Migrating Your App to BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Tablet OS: Step-by-Step

Top 10 Features — BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Tablet OS

1. HTML5 / Web standards support — build apps with HTML5, CSS and JavaScript for PlayBook tablet.
2. Native API bridge (WebWorks APIs) — JavaScript APIs exposing device capabilities (camera, contacts, filesystem, sensor, etc.).
3. App packaging and signing (bbwp / BAR packaging) — tools to package web app into a BAR and integrate BlackBerry code-signing for deployment.
4. Simulator support — PlayBook simulator images (requires VMware) for testing apps on a virtual tablet.
5. File and filesystem access — read/write local file operations and system-level file manipulation.
6. Multimedia & background audio — APIs to play audio/video and continue audio playback when screen dims or app is backgrounded.
7. WebGL and graphics support — hardware-accelerated rendering (PlayBook OS 2.0+ support for WebGL).
8. Integration with Adobe AIR / Cordova (optional) — interoperability with Adobe AIR and use with Cordova tooling for cross-platform workflows.
9. Developer tools & build (Maven, Ant, CLI) — build scripts, CLI packager, and instructions for building the SDK from source.
10. Extensibility & open-source project — open-sourced on GitHub (Apache 2.0), allowing custom extensions, plugins and community contributions.

Sources: BlackBerry WebWorks-TabletOS GitHub repo, BlackBerry developer docs and release notes (PlayBook / WebWorks SDK).