Adding entries to the Blackberry address book from any web page
The Berry411 app enables mobile web pages on the Blackberry to do several things previos otherwise possible only from native apps, including directly adding entries to the Blackberry address book.
Below is a brief sketch of how this works for single address entries; I will document in another post how to add multiple entries if there is demand.
(1) Look in the HTTP-ACCEPTS header and see if you see the string “text/xml-berry411”. If you find it, this means the user has Berry411 installed.
(2) Construct a link like the following, replacing the bold values with the appropriate URL encoded values.
http://thebogles.com/berry/yp/add_contact?f=business_name&p=phone &a=street&c=city&s=state
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hello, saw your blog. and had to say hi to a bogle
By gary bogle on 11.22.06 8:28 pm
[…] As described previously Berry411 provides the ability for any web page to add addresses to the Blackberry address book. […]
By Adding multiple addresses to the Blackberry address book from any web page » Bogle’s Blog on 12.03.06 4:17 am
Hello and Happy New Year,
I very much enjoy using your Berry 411 application both for fun and practical purposes. I notice however that with the most recent release there is no longer a drop down option to clear the search history. How do I get rid of the items I’ve recently searched?
Thank you very much!
Riccardo
By Riccardo Martini on 12.31.06 6:50 pm
[…] This is pretty cool; a simple way for a user on a blackberry device to click a link and automatically have contact details added to an address book. « The rise of 125 x 125 ads […]
By The Web Design Blog on 01.03.07 12:38 am
I am building a web app specially for blackberry device. Users of the app wants to click on the first+last name link and view the contact details to verify the location so that they can plan their support trip.
Is there a way to invoke a address book lookup when a use clicks on the first and last name link.
Thanks
–Arun
By Arun on 09.29.07 2:00 am
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