Mobile LinkIn the above video Alex Kinsella from Inside BlackBerry Dev Blog, gets us up-to-date on what is happening in the developer world. During the video above you will hear him mention that more information surrounding the Limited Edition BlackBerry 10 Developer phone will be released this week!
Info on the Limited Edition BlackBerry 10 Smartphones Coming this Week
November 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
BlackBerry 10 Jam Extends To Qatar And Kuwait
November 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Getting the word out about BlackBerry 10 and app development for the new OS is essential now. And bringing the awesomeness of BlackBerry 10 to the world is the object of the BlackBerry 10 Jams. This time two BlackBerry 10 Jams are headed to the Middle East this December. Qatar and Kuwait are getting the two [...]
Video: BlackBerry JamHack 2012 – Manila
November 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mobile Link Pinoy developers hacked their way through 40 hours of non-stop coding in what marked as BlackBerry’s first simultaneous regional hackathon. Held October 12-14, 2012, BlackBerry JamHack 2012 — Manila kicked off at the Alphaland Southgate Mall in Makati and was participated by twenty eight teams.
Wikitude SDK drives Augmented Reality Apps for BlackBerry 10
November 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There is no doubt that augmented reality apps like Wikitude brought something new and exciting to the BlackBerry platform. With BlackBerry 10 we are hoping to see further progression on the augmented reality front, and the Wikitude will help developers get there. The BlackBerry Dev Blog has put together some of the best links and [...]
Speculation: RIM implemented the Android Runtime to ‘Force’ Developers onto BlackBerry 10
November 17, 2012 By 4 Comments
While the title sounds a bit brash hear me out. RIM could have struck up a deal with Android/Google to give us support to Google Play Store on our PlayBooks. Instead they built in a half-ass Dalvik runtime that essentially emulates the Android environment. Why? We know RIM is tracking the source of Android and is planning [...]
Built For BlackBerry Site Goes Live
November 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Back in May RIM talked out their developer $10,000 guarantee. And low and behold true to their word the Built For BlackBerry site has gone live. It’s simple. Just create a BlackBerry 10 app and get it approved through the Built for BlackBerry program. If you earn a minimum of $1,000 USD on your app over 12 months [...]
Registration is Now Open for BlackBerry Jam Europe!
November 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Research In Motion has opened registration for BlackBerry Jam Europe! BlackBerry Jam Europe will take place in Amsterdam on 5-6 February, 2013 in Amsterdam! BlackBerry® Jam Europe is an unprecedented showcase for BlackBerry development and is where you can get everything you need to build outstanding apps for the upcoming BlackBerry® 10 platform.
Devs continue to show how easy it is to port apps over to BlackBerry 10
November 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We have seen numerous accounts of developers porting their apps over to BlackBerry 10, and doing so with ease. Well it looks like a few more devs are doing some work bringing over some Harmattan/Symbian Qt/QML apps to the BlackBerry ecosystem.
Greece set to host next BlackBerry 10 Hackathon
November 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you have been wondering as to where in the world the next BlackBerry 10 Hackathon was going to take place, the answer is Greece. It has now been announced that the next Hackathon will be taking place on december 8th, 2012 at the Athens War Museum (pictured above).
South Africa Gets Another Apps Lab
November 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
After opening a lab in the University of Pretoria, RIM has opened up another in Cape Town. RIM said this about their choice of location: “Cape Town is a key innovation hub, and a natural site for RIM’s second BlackBerry apps lab in South Africa,” Alexandra Zagury, RIM’s MD for South Africa and southern Africa, [...]
Marmalade SDK Offer No Longer Available Because Lots Of People Wanted it
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Back in September RIM started the Marmalade SDK offer, you got Marmalade and a Playbook. Well apparently lots of people thought that was a good deal and RIM couldn’t keep up with the demand. Now it has ended.
RIM holding Mini BlackBerry Jam in Slovenia for Balkan Devs
October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For all you BlackBerry developers in Southeastern Europe RIM has decided to host a BlackBerry Mini Jam. The event will be taking place in Slovenia and will be held on November 24th in the premises of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (FERI) in Maribor. This will be a great opportunity for developers to [...]
Snapshot Shows Confirmed Apps For Blackberry 10
October 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
We already know RIM’s plans for the major apps to be on Blackberry 10. Thorsten Heins has provided proof of who is on board with the snapshot to the left. These are all the developers/companies that agreed to be on this slide and are developing their apps that he presented at Blackberry Jam.
BlackBerry Jam Sessions continue to show how passionate the BlackBerry Developer community is
October 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There have been numerous BlackBerry Jam Sessions throughout the world now, and we continue to see some amazing developers and products come out of them. The latest event to take place in Latin America was held in Rio de Janeiro, and with the help of a little Red Bull for energy the developers on hand [...]
How Do You Submit Your Apps for BlackBerry 10 Devices?
October 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Research In Motion has posted a very cool “How to” on submitting your BlackBerry 10 applications into App World on the Developer Blog. We also recived an email from RIM with the following information: Amidst trumpet fanfare and rising anticipation, the commercial release of BlackBerry® 10 devices is right around the corner (slated for first [...]
VisionMobile Developers Economics Survey 2013, Enter To Win Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha Device Or A 4G Playbook
October 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
VisionMobile has put on a survey which “investigates developer mindshare, revenues, market challenges, and benchmarks the top developer tools, from ad networks to user analytics.” Fill out the survey and you are automatically entered to win a Playbook 4G or a Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha Device. There are 3 other prizes you can win, but [...]
BlackBerry DevBlog interviews Wolfgang Damm, Chief Development Architect at Wikitude
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With the launch of BlackBerry 7 one of the coolest things we started to see what the inclusion of augmented reality into the platform. The main app that provided us with augmented reality at the get go was Wikitude, and with the Wikitude for BlackBerry 10 SDK being made available to BlackBerry 10 developers we [...]
Start to Finish: Developing a BlackBerry 10 Native App
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mobile Link Join Application Development Consultant Shadid Haque on the Native track for this session on developing a BlackBerry 10 Native app from start to finish.
Developer Momentum for BlackBerry 10 Continues to Grow
September 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Application developers continue to choose BlackBerry 10 as a target platform for their applications Waterloo, ON – During the BlackBerry Jam Americas conference in San Jose this week, Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) showcased the power of the BlackBerry 10 platform and demonstrated the key differentiators that developers are leveraging to create [...]
BlackBerry 10 version of BBM running on a PlayBook?
September 26, 2012 By 3 Comments
It seems like someone has been up to a little hacking on the BlackBerry PlayBook today. As you can see from the photos it appears that a few developers have been able to get BlackBerry 10 apps running on the PlayBook.
