse smartwatch, it was only a matter of time before we start seeing more practical applications that take this Bluetooth peripheral beyond the BlackBerry ecosystem. For instance, the latest example comes from the inPulse’s very own Lead Designer Eric Migicovsky, who happens to be a fan of Facebook Places and possibly an Android convert. Rather than having to pull out his Nexus One for every check-in, Migicovsky can now use his simple app on his inPulse to grab a list of nearby locations off the phone, and then check in with just a click of a button. Pretty neat, eh? For those interested, you can grab the project code off inPulse’s website and get programming.

inPulse Bluetooth smartwatch gets Facebook Places check-in app for Android (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You’ve heard that it was en route, and you’ve seen the preview. Now, it’s time to enter the wild, wacky world of Android 3.0 for yourself. Honeycomb’s SDK is now available for all developers to download, with the API’s being deemed final and able to withstand new apps that will target the fresh platform. We’d bother spilling the beans on the added features, but we know you’ve already torn your left click button off in a frantic race to the source link. Simmer down, son — the URL ain’t going anywhere.

Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK now available to all, API level literally cranked to 11 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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