Sencha Touch v2.1.1 Adds Official BlackBerry 10 Support & Theme
Sencha previously put out a public beta of Sencha Touch for BlackBerry 10. Now they have followed up with official support for BlackBerry 10. This includes full support in Sencha Touch 2.1.1 that they say “runs fantastically well on the BlackBerry 10 browser.” They have been collaborating with BlackBerry to optimize Sencha Touch along with…
Watch the BlackBerry Jam Europe 2013 Keynote Recording
If you were not at BlackBerry Jam Europe you may want to check out the keynote. BlackBerry just posted up a copy of the keynote which is available for everyone to watch. Its a bit edited but there are some great spots for developers. Check it out at this link.
Unity Creating Deployment Add-on for BlackBerry 10 Game Developers
BlackBerry just received another supporting announcement from Unity and their game development platform. Unity is responsible for quite a few of the awesome games that have come to BlackBerry 10 and the PlayBook. Now they are working together with BlackBerry to create a deployment add-on product to allow their 1.5 million developers easily publish…
BlackBerry Adds "Background Apps" & More to Native/Cascades Roadmaps
BlackBerry has updated the roadmaps for both the BlackBerry 10 Native and Cascades SDK to include some goodies. Sadly most of them do not have a defined date set for release but at least BlackBerry has gone public that they are coming. The main one I want to highlight is what they call “Headless Apps.”…
BlackBerry Android Runtime to be Updated to Jelly Bean
The current Android Runtime for BlackBerry 10 runs apps on the older but popular v2.3.3 Gingerbread version of Android. This version has become dated and the new hot version of Android is Jelly Bean v4.1 and v4.2. It looks like BlackBerry will be tracking the updated Android versions with an upcoming release of the Android…
Built for BlackBerry Program Updates Reveal Value
BlackBerry announced some updates to the Built for BlackBerry program to improve it. They announced that they will have a new “Top Built for BlackBerry” app and games list in BlackBerry World. On top of that they have stated that in the future only the apps in the Built for BlackBerry program will be featured…
Limited Edition BlackBerry 10 Devices Revealed – 12,000 Being Made
BlackBerry revealed a little bit more about the limited edition devices they are developing for developers who qualify and swap their dev alpha devices. This limited edition device will come in red and BlackBerry is making 12,000 of them exclusively for developers. Pretty slick! The red color will most likely look hot though it is…
BlackBerry 10 SDKs & Simulators Updated to v10.1 With Q10 Support
BlackBerry has announced the release of their update SDK tools and simulators at BlackBerry Jam Europe today. The main update to the SDK v10.1 releases and simulators is to bring support for the QWERTY keyboard packing BlackBerry Q10 along with its 720×720 screen size. Many apps will just adjust automatically but there is a smaller…