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PlayBook OS 2.1 Launching By Early Summer?

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:14 PM PDT

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  • Portrait Email, Calendar, and Contacts
  • App World Carrier Shelf
  • Bridge Texting and WiFi Transport Support
  • Android Multi-Tasking
  • Camera API and In-app Payments for developers
  • Over-the-air activation with Mobile fusion
  • Personal Encryption

One of the really awesome features of BlackBerry Bridge is the addition of Bridge texting to this update. BlackBerry Bridge was made fun of by some in the media but the more I use it the more I like the options using the PlayBook to BBM, or controlling your PlayBook with your BlackBerry, can't do that with most of the other gadgets out there.

Source: BerryReporter

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Posted by Luis Merlos for ©BerryReview, May 2, 2012, 12:14 am. | PlayBook OS 2.1 Launching By Early Summer? | Leave a comment |


BoxTone Announces Support For PlayBook OS 2

Posted: 01 May 2012 02:53 PM PDT

boxtone_logoCOLUMBIA, Md. – May 1, 2012 – BoxTone, the innovator in Automated Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), today announced it has extended its management platform to provide enterprise IT operations, support and security professionals with unified management and control of BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets running PlayBook OS 2.0. By delivering real-time management, monitoring and support for the new PlayBook OS, large organizations — especially those in regulated industries such as financial services, government and healthcare — can better ensure high service quality and security at the lowest cost and risk.

BoxTone enables the enterprise to mobilize safely, reliably and efficiently by delivering an automated EMM platform that simplifies the delivery of mobile services from a single point of control. BoxTone is the industry’s only automated EMM platform to span the full mobile lifecycle of security, support and operations across all mobile users, devices and apps for enterprise mobile deployments. With this release, BoxTone empowers IT to more efficiently operationalize a PlayBook deployment with role-based capabilities for:

· IT operations to proactively monitor real-time mobile services, respond rapidly to service issue, and optimize performance, helping to maintain service quality at the lowest cost

· Support staff to remotely look up real-time status and to auto-diagnose & fix issues fast, helping to reduce trouble tickets, escalations and support costs

· Information security and IT management to automatically track & control inventory, ensure policy compliance and optimize utilization, helping to ensure full compliance and reduce cost.

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Posted by rrrebo for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 5:53 pm. | BoxTone Announces Support For PlayBook OS 2 | Leave a comment |


RIM and QNX Announce Initiative To Encourage App Development In China’s Universities

Posted: 01 May 2012 02:43 PM PDT

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May 1, 2012

RIM and QNX Initiative Encourages Young Talent in China to Develop Apps on the BlackBerry Platform

BEIJING, CHINA and ORLANDO, FLORIDA–(Marketwire – May 1, 2012) – BlackBerry World 2012 – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) and its subsidiary, QNX Software Systems, today announced a new initiative to encourage university students in China to develop more apps and services on the BlackBerry(R) platform. RIM and QNX are working with a number of universities in China to launch an app development competition at the end of May, providing further incentive for student software developers in the country to turn their creative ideas into apps and services that can be commercialized on BlackBerry(R) smartphones and BlackBerry(R) PlayBook(TM) tablets.

The initiative aims to nurture the spirit of innovation among young Chinese developers and provide a means for students to gain technology know-how and expertise in taking an idea from concept to market. The competition will focus on two categories: "Mobility Lifestyle Use" and "Automotive Experience".

RIM and QNX will provide BlackBerry devices, software development tools, technical support and other resources. RIM has also been working with universities in China to provide training courses for developing apps on the BlackBerry platform.

"We are pleased to expand our work with universities in China to provide students with more opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge in the exciting and rapidly growing fields of mobile computing and automotive infotainment," said Urpo Karjalainen, Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Research In Motion.

The winning apps will be made available on BlackBerry App World(TM) and winners of the competition will have the opportunity to participate in internship programmes at leading Chinese and multinational companies.

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Posted by rrrebo for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 5:43 pm. | RIM and QNX Announce Initiative To Encourage App Development In China’s Universities | One comment |


PixelMags Bringing Tons of Magazines to BlackBerry 10 Using Cascades

Posted: 01 May 2012 02:27 PM PDT

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One of the slickest apps shown off during BlackBerry 10 was PixelMags and their magazine subscription business. They run some great services and apps for top shelf magazines and they are launching with BlackBerry 10. It offers a subscription service but they are throwing in a new element with BlackBerry 10 that is new for their platform. They will allow you to read 10 minutes of magazines a month forever for free. Check out the slick app below:

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 5:27 pm. | PixelMags Bringing Tons of Magazines to BlackBerry 10 Using Cascades | 5 comments |


Gameloft Announces 11 New Games For BB10

Posted: 01 May 2012 01:59 PM PDT

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Getting major developers on the BB10 bandwagon is paramount to RIM's success. It bodes well that Gameloft took the stage at the BlackBerry 10 Jam and announced their support of the BB10 platform with 11 new titles, including Shark Dash, N.O.V.A. 3 HD, IceAge Village, and Oregon Trail. Yes, I said Oregon Trail. You too will be able to die from dysentery on BB10. I can hardly wait.

 

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Posted by rrrebo for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 4:59 pm. | Gameloft Announces 11 New Games For BB10 | Leave a comment |


Visualization of BlackBerry 10 API & Core Package Framework

Posted: 01 May 2012 12:58 PM PDT

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One of the main things I have been waiting to see from RIM in terms of BlackBerry 10 development is the API access they will be giving developers. RIM gave us a bit more insight into that and you can dig into what is currently available on RIM's developers sites. They did post up two slides that show the hierarchy of the APIs and core frameworks which gives us some insight into how it will work. Definitely worth checking out if that is something that interests you. Notice everything from the invocation, share, and messages API's to launcher, DRM, drivers, and memory management.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 3:58 pm. | Visualization of BlackBerry 10 API & Core Package Framework | Leave a comment |


BlackBerry 10 Jam Conference Going On World Tour! Check the List

Posted: 01 May 2012 12:50 PM PDT

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Couldn't make it to BlackBerry 10 Jam in Orlando this week? While on stage Alec Saunders confirmed that BlackBerry 10 Jam is going on a World Tour with 1 day sessions in many cities in different countries. They will be introducing the tools and hopefully also be seeding more PlayBooks and BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices. Check out the full listing of cities in the slide above!

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 3:50 pm. | BlackBerry 10 Jam Conference Going On World Tour! Check the List | 3 comments |


Roadmap for Mobile Fusion on iOS & Android and Moving to the Cloud

Posted: 01 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT

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This is the first time I have seen RIM's CIO, Robin Bienfait, ever talk at a BlackBerry event. She got on stage during the main keynote today and laid out the roadmap for some future development for Mobile Fusion along with Alan Panezic. Right now it offers what most other MDM solutions do for iOS and Android but users such as Martha Stuart Living which have already implemented it want more. RIM laid out the plan that:

  • Mobile Fusion will be offered in both a standalone, partner hosted, and cloud based solution for any company to use.
  • RIM has been asked to extend their industry leading secure connection back to the enterprise for third party devices (Read iOS and Android) to pipe data securely to and from mobile devices.
  • RIM also committed to working on securing the data on third party devices in an encrypted container.

They did not go into much further detail but check out the slides for some facts. Robin also mentioned what she called Direct Enterprise Connection which seems to be allowing cloud and hosted BES to access back into the enterprise through apps using MDS and such.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 3:33 pm. | Roadmap for Mobile Fusion on iOS & Android and Moving to the Cloud | Leave a comment |


Devs: Submit A BB10 App, Trade Your Alpha Device In For A Limited-Edition BB10 Device At Release

Posted: 01 May 2012 12:31 PM PDT

This year’s BlackBerry World is very much geared toward selling developers on the BB10 platform. RIM is really throwing themselves at the feet of the developer community. Let’s face it, with the developers, BB10 goes nowhere, and RIM goes bye-bye. RIM. Needs. Developers. They absolutely have to secure buy-in on BB10, and they know it. Netflix, Skype, Slingbox, and other apps may not have been deemed important by RIM, but their consumers want them, and RIM is recognizing that. “The years of RIM ignoring its consumers are gone”, said a RIM staffer.

RIM is making “a concerted effort” to court developers and bring them on board. RIM has already offered free Alpha devices to entice developers to BB10, but Alec Saunders just sweetened the pot significantly. Any developer who submits an approved BB10 app will be asked to send in their Alpha device once BB10 devices are released publicly. In return, they will receive a limited-edition final-release BB10 device! How’s that for incentive?

*NOTE TO SELF: Learn how to code for BB10!

 

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Posted by rrrebo for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 3:31 pm. | Devs: Submit A BB10 App, Trade Your Alpha Device In For A Limited-Edition BB10 Device At Release | Leave a comment |


BBUI.js HTML5 User Interface Framework Updated for BlackBerry 10

Posted: 01 May 2012 12:22 PM PDT

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RIM has updated the popular BBUI.js framework that developers use to mimic the user interface elements on BlackBerry OS 5-7 and the PlayBook. The new update adds support for BlackBerry 10 UI elements that act almost exactly like the Cascades UI elements so HTML5 and Native Cascades app share the same UI elements. This is now one library that changes its looks and rendering based on the device and screen size. So BlackBerry 5-7 devices have those elements and PlayBook uses the bigger screen along with having the BlackBerry 10 UI look.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 3:22 pm. | BBUI.js HTML5 User Interface Framework Updated for BlackBerry 10 | Leave a comment |


Flix Brings Netflix to the PlayBook

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:46 AM PDT

One of the most requested apps for the PlayBook has been Netflix. Well for now Flix is here to help. Flix uses your PC and PlayBook to help stream Netflix on your PlayBook. Due to the workings of Flix, there are some current limitations like PC and PlayBook must be on a shared WiFi connection.  Continue to see the full requirements, and how to get your own copy.

  • Your BlackBerry PlayBook must be on the same Wi-Fi network as your computer.
  • Flix requires approximately 5 Mbps transfer speed between your PC and BlackBerry PlayBook.
  • When you are watching a Netflix movie on your BlackBerry PlayBook, the computer’s audio is redirected to your BlackBerry PlayBook.
  • Windows PC only. (Mac is not supported)
  • There are no player controls such as pause or rewind on the BlackBerry PlayBook at this time. I hope to improve this.

Now remember, this app has no affiliation with Netflix, but is a good alternative when in a applicable area.  You can get your copy in AppWorld for $4.99.

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Posted by Fubaz for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 2:46 pm. | Flix Brings Netflix to the PlayBook | 13 comments |


Marmalade Shows PlayBook Games Running on BlackBerry 10 With No Changes

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:45 AM PDT

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One of the things RIM has made in terms of promises is the fact that apps and games built for the PlayBook will run on BlackBerry 10. While some minimal changes may sometimes be required but over and over we are hearing from a few developers that many don't even require any changes. Marmalade was showing off their Backbreaker 2 game running on both devices. Pretty slick to see that cross platform compatibility.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 2:45 pm. | Marmalade Shows PlayBook Games Running on BlackBerry 10 With No Changes | One comment |


Magmic Develops Texas Hold‘em PlayBook App in 6 Weeks

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:33 AM PDT

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Longtime veteran BlackBerry developers Magmic got on stage to show off their upcoming Texas Hold'em King for BlackBerry 10 and PlayBook. They have managed to build an app that they demoed live that allows for cross platform poker playing between BlackBerry smartphones, PlayBook, and even the BlackBerry 10 Alpha device. This was built in 6 weeks using the RIM's port of the Cocos2D library. It has things like in app chat and the demo had it playing against all three platforms. They said the app should be out in public beta in the next few weeks after it goes through some device testing.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 2:33 pm. | Magmic Develops Texas Hold‘em PlayBook App in 6 Weeks | Leave a comment |


Accuweather, Wikitude, & More Shown on BlackBerry 10 Using Cascades

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:25 AM PDT

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RIM is pulling up developers who have had access to BlackBerry 10 Cascades for a bit and they are showing off some of their creations. Xtreme Labs who has been building cross platform and BlackBerry apps for years talking about building with cascades and their work on a new BlackBerry 10 Accuweather app. It looks slick and they show how simple the Cascades elements are to create slick apps.

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The also had another company (macademics?) showing off an app they are opensourcing that demos for. It shows a sports team comparison based on social interaction. The right hand side is a graph that shows what team is getting more buzz which is rendered in OpenGL. On the left is cascades elements.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 2:25 pm. | Accuweather, Wikitude, & More Shown on BlackBerry 10 Using Cascades | 2 comments |


RIM Shows Off Some Cascades UI Elements & BlackBerry 10 Homescreen

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:14 AM PDT

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RIM has been showing off some of the elements of Cascades on stage as the UI building blocks of PlayBook and BlackBerry 10 Apps. They call it out of the box elegance. They even flashed back to the homescreen a few times which is built on tiles when you switch between apps with a slick shrinking and growing animation. This is the same animation RIM showed when you peek from one app to the other. It also shows pulling left to see what is going on in terms of notifications.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 2:14 pm. | RIM Shows Off Some Cascades UI Elements & BlackBerry 10 Homescreen | 2 comments |


RIM Investing Over $100 Million into BlackBerry Dev Ecosystem & More

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:53 AM PDT

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Just a quick note. Alec said that RIM is putting its money where its mouth is and investing over $100 million into the BlackBerry ecosystem. In other words continue to expect more from RIM. Here are some other shots from the Keynote which is still going on.

Here is another shot of the Alpha device and other parts of the keynote

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Alec explains the three factors of BlackBerry 10

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SAP showed off how easy it is to bring an app between the PlayBook, BlackBerry smartphones, and the Alpha Dev device using HTML5.

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The tools RIM has released today and their API model:

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Certified Quality Apps Coming to App World With $10,000 Revenue Guarantee

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:43 AM PDT

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Alec went on stage to show that RIM wants quality apps in App World compared to other ecosystems that are flooded with junk apps. RIM is rolling out a new certification program for a nominal fee that will be run by a totally independent third party that certifies the quality of an app. Apps that have this certification who have earned at least $1,000 on their own and then receive certification will then receive a guarantee from RIM. That guarantee says that they will earn at least $10,000 or RIM will cut them a check themselves.

RIM has not released all the details but expect more soon!

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RIM Launching New BlackBerry Jam Developer Rewards Program

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:39 AM PDT

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RIM is revving up another program to help reward developers who are committed to the BlackBerry platform. They are starting BlackBerry Jam Rewards that will allow you to collect points. These points will then be rewarded into trips to conferences, tools, ShopBlackBerry gift cards, and more. They will be rewarded for going to conferences, events, forums More on this later!

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99,500 BlackBerry Apps Now in App World – 25% PlayBook Apps

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:27 AM PDT

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Alec Saunders just got on stage and announced that as of today App World has 99,500 apps in it. The breakdown is shown below and a huge resurgence in BlackBerry PlayBook apps. Alec used this as one of the reasons he proved that app developers are not leaving BlackBerry but actually resurging. There are also a ton of stats on growth that came in the past year!

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BlackBerry 10 Jam Live Blog

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:13 AM PDT

Here we go, folks, stay tuned and hit that F5 key!

Alec Saunders music video, “The Waiting Is The Hardest Part.” Brilliant.

“Bring your code to the BlackBerry platform. Don’t be one of the huddled masses eking out a living from AdSense.

In the last fiscal year, the number of app vendors in BlackBerry up 254%. Same thing reported this morning.

Over 20,000 PlayBooks given away/seeded into the dev market. 77k+ for BBOS

99,500 apps in AppWorld.

SAP speaking, ported an app to PlayBook in 5 hours, HTML5-based. Same codebase running on BB 9900 and Dev Alpha.

Second “You didn’t find this in a bar, didja?” joke of the day.

Poynt, Margaret Glover-Campbell, Sr. VP, Marketing and External relations. Poynt has continued to grow and develop since 2008. Talking about itinerary planning that moves seamlessly from device to device.

Alec again.

“We’re invested in your success. Test your apps on a real-world device before launch.”

Dedicated developer support. Porting specialists.

Creating and launching “RIM Certified” dev cert to strengthen developer credentials in the marketplace.

Massive investment in app quality. “We will guarantee that every quality app submitted and approved in AppWorld will earn a minimum of $10,000 in the first year. If you don’t, we’ll write you a check.” ***Must be RIM-Certified, must have $1000 in sales. So certain restrictions apply. Do your homework before you jump on this, but RIM is putting its money where its mouth is.

BB10Jam World Tour to evangelize BB10 platform around the world.

Now Chris Smith is discussing api s. Photoshop exporter, Cascades builder, Ripple HTML5 emulator, Visual Studio plugin BBOS 5,6,7, PB. Updated developer sites to get you started, all live online right now.

RIM depends on the developer community to extend and project their platform experience for end users. Flow, connection, extension through interconnectivity.

Integrated sharing api. Flag an app for sharing, it gets pulled automatically.

Cascades Builder has live preview. See changes immediately as you apply them. No recompiling or reloading. Code directly into QML.

Nice Cascades demo from Accuweather. Live backgrounds.

Wikitude augmented reality browser, BBM integrated. Running on the Alpha

Looks like Magmic is up next.

Driving open source on PlayBook, BB10 is very open. Magmic now talking about moving from BBOS to BB10. Texas Hold’em King, 8 years out of 10 on BB. THK Live, realtime, online all the time. 6 weeks ago they started building a ground-up THK game in BB10.  BBOS 5, 7, BB10, and PlayBook devices all in the same poker room, live demo. Look for a public beta soon.

Alex Caccia, Marmalade. Demoing Lara Croft. Backbreaker 2 Football demo is pretty nice. Alpha dev device plays exactly the same binary as the PlayBook, took 2 hours to port.

HTML5 and Webworks, bbUI.js allows the same bar file to be loaded on different devices. It  automatically renders for the correct experience on each device.

Android runtime fully supported on the Alpha.

Alpha dev device exchangeable for a limited addition BB10 device when released. Must submit an app to AppWorld.

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RIM Demos Citrix Receiver Running on BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:52 AM PDT

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If you wanted an idea of what PlayBook apps will look like running on BlackBerry 10 this should give you a glimpse. One of Citrix's execs got on stage showing off Citrix receiver on the PlayBook and then he showed it off on the Dev Alpha device. It really looks solid and you see the resolution allowing for the emulator with a full mouse and keyboard.

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Loads of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Pictures

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:41 AM PDT

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We just got some hands on time with the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha that RIM will be giving to developers tomorrow. This new device is really just for developers to test out their apps on the BlackBerry 10 framework with things like Cascades. Even though it has slim bezels the gestures are very responsive and easy to work with. The phone itself uses a microsim slot and has cellular, Wi-Fi, NFC, and a few other connections available. The only apps that show up are the browser, camera, and setup page so I doubt anybody will be using this for anything other than development. It really deoas

Check out the pics and let us know if you want to see more!

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, May 1, 2012, 12:41 pm. | Loads of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Pictures | Leave a comment |


What is BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha?

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT

We got to put our hands on the Alpha dev device in the Press Lounge after the Keynote address. The Alpha is a mini PlayBook. Same OMAP 4430 TI processor, same form factor, miniaturized, of course, same matte finish on the exterior. The OS functions like the PlayBook, and I have to say, I really like it on this form factor. The device only has the browser and camera apps installed, and settings are locked down tight. It exists as a bare-bones framework for developers to drape their apps on without having to resort to iffy software simulators.

From Inside Blackberry:

“We are thrilled to provide every developer who attends BlackBerry® 10 Jam a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device. This is a prototype device created for the purpose of testing BlackBerry 10 applications during development. Did I mention it's a prototype? The BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha is not a BlackBerry 10 smartphone for end users nor does it run the final BlackBerry 10 software – it's been created just for our developer partners to help them prepare for the launch of BlackBerry 10.

The BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha has a 4.2″ screen with a resolution of 1280×768. It has Micro USB for debugging and charging. It has a Micro HDMI port for displaying video on a television or monitor with a HDMI port. It has Bluetooth and WiFi radios and is cellular ready (micro SIM).

It's important to get this prototype into the hands of our partners now so that you can help us deliver the type of high-quality content that will make BlackBerry 10 so special. With the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha, you can test your apps on real hardware to work out interface, ergonomic and usability issues. This device is also a show of our commitment to helping developers build engaging apps for BlackBerry 10. Developers have told us they wanted hardware to test on before the platform launches and we are delivering.”

(via Inside BlackBerry)

It was tough to get nice clear shots with all of us crowding in around it, but here’s a few close-ups:

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Pacemaker Demo’s Mobile DJ App on BlackBerry PlayBook

Posted: 01 May 2012 07:45 AM PDT

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We heard before that Pacemaker was reviving their DJ accessory on the PlayBook but now it is official. They are going to be using it for the BlackBerry World Party tonight but they showed us a demo video now. Check it out. They are going to be giving a free beta copy of the app that is coming in June to users at BlackBerry World who stop by their booth!

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Titanium Appcelerator Coming to BlackBerry Soon

Posted: 01 May 2012 07:38 AM PDT

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Titanium Appcelerator's CEO sent in a video to BlackBerry World to talk for a minute during the keynote to announce that they are bringing their platform to BlackBerry. That means developers who have been using the Appcelerator Toolset for iOS and Android development will also be able to bring it to BlackBerry. They definitely confirmed smartphones but I am assuming PlayBook and BlackBerry 10 are coming.

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