One of the larger announcements to come out of the BlackBerry 10 Jam keynote was the fact the RIM will be setting up a certification program for developers who create quality applications and there is plenty of incentives for developers to sign up and participate. Aside from line-jumping the BlackBerry App World queue, developers who create a quality certified app as determined by a third-party and have it submitted to BlackBerry App World also qualify for an additional incentive from RIM. A $10,000 incentive to be more specific. If your app is certified quality, submitted and earns $1,000 on its own but not $10,000 -- RIM will cut you a cheque for the difference. RIM is placing a lot of focus on developers and this is only a small part of a what is $100 Million investment into their ecosystem.
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BlackBerry App World storefront rebranded to BlackBerry World
With the addition of videos and music when BlackBerry 10 launches, the original name 'BlackBerry App World' no longer fits. As such, RIM has begun the process of re-branding their storefront. As announced at BlackBerry Jam Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, BlackBerry App World will from here on out be known as BlackBerry World. A small yet, fitting change.
Happy BlackBerry App Developers at BlackBerry 10 Jam
With the press in attendance mainly shacked out at BlackBerry World 2012, we didn't see too much reporting coming out of the BlackBerry 10 Jam this week. That said, I did drop by the event on Thursday to help judge the App Circus competition. Props go to B-Giftee, Cooklet (available now for PlayBook) and Training with Messi for taking home the big prizes. We're going to have more...
SAP Labs demos power of HTML5 on the BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphones
Although Cascades in a way stole the show at BlackBerry 10 Jam, there was plenty of other demos using other frameworks as well. Pete Graham, Director, Mobility, Financial Applications SAP was on hand to demo their preview app using HTML5 for the BlackBerry PlayBook. In the video, Pete not only explains how well HMTL5 works on the PlayBook but also how easy it is to then port that same...
Xtreme Labs demos their Accuweather app built using Cascades
One of the more impressive demos shown at BlackBerry 10 Jam came from the folks at Xtreme Labs. Dave Protasowski, Principal Engineer and Sina Sojoodi, Principal, Product Development from Xtreme Labs showed off their Accuweather app using Cascades. In the video, they not only give a great look at the app but also show how simple the code can be to process and eventually push to the...