RIM Execs Take BlackBerry 10 Leap of Faith to Show Solidarity with Developers
Its hard to believe that BlackBerry 10 is just hours away. RIM employees have been doing some wacky things to celebrate the launch with the latest coming from RIM execs Marty Mallick and Alec Saunders. They took a “Leap of Faith” down the 855 feet free fall in the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas. RIM’s…
Dev Alpha’s To Get Another OS Update on January 30th With Hub, Phone, & Maps Apps
It seems like RIM still has some plans for developers who will have their BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha’s on January 30th. They plan on rolling out an OS update for both the Dev Alpha A & B devices that will include the BlackBerry Hub, Phone, and BlackBerry Maps applications. This will come along with a…
BlackBerry Jam Americas To Be Part of BlackBerry Live Conference in May
I am not quite sure about the long term ramifications of this but RIM announced some new dates for BlackBerry Jam Americas this year. BlackBerry Jam Americas will be part of the BlackBerry Live conference (Previously BlackBerry World) this year. I am not sure what that means for the regular BlackBerry Jam Americas in October…
BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition Developer Model Not Coming in Verizon Variant
First things first its nice to see RIM confirm that Verizon will launch BlackBerry 10 devices. With that said we have heard from a few readers that they have received emails from RIM about their BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition developer device. For developers who requested that their Limited Edition device be a Verizon device…
RIM Extends the Built for BlackBerry $10K Developer Commitment Deadline
RIM reached out to us to let us know that they have extended the deadline for their innovative Built for BlackBerry app program. RIM did this because many developers raised concerns that they will not be able to make it through the process due to the large volume of apps that have come in.That means…
Latest Port-A-Thon Brings 19,071 Apps to BlackBerry 10
RIM just had another blowout Port-A-Thon this weekend. They topped last week by bringing in 19,071 apps in the 36+ hours the Port-A-Thon ran. This easily sets them up for the 70,000+ apps for BlackBerry 10’s launch. Alec Saunders also confirmed that only a “Tiny %age of the catalog have been built using BBAG” so…
BlackBerry 10 Last Chance Port-A-Thon Begins Now!
We told you multiple times about the BlackBerry 10 Last Chance Port-A-Thon and it is now finally here. This is RIM’s chance to stock up App World with loads of apps ready for BlackBerry 10. The event runs from now January 18, 2013 12:00:00 PM EST and ends tomorrow January 19, 2013 11:59:00 PM EST….
Alec Saunders Explains “Built for BlackBerry” Criteria – Uses FancyTran as Example
With RIM’s 10K Developer Commitment contingent on their Built for BlackBerry Program there have been quite a few questions on criteria. Alec Saunders, head of RIM’s developer relations, took to the BlackBerry Dev Blog today to explain a bit more about the program. He explains why the criteria are very strict and explains that Built…