As the BlackBerry smartphone, are gaining market share, software developers are increasingly asking whether they should be in writing or porting applications to run on the BlackBerry platform. There is no decision to be taken lightly, because there is a significant investment in time and effort into writing software for each mobile platform. And the BlackBerry platform is very different from the other platforms. Here is a brief overview of what you need to know before you create the BlackBerryApplications.