What I am hearing now is that RIM may have screwed up in the email they sent to developers that made us think the free PlayBook offer was extended. With that extension not happening that makes today the last official day to submit a BlackBerry PlayBook app to be eligible for the offer of a free BlackBerry PlayBook at launch. If you are not already in the submission process with an App World vendor account and signing keys I doubt you can still make the deadline. I am curious how many of you have already submitted apps or plan on submitting them today. Let me know in the comments along with what kind of app you submitted.
In the same vein I submitted a WebWorks app I created on March 23rd and it still is “pending review” over a week later. Maybe RIM is getting inundated with submissions? Either way they better approve it or I will have a conniption.
Marc Paradise ( View Profile) - Posts: 539
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 10:03 AM EST
Submitting today – probably right down to the 23:59ET wire
It occurred to me that nobody will have these devices until 4/19 – which means I can cut some functionality for now to give the base functionality (it’s a WebWorks game), and submit an update next week for the actual release.
BarracudaBob ( View Profile) - Posts: 1020
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 11:05 AM EST
Bummer. No free Playbook for me – unless by some miracle I win the contest.
kameleon ( View Profile) - Posts: 126
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 11:06 AM EST
Didn’t they bump this to the April 19th launch date?
CurtisCLaugh Not Registered
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:15 PM EST
I submitted last night. Anything else I got to do to receive the free Playbook? Any “gotchas”? Any word on when they will ship the free Playbook to app submitters? Same as stores (April 19th)?
Marc Paradise ( View Profile) - Posts: 539
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:18 PM EST
They’ve said they’re shipping them as “a priority”.
Only thing I can think of is that your app does have to be *accepted* into app world – so hopefully you made sure to thoroughly test on the simulator and adhered to the requirements in the vendor agreement. Issues in either (such as failures when running) can get your app rejected.
CurtisCLaugh Not Registered
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:18 PM EST
forgot to mention my submitted app is a game, Mexican Train Dominoes!
Alex Kinsella Not Registered
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:21 PM EST
Hi ‘kameleon,’
Alex from RIM here. Just to clarify – the deadline for the free BlackBerry PlayBook offer is March 31. Although code signing does not need to be completed today to take advantage of the free PlayBook offer, developers must complete the required signature process before the app can be made available in App World.
For more information on the offer, check out http://bbry.lv/dXpHvK.
Cheers,
Alex, RIM Social Media Team
Marc Paradise ( View Profile) - Posts: 539
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:25 PM EST
Hi Alex – a quick question if you’re still around. This sounds like we would have opportunity to re-submit a signed (and potentially modified) version of the app after the deadline?
I ask b/c I’ve had to remove some functionality from my upcoming submission in order to get it in — it’s fully usable without it, but there’s more that I’d like to see it doing.
So I’d hoped to be able to re-submit before 4/19 with a final version containing the things I’d cut.
Alex Kinsella Not Registered
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:27 PM EST
Definitely – you just need to have it signed before you can post it to the catalog.
Marc Paradise ( View Profile) - Posts: 539
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:28 PM EST
Excellent news, thanks
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 3331
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 1:30 PM EST
Any word on what the timeline for app reviews is now? When will we know if it is accepted?
linako Not Registered
Posted: March 31, 2011 at 8:45 PM EST
Hi, my app is ready, but I just submitted a request for code signing keys and just registered for vendor portal. Am I too late? Is there anything I can do to make it until the deadline???
Thanks!