Devs: Augmenting Reality With BlackBerry 10 and Wikitude SDK Webinar
BlackBerry 10 developers have another interesting webinar coming up this time from RIM and Wikitude. They will be introducing how to create augmented reality games and applications for BlackBerry 10 using the Wikitude SDK for BlackBerry 10. This webinar will teach you how to develop for BlackBerry 10 using the Wikitude SDK. It will cover…
RIM Confirms New Icon Sizes for BlackBerry 10
I am not sure what took them so long especially after updating the design guidelines for BlackBerry 10 but it is now official. As we told you before RIM has changed the icons for BlackBerry 10 to 114×114 instead of the previous boxy 150×150. I really like the lack of straight lines now so I…
BlackBerry Got Game Port-a-Thon Starts Tomorrow! (Nov 16th)
Game devs have an exciting two days ahead of them. RIM’s BlackBerry Got Game Port-a-Thon starts tomorrow, Nov 16th, and lasts for 36 hours. RIM is rewarding developers for porting their games to BlackBerry 10 during this time with rewards starting at $100 per eligible app and going up from there to include free PlayBooks,…
BlackBerry 10 Gold SDKs to Bring QWERTY Keyboard Phone Support & More
I am really curious to see the results of RIM’s releasing the Gold SDK for BlackBerry 10 on December 11th. There are quite a few deliverables there that could really be interesting. For example, the December Gold release will be bringing support for the 720×720 screen resolution and physical keyboard integration. In other words this…
RIM Sets December 11th Release Date for BlackBerry 10 Gold SDK’s
I am really loving the transparency of RIM’s arrival boards for developers. It is a complete 180 from the opaque RIM of the past. Now RIM has announced the date for the release of the final Gold SDK’s for BlackBerry 10 and that date is December 11th, 2012. That means developers will be able to…
BlackBerry Jam Europe 2013 Registration Opens – Play With BlackBerry 10 Devices
RIM just announced that registration is open for BlackBerry Jam Europe 2013. This will be coming right when BlackBerry 10 devices launch with the event scheduled for February 5th and 6th, 2013 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Jam Europe is taking place in the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre and RIM has already posted the session catalog….
Another Dev Shows Off Simplicity of Porting Qt/QML Apps to BlackBerry 10
Its hard to believe how far RIM has come when it comes to developer friendliness in the past year or so. A friend pointed out two developers recently posting about their experience bringing Harmattan/Symbian Qt/QML apps to the BlackBerry 10 platform. Both seem to be very pleasantly surprised by the ease of doing so. Check…
RIM Porting App World PlayBook Apps to BlackBerry 10 – Rewarding Developers
A few developers let us know about a personalized yet scripted email they received from RIM recently. RIM seems to be testing BlackBerry PlayBook apps on BlackBerry 10 and if they work (many do) they are contacting the developers. They are offering to do all the heavy lifting for the developers and will automatically port…