{"id":9199,"date":"2010-05-19T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T20:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=9199"},"modified":"2010-05-19T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T20:16:33","slug":"trek-comics-available-on-blackberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2010\/05\/trek-comics-available-on-blackberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Trek Comics Available On BlackBerry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Star Trek<\/em> fans are now able to read their favorite <em>Star Trek <\/em>comics on the BlackBerry.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning this week, BlackBerry users can start their comic reading with IDW Publishing&#8217;s <em>Star Trek: Countdown<\/em> graphic novel.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IDWBlackBerry.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9200\" title=\"IDWBlackBerry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IDWBlackBerry.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The most popular IDW titles will be released on a weekly basis. After <em>Star Trek: Countdow<\/em>n, the next Trek comic to be released in the next few weeks will be <em>Star Trek: Movie Adaptation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re excited to bring our comics line up to BlackBerry users,&#8221; said <strong>Jeff Webber<\/strong>, IDW&#8217;s Director of ePublishing. &#8220;Each BlackBerry app collects an entire series into an individual graphic novel, and people can sample part of the story before they decide to purchase. With BlackBerry, we&#8217;ve expanded the audience for our digital comics to include users of one of the largest mobile platforms in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Proud to be the first major publisher of comics available to BlackBerry users, IDW&#8217;s applications fully leverage the capabilities of BlackBerry devices to deliver the highest quality user experience. Each IDW comic features panel-by-panel viewing and scroll bar navigation, plus built-in news feeds that bring fans all the latest IDW news and updates.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/011209STCountdown.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9201\" title=\"011209STCountdown\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/011209STCountdown.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the BlackBerry comic applications, IDW partnered with Sweet Caesar, a premier BlackBerry developer. &#8220;We have work closely with IDW to bring the world of digital comics to the BlackBerry platform and to deliver the best possible user experience&#8221;, said <strong>Bogdan Chmielewski<\/strong>, Sweet Caesar&#8217;s Chief Technology Officer. &#8220;We are looking forward to working with IDW on upcoming titles and continuing to enhance the application based on consumer feedback.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>IDW comics are currently available through the BlackBerry App World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Trek fans are now able to read their favorite Star Trek comics on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2971],"tags":[3229,2525,2715],"class_list":["post-9199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magazine","tag-blackberry","tag-comics","tag-idw-publishing"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/magazine\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Magazine<\/a>","tag_info":"Magazine","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9203,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions\/9203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}