Check out 40 BlackBerry Developer Success Story Q&As from RIM
I am not sure exactly when RIM published these 40 BlackBerry developer success stories but thought it would be worthwhile sharing them. For years there has been an unsung story of BlackBerry developers successfully tapping the BlackBerry market. We have shared some of these developer success stories in the past but I learned quite a…
BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK Gets Quick Bug Fix Refresh
RIM just released an updated BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK but they have just refreshed it yet again. They found that there were two issues in the go live version with code signing issues reported on Apple Mac systems along with config.xml issues with more than one unsupported <feature> element. This new v1.0.1.17 SDK should help…
Dev Ports iOS Game to PlayBook in 2-3 Days
These are the kinds of stories that truly show the chops behind QNX, the PlayBook, and BlackBerry 10. @harkal of Thoughts Serializer posted about him porting his iOS optimized game to the BlackBerry PlayBook. He confirmed that he did the port in only 2-3 days which is impressive. What is even more impressive is that…
RIM Releases API Roadmaps For All BlackBerry 10 SDKs!!!
I am hugely impressed with RIM right now. As promised they have released what they call “Arrival Boards” for all of the BlackBerry 10 beta roadmaps. This means developers know when to expect upcoming features and releases and when they are set to freeze. I highly recommend checking out Tim Neil’s announcement of the Arrival…
RIM Reaffirms Commitment to Qt & Cascades as Digia Finishes Acquisition From Nokia
Qt is a widely used cross platform application framework that has been around for 20 years and is still going strong. BlackBerry PlayBook native developers are familiar with Qt since RIM uses it as a foundational piece of their Cascades application framework. A little over a year ago Digia purchased the commercial licensing and professional…
Watch Anders Jeppsson, RIM’s Director of Gaming, Talk About BlackBerry 10 Gaming
Last time I ran into Anders Jeppsson I had to shake his hand for almost single handedly cultivating the current PlayBook gaming ecosystem and future BlackBerry 10 gaming titles. Shahriyar @BBin spotted a YouTube video from Casual Connect Seattle which has Anders Jeppsson discussing the opportunity for BlackBerry 10 gaming and the platform. This…
Devs: RIM Hits Record of 237+ Open Sourced Development Samples
Its amazing to see how far RIM has come in terms of embracing open source. Their Senior Director of opensource @pelegri announced on Twitter that they have hit 237+ open sourced development samples. That means it is that much easier to start development for BlackBerry with RIM providing examples for you to kickstart your project….
RIM Smartly Changes BlackBerry 10 Browser User Agent to Improve Browser Detection
RIM had to make the annoying but smart decision to change up the browser agent for BlackBerry 10 devices. This is the user agent that the browser reports to servers. Many websites including BerryReview use this user agent to decide what version of their mobile or desktop site to serve to the device. As…