“Last Chance” Port-A-Thon is January 18/19 With Bonus 250 Limited Edition Device Prizes
RIM just wrapped up a hugely successful BlackBerry 10 Port-a-thon this weekend and it looks like they are geared up for another. Jose sent us the terms and conditions for another port-a-thon RIM is planning starting at 12PM EST on January 18th and ending at 11:59:59PM on January 19th. This one seems to include all…
BlackBerry 10 Native & WebWorks SDKs Get A January Refresh
Its nice to see RIM pushing out quicker builds of the SDK toolset for BlackBerry 10 to tweak it for launch. They announced the new availability of a refreshed BlackBerry 10 Native SDK and WebWorks SDK. Both are available now and while they are not required for running on BlackBerry 10 they will improve performance…
BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha updates to 10.0.09.2320
With all of the BlackBerry 10 goodies going around before launch, the developers lucky enough to have a Developer Alpha get updated to10.0.09.2320. This is also significant, because it is the first Dev Alpha update to arrive OTA (over the air) instead of a PC update. No news on what exactly has changed here, but…
Less Than 3 Days Remaining for Built for BlackBerry 10K Developer Commitment
The time is running out for developers wanting to get in on RIM’s innovative 10K Developer Commitment. The last day to submit your app to App World to ensure you have time to get your app tested for Built for BlackBerry certification is January 11th at 8PM EST. This will allow you to submit your…
BlackBerry 10 “Live Port Challenge” @ AT&T Hackathon in Vegas This Week!
One of my buddies at RIM let us know that they are taking part in RIM’s AT&T Developer Hackathon in Vegas this week. It will be taking place at the AT&T Dev Summit on Jan 5&6 in Vegas and will have over $50,000 in prizes up for grabs. If you are going to be…
RIM Recommends PJSIP VoIP Library for BlackBerry 10
RIM has been doing everything they can to tear down the walls for BlackBerry 10 developers. Their latest move is to yet again validate the popular PJSIP open source SIP library for BlackBerry 10. This is exactly how TruFone brought their VoIP app to BlackBerry 10 and ported back their work to PJSIP which led…
Built for BlackBerry 10K Developer Commitment Deadlines Approaching Fast!
Those of you building apps for BlackBerry 10 with the 10K Development Commitment in mind better hurry up. RIM has set a recommended time of January 11th before 8:00pm Eastern Time (“ET”) for getting your BlackBerry App World submission approved so that you can have time to submit it for Built for BlackBerry approval before…
Show Your Support for BlackBerry 10 With “Port to BlackBerry 10” Tweets
Update: We mistakenly attributed the creation of the site to RIM but this is actually a fan made website. Mea Culpa. @NICKVALENTIN0 has created a very simple yet effective website to help stress to developers and publisherswhy they should bring their app to BlackBerry 10. It allows you to choose a drop down box of developers…
