RIM’s CMO Frank Boulben Shares Sentiment in Another Interview
RIM’s new CMO, Frank Boulben, has been doing a decent job of making the rounds and sharing his vision for BlackBerry 10. His latest interview was with Engadget where he discusses what BlackBerry 10 means to RIM and what he is focusing on now that he is 5 weeks into the job. Also of…
Free Gokivo Voice Navigation for OS 7.0+ Users (UK Only!)
Users in North America have BlackBerry Travel for directions and voice guidance but now there is a new player in the UK. Gokivo (spotted by CrackBerry) is a new voice navigation app with maps that works for OS 7.0+ devices. That means the 9320, 9360, 9790, and 9900 in the UK only. The app is…
AT&T Announces New Shared Data Plans Starting in August
After Verizon rolled out their shared data plans it was a given that AT&T would shortly follow. AT&T confirmed that they were coming and now they have officially announced the details for AT&T Mobile Share plans. The one key difference from Verizon is that AT&T is not replacing their existing data plans which remain available…
Monster Jump PlayBook Game Tries to Clone Doodle Jump
Tylor let us know about a new game he just released for the PlayBook called Monster Jump. Tylor’s TwoPinStudio has been pretty slid for fun games for the PlayBook and Monster Jump is no disappointment. He created Monster Jump as an exclusive PlayBook game built on Adobe Air with gameplay similar to Doodle Jump…
Twitter v3.1.0.20 Comes Out of Beta and Lands in App World
RIM set the stage for this update in the Beta Zone by stating that v3.1.0.17 was the Gold Release and would hopefully be released publicly if all went well. It seems like that is the case since we have received multiple reports from readers that App World is now pushing v3.1.0.20. If the original v3.1…
Devs: RIM to Discuss Native & Web SDK Updates in Two New Webinars
Thanks to Ofutur for pointing out that along with announcing the upcoming BlackBerry 10 SDK updates coming this month RIM has also announced two new webinars. Both webinars are going to be held on July 19th which means we will probably see these SDK updates soon. There will be one focused on HTML5 and another…
All BlackBerry 10 Developer SDKs to Get a Major Update in July
This seems to coincide nicely with the new BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha update that is supposed to come this week. RIM has sent out an email to all developers confirming that all BlackBerry 10 developer SDKs “will receive a major update in July” and they are “looking forward to the astonishing apps you’ll be able…
Alec Saunders Responds to Survey Claiming RIM is Losing Developer Interest
We avoided mentioning this survey earlier today due to the traditional “lies, damn lies, and statistics!” problem I have with surveys that lack any details of how they were preformed. The latest one from Baird Equity Research (via AllThingsD) questioned 4,300 developers interest and long term outlook for different platforms. Their results of their survey…