RIM Asks Attendies to Vote for BlackBerry 10 Jam “Unconference” Topics
RIM made a appeal to developers a bit back asking them to suggest topics for their first “unconference” at BlackBerry 10 Jam in May. Now they have compiled the most requested topics and set them up into a poll that you can use to vote for your favorite topic. There are 8 available topics and…
Six Developers Already Won Trips to BlackBerry 10 Jam With 600+ App Submissions
We mentioned the contest RIM started that offered a free trip to BlackBerry 10 Jam to every 100th developer who submits a new app to App World. Well that contest has already born fruit according to the latest stats put out by Alex Kinsella. They have received over 600+ app submissions and here are the…
Devs: Every 100th New App Submission Wins a Trip to BlackBerry 10 Jam (International!)
BlackBerry 10 Jam with RIM sounds like it will be hotter than BlackBerry DevCon this year with RIM pulling out all the stops to court developers. They announced another contest for devs this weekend to win a pass to BlackBerry 10 Jam courtesy of RIM. That includes $500 USD cash, a voucher for an airline…
Devs: Three Grand Prizes Worth $25,000 Yours for the Winning!
It seems like RIM is realizing how key their BlackBerry 10 Jam conference will be and keep on upping the ante. They have announced yet another event during BlackBerry 10 Jam called the BlackBerry AppCircus at BlackBerry 10 Jam. The AppCircus contest has three grand prize winners who will win $25,000 to see your favorite…
Devs: RIM Updates BlackBerry OS 7 & 7.1 Simulators
Back in the day RIM used to just randomly update device simulators on their website and you had to be lucky to be notified. Things have gone a full 360 from then and now RIM just posted an an announcement about updated simulators (not just new device simulators). The new simulators have later OS versions…
RIM Clarifies Open Source Components Permission on App World for Vendors
RIM notified App World vendors that they made a small revision to the App World Vendor Agreement this week (Full version here). The only change is a clarification in Section 10(k) where RIM clarifies that open source components are allowed in App World. Here is how they worded it: We have published a small revision…
RIM Shares BlackBerry Development Community Milestones for Q4
It is no secret that RIM has made some drastic changes in how it courts third party developers and their efforts to bring them to the BlackBerry platform are starting to pay off. RIM has shared some milestones with us for the BlackBerry developer ecosystem. You can clearly see from here that these are metrics…
BlackBerry Jam Attendees Vote For "Unconference" Session Topics (May 3rd)
RIM is doing something interesting with their BlackBerry 10 Jam Conference in Orlando next month. They are hosting an “Unconference” for the last day of the show, May 3rd, which essentially lets users vote to build their own conference topics. RIM is asking attending devs to submit their ideas on this blog post, their Facebook…