DroidStore – A Native ‘Google Play’ Client For BlackBerry10 Released
With the latest leak of BlackBerry 10.2.1055, many developers have been rushing in to make native experiences for easy downloading of Android APKs. BlackBerry, on the other hand, is working on getting the full Android 4.2.x Jelly Bean Virtualization within the BlackBerry 10 Android Runtime. This now has led to the walls between BlackBerry devices…
Leaked BB10 OS 10.2.0.1809 for all devices
Berryleaks is at it again with another round of OS leaks for BlackBerry 10. This round brings the OS to version 10.2.0.1809 with some slight changes. Sure, the awesome 10.2.1 is already leaked, but for those preferring a stable and more official OS, you might want to load this instead.
Twitter for BlackBerry Legacy Devices Updated to v4.4 in Beta Zone
BlackBerry keeps pushing with updates to Twitter for BlackBerry legacy devices in the Beta Zone. The latest update brings us to v4.4 with some nice new features. This includes in tweet media player, Twitter 2 factor login, and direct message read/unread tracking. Here is the full list: Photo Thumbnail size uniformity In-Tweet media player card…
DroidStore Offers Another Native Google Play Store Client for OS 10.2.1 (Sideload)
After the third party Google Play Store “Snap” kept on hitting their limits its great to see other devs trying to bring easy access to Google Play on OS 10.2.1. The latest is DroidStore by NemOry who posted his free app on CrackBerry forums. This is a native BlackBerry 10 Google Play Store client with…
Over 130,000 Porsche Design P’9981 Devices Sold – Best Selling Item at Harrods in 2012
BlackBerry usually NEVER reveals their sales numbers for an individual device model but they made an exception this week with Porsche Design. The Porsche Design CEO, Dr. Juergen Gessler, went on stage at the launch part I attended tonight and confirmed that they have sold over 130,000 Porsche Design P’9981 devices. Juergen went on to…
BlackBerry Acquired ScrOOn in May to Help Profit from BBM
Bloomberg spotted the disclosure by BlackBerry that it acquired French startup, ScrOOn, in May of this year. That is right before they once again put out the feelers for a sale of the company. ScrOOn manages Facebook, Twitter and other social-media accounts for large clients like luxury-good maker LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, wireless…
BlackBerry Developer Interest Remains Relatively Flat According to Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics ran their developer survey again in September with over 1,600 active mobile developers. Windows Phone got a huge boost this year with over 32% indicating they were planning on supporting the platform next year compared to a previous 16%. On the other hand developer interest in BlackBerry has remained relatively flat around 10%….
BlackBerry 10 APIs Now Available as Apache Cordova Plugins
BlackBerry is really working hard to upstream WebWorks into Apache Cordova (previously Adobe PhoneGap). Now they have released the BlackBerry 10 APIs as Apache Cordova Plugins through Cordova’s plugin repository. You simply add the plugin command with the ID to get it to run. If you are working on a WebWorks project or have…