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• RIM Announces Standardized BlackBerry 10 Screen Resolutions
• Gist.Com Now In charge of Everything Social At RIM! Closes Door To New Users
• Thorsten Heins Shares & Confirms More BlackBerry 10 Details
• Devs: BlackBerry App World Vendor Portal 4.0 is Now Available
• BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha updated to 10.0.6.545

RIM Announces Standardized BlackBerry 10 Screen Resolutions Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:14 AM PDT We have been hearing rumors for a bit that RIM is planning on standardizing the BlackBerry 10 screen resolutions. They have already confirmed that the first BlackBerry 10 device will have a 1280×768 screen resolution like the Dev Alpha. They explain that this is because the device is pretty far along in production but from then on out they will be using two new standard resolutions. That means future BlackBerry 10 devices will have a 1280×720 screen resolution (16:9 ratio) and a 720×720 resolution for keyboard devices (1:1 ratio). The Cascades framework will be ready for all of these resolutions and RIM has some details on how this will work on their Dev Blog. Its great to see RIM being transparent about this. Let us know what you are thinking if you are developing for BlackBerry 10! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting: BlackBerry Apps That “May” Help You Keep Your 2010 Resolutions RIM Breaks Down Team BlackBerry #BeBold New Years Resolutions in Infographic RIM Explains BlackBerry 7 Screen Sizes & Encourages Devs to Update Apps REMINDER – Giveaway Ending Today: Share your BlackBerry Resolutions and win awesome prizes from Electric Pocket! Giveaway: Will 2009 be a ‘Berry good year? Share your BlackBerry Resolutions and enter to win awesome prizes from Electric Pocket! Unlock ANY BlackBerry for Only $9!!! @ BerryReview Unlocking Store Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, August 16, 2012, 6:14 am. | RIM Announces Standardized BlackBerry 10 Screen Resolutions | Leave a comment |

Gist.Com Now In charge of Everything Social At RIM! Closes Door To New Users Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:19 PM PDT RIM acquired the company Gist back in early 2011, and soon began working on integrating their skills into the PlayBook OS. When PlayBook OS 2.0 we saw their work with the new contact app with social integration. Now the company has announced in a blog post that they will be closing the doors to new users, and will be completely focus on working on everything social for BlackBerry, including BBM. Check out what they had to say: We started Gist in 2008 to make connecting with your key contacts faster and easier to help you create stronger business relationships.  In February of 2011, we agreed to become part of Research In Motion® (RIM®) and bring the Gist vision to millions of BlackBerry® customers and help create the world's largest connected social graph. A few months ago, we shared exciting news about the new BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0 Contacts app that we've been working on since joining RIM.  More recently, our team has been tasked with creating the native address book/contact manager for the next generation platform, BlackBerry® 10. In addition to our core focus on the Contacts app, we have been given expanded responsibility for everything social at RIM including BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™), Facebook® and Twitter® apps and instant messaging as well as much of the identity platform (BlackBerry® ID), location services and user analytics features.  With all this responsibility, we feel even more empowered to deliver a truly unique and amazing experience for aggregating, enhancing and connecting you deeply with your key contacts. All of this feels pretty exciting, but you may have noticed limited innovation on the core Gist product offering over the last year. In an effort to make the most of our new focus, we have, with heavy hearts, decided to shutdown the stand-alone Gist service. Sigh. Though the company has closed it's doors to new users, they have set up a support page for those existing users who wish to migrate their information to another service. For the support page click here.  Read more about the migration steps at this link.   Source: Gist.com Image GIF: GIST If you liked this article, you might find these interesting: RIM Rumored to Acquire Gist Social Contacts Solution Gist for BlackBerry Gets Big Update & Support for More Countries Gist v1.5.46 Adds BBM SDK Integration Gist for BlackBerry v1.6.12 Released With Usability Updates Gist for BlackBerry v1.7 Released As They Share Their Growth After Acquisition Unlock ANY BlackBerry for Only $9!!! @ BerryReview Unlocking Store Posted by Luis Merlos for ©BerryReview, August 15, 2012, 7:19 pm. | Gist.Com Now In charge of Everything Social At RIM! Closes Door To New Users | One comment |

Thorsten Heins Shares & Confirms More BlackBerry 10 Details Posted: 15 Aug 2012 02:07 PM PDT Late last night we told you about the Wall Street Journals take on an interview with RIM's CEO Thorsten Heins but it seems like a few others were at the small event. The RIM execs were in NYC and also spoke to The Verge and Bloomberg from what I can tell. They showed off the two upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices and no photos or video were allowed. The full touch model supposedly looks similar to the Dev Alpha and the QWERTY model looks like a nice Bold model. Check out the full details caught by The Verge and Bloomberg and let us know if you find more! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting: Thorsten Heins Shares A Wide Variaty of Details in Latest Interview Thorsten Heins Confirms BlackBerry 10 OS to have BBM Video Chat Natively Thorsten Heins Confirms That They Are Close to Hiring CMO & COO Thorsten Heins Focused on Making BlackBerry 10 Experience Perfect Thorsten Heins Says Some Carriers Prefer BlackBerry 10 Q1 2013 Launch Unlock ANY BlackBerry for Only $9!!! @ BerryReview Unlocking Store Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, August 15, 2012, 5:07 pm. | Thorsten Heins Shares & Confirms More BlackBerry 10 Details | 5 comments |

Devs: BlackBerry App World Vendor Portal 4.0 is Now Available Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:40 AM PDT   RIM has been ramping up their improvements of BlackBerry App World for vendors as they get nearer to BlackBerry 10's launch. The latest update is to the BlackBerry App World Vendor Portal which has been updated to v4.0. This new version adds something that vendors have been doing unofficially for awhile which is Keywords. These keywords will be used in a future version of BlackBerry App World clients and webstore. The three main updates RIM has highlighted are: Keywords We've added a section on the DESCRIPTION tab when editing your application. You can add now add keywords to your app. This list of words is designed to make it easier for consumers to discover your apps. The keywords will be used in a future version of the BlackBerry App World client & webstore. Automatic "For Sale" posting Once your application(s) get approved, they will automatically be posted 'Up for Sale'. You can opt out of this automatic posting during the submission process, but must be done prior to submitting your application(s) for approval. Privacy Policy Within your Vendor Account details, we've added a location where you can provide a URL to your Privacy Policy, which in turn will be visible by end-users. Lots of changes are happening behind the scenes, but we wanted to ensure you were informed of these three changes that can help you prepare for BlackBerry® 10. For more information regarding the Vendor Portal 4.0, please visit the BlackBerry App World Vendor Portal Documentation page, and as always you can find plenty of information in our BlackBerry App World Vendor FAQ. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting: RIM Updates BlackBerry App World Vendor Portal to v2.0 Devs: RIM Updates App World Vendor Agreement & Merchant of Record Devs: BlackBerry Analytics Portal Getting Redesigned This Weekend App World Vendor Agreements Updated for PlayBook and WebWorks… Devs: RIM Shares How BlackBerry Devs Make Money in App World Unlock ANY BlackBerry for Only $9!!! @ BerryReview Unlocking Store Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, August 15, 2012, 2:40 pm. | Devs: BlackBerry App World Vendor Portal 4.0 is Now Available | Leave a comment |

BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha updated to 10.0.6.545 Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:37 AM PDT On the heels of yesterday’s PlayBook Beta update, Research In Motion gives developers another updated OS.  This time it is for the Developer Alpha, updating to 10.0.06.545.  If you are lucky enough to have a Dev Alpha, you can upgrade by connecting it to your computer and having the latest Desktop Manager installed. For more information, you can head to the BlackBerry 10 Developer Alpha page. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting: Foursquare for BlackBerry Alpha Updated to v1.9.89 Future BlackBerry 10 Device Names Found in BlackBerry 10 Alpha Devices More BlackBerry Developer Alpha Eye Candy BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Gets OS Update to v10.0.6.361 Qik Alpha Gets Updated To 0.0.3 – No Change Log Unlock ANY BlackBerry for Only $9!!! @ BerryReview Unlocking Store Posted by Fubaz for ©BerryReview, August 15, 2012, 1:37 pm. | BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha updated to 10.0.6.545 | 2 comments |

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