RIM Demos HTML5 Browser Speed Improvements in PlayBook OS 2.0 vs 1.0
We told you yesterday that RIM had detailed some of the new features and improvements in PlayBook OS 2.0’s Browser but it was hard to describe them. Adam @RIM decided to take on that challenge and show off the PlayBook 2.0’s improvements over OS 1.0 in a side by side video. He takes it through…
RIM Gives Devs a Primer to WebGL Along With TunnelTilt Game Demo
RIM first told us that WebGL was coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook Browser and WebWorks apps a few months ago. Still it is pretty impressive what they have done with the technology especially releasing it with PlayBook OS 2.0. In case you don’t know, WebGL is a new technology that allows developers to perform advanced…
RIM Details Some of the Improvements in PlayBook OS 2.0 Browser for Developers
RIM has taken the BlackBerry PlayBook browser a huge step further in PlayBook OS 2.0 but they did not detail most of the updates. Now the web team has done a nice job of detailing why web developers can “now build stable web apps” as apposed to previously. They have also shared some of the…
Alec Saunders Explains Why RIM Won’t be “Another Undifferentiated Android Handset”
Robert Scoble is a well known Silicon Valley personality (Tech Blogger) who has been having a bit of back and forth with RIM’s developer relations team. He recently wrote up a post on Google+ detailed why he thinks RIM doesn’t stand a chance with no developer interest in Silicon Valley and proposed that RIM simply…
Developer Creates PlayBook Tiff Viewer App in Less than 24 Hours
A few people highlighted this story to me this week so I thought it would be worth sharing. Jon Web from Innovatology, the developer of the popular Files & Folders app, decided to set a challenge for himself this past Saturday to see if he could make a solid PlayBook app in less than…
Developing Native Games with the BlackBerry NDK 2.0 Webcast Starting Now
I am not sure how I missed this but BlackBerry LATAM (Latin America) is holding a webcast right now for the next 1.5 hours on Developing Native Games with the BlackBerry NDK 2.0. Definitely worth jumping on if you were considering developing games for the PlayBook. For those in LATAM they will also be…
RIM Sees 6600 New Registered Developers in 11 Days!
Before going to bed last night Alec Saunders, RIM’s head of Developer Relations, posted a tweet that impressed me. He was simply awestruck that they have registered 6600 new BlackBerry developers in 11 days. My guess is this is all from the hugely successful PlayBook promotion. Devs have been telling me that it is taking…
RIM Planning on Extending Free Developer PlayBook Offer by a Few Days?
There were quite a few developers scrambling this weekend to make the deadline today for the free BlackBerry PlayBook. In case you missed it RIM offered up a free PlayBook to any developer that submits a viable app into App World by February 13th. I have heard that RIM’s team has been working around the…