Enhancement Candidates

The below enhancement candidates are for BlackBerry WebWorks JavaScript APIs for BlackBerry Smartphones only. The initial list of JavaScript APIs for BlackBerry WebWorks on the Tablet OS and are still under construction.

Smartphone - Under active development

Functionality	Description	Discussion	Latest Source	Author
Take a Picture	An API that allows for a quick taking of a picture and returning the image file	N/A	N/A	N/A
Banner Indicators	Ability to add small image and count to the Home Screen banner indicator notification area	N/A	N/A	N/A
Enhanced BIS Push	BIS push registration integrated with blackberry.push API	N/A	N/A	N/A
Enhanced BES Push	Added capabilities for push for auto wakeup and other 5.0 system push capabilities	N/A	N/A	N/A
Payment API	Ability for in App Payments	N/A	N/A	N/A
Advertising API	Insert Advertisements into your app using the Advertising Service	N/A	N/A	N/A
BBM API	Interact with the BBM Social Platform from within your app	N/A	N/A	N/A

Tablet OS - Under active development

Functionality	Description	Discussion	Latest Source	Author
Take a Picture	An API that allows for a quick taking of a picture and returning the image file	N/A	N/A	N/A
File IO	Access to the underlying file system	N/A	N/A	N/A
Payment API	Ability for in App Payments	N/A	N/A	N/A
Advertising API	Insert Advertisements into your app using the Advertising Service	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIN API	Ability to access the unique PIN of the tablet	N/A	N/A	N/A
Microphone API	Ability to record audio with the microphone	N/A	N/A	N/A

The below list is not in priority order

Functionality	Description	Discussion	Latest Source	Author
Message List	Ability to add items to the message list like other integrated apps like BBM do	N/A	N/A	N/A
Locale Info	Ability to query locale information such as language and timezone settings	N/A	N/A	N/A
Accelerometer	Handle device position change events from the accelerometer	N/A	N/A	N/A
File Upload/Download	Background running download/upload service to manage file transfers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Email Attachments	Attach files to messages	N/A	N/A	N/A
App World Licensing	Access to the App World dynamic licensing capabilities	See Thread	N/A	ddluk
Bar Code Scanning	Read a bar codes including QR codes	N/A	N/A	N/A
Spinner Control	A control that will provide a pop up spinning wheel to pick choices from	See Thread	View	tneil
Scroll Events	Event extensions to react to start and stop scrolling of the application contents	See Thread	View	tneil
Toolbars	Ability to insert fixed toolbars at top and bottom of screen with scrollable content	See Thread	View	tneil
Sound Profiles	Change current sound Profiles (silent, vibrate etc)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Inbox Listener	Inbox listen for new mail	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sub Menu Items	Add sub-menu items to an existing menu item	N/A	N/A	N/A
Unregister Hardware Keys	Unregister hardware key events from blackberry.system API	N/A	N/A	N/A
Graphs	Plotting and Graphing controls	N/A	N/A	N/A
MMS Message	Send MMS message (similar SMS API but allow to attach image or better image + audio)	N/A	N/A	N/A
HTML Email	Invoke Email Message App with HTML message body	N/A	N/A	N/A
Prevent Sleep	Prevent device going to sleep (some app like chess clock need the screen always on)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Native Drop-down	Popup Menu that emulates the Native dropdown list buttons that can scroll	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pop-up Menu	BlackBerry 6 popup menu	N/A	N/A	N/A
Icons on Menus	Icons for BlackBerry 6 style menus	N/A	N/A	N/A
Take a Video	Launch video camera and capture video file name and path	N/A	N/A	N/A
Record a Note	Launch audio recorder and capture audio file name and path	N/A	N/A	N/A
Menu in Native App	Add menu option outside the widget app and integrated with a native BlackBerry app for a better integration and quickly launch	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIN Message	Send pin message like we can do with emails or SMS	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIN Message Listener	Trap incoming PIN messages	N/A	N/A	N/A
Universal Search	Possibility to integrate with universal search BlackBerry 6	N/A	N/A	N/A
Multiple Loading Screens	Specify different loading screen images for different form factors and landscape/portrait	See Thread	N/A	N/A