Developers attending the BlackBerry 10 Jam (held in parallel to BlackBerry World) have been provided with a free development device known as the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha. It is designed to allow them to test their BlackBerry 10 applications before BlackBerry 10 devices are available. RIM also continues to reiterate that this is not the final design: The BlackBerry 10 […]
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RIM guarantees BlackBerry 10 developers earnings of US$10,000 in first year
Research In Motion today announced at its BlackBerry Jam keynote that it will guarantee developers earnings of at least US$10,000 on their BlackBerry 10 apps in the first year. If they make less, RIM will cut them a cheque for the difference. BlackBerry 10 apps will earn $10K in the 1st year or RIM will write a cheque for whatever […]
BlackBerry World 2012: RIM announces BlackBerry 10
Research In Motion today announced its vision for the BlackBerry 10 platform as it launched its next generation operating system. At the BlackBerry World keynote today, CEO Thorsten Heins spoke about RIM’s focus being on helping “BlackBerry people” succeed on a daily basis. The new interface focuses on application flow. For example, notifications can be pulled from the side with […]
No BlackBerry 10 smartphones at BlackBerry World 2012
One of the biggest expectations for BlackBerry World is that Research In Motion will show off some BlackBerry 10 devices. That will not be the case unfortunately. “We are not unveiling any BlackBerry 10 hardware,” a company representative told CNET today. RIM will instead focus the event on the BlackBerry 10 software itself. The new operating system, based on QNX, […]
BlackBerry World keynote to be webcast live
BlackBerry World 2012 kicks off tomorrow and it hopefully marks the start of Research In Motion’s renewal. The upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system is set to take centre stage along with its new CEO, Thorsten Heins. For those of us unable to make it down to Florida for the event, RIM will offer a live webcast of Heins’s keynote presentation […]
Better photos of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha surface
Better quality pictures of the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device have turned up after the initial leak. They don’t reveal much more except to indicate that the device will come with 16GB of onboard storage. BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices will be handed out to developers attending the upcoming BlackBerry 10 Jam conference. Not final BlackBerry 10 devices, they are […]
BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha caught on camera
Developers attending next week’s BlackBerry 10 Jam conference will be given a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha, a prototype device which will run a modified version of the PlayBook OS to help them prepare their apps for the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Pictures of the device have now surfaced courtesy of CrackBerry: Given all the rumours that the first BlackBerry 10 […]
RIM BlackBerry Curve 9320 revealed
The BlackBerry Curve 9320 has already surfaced on leaked Research In Motion roadmaps. Now we have a picture to go with the name. As expected, the device sports a dedicated BBM button. The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is expected to come with BlackBerry OS 7.1, a 2.44-inch QVGA display, 512MB RAM, and a physical QWERTY keyboard. An announcement at next week’s […]