BlackBerry 10 Android Runtime To Receive Jelly Bean 4.2.2 Update In OS 10.2

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With OS 10.1 beginning to roll out to the Z10 earlier today, we’re already beginning to learn more about the next major update – 10.2. According to the Android Runtime roadmap, BlackBerry is planning to upgrade Android Player to Jelly Bean 4.2.2 when OS 10.2 is released, which should hopefully improve the experience with Android [...]

BlackBerry OS 10.1 Beta Now Available For Dev Alpha B/C, Z10 – Simulators Updated

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OS 10.1 beta is now available for developers, the BlackBerry Dev team has let us via a blog post and Twitter. New SDK OS update for your BlackBerry Dev Alpha C devices in preparing developers for the BlackBerry Q10 device.  This 10.1C SDK OS is a developer preview that allows you to check out how your apps [...]

Time For The Second Annual BlackBerry Developers Community Awards

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BlackBerry has just announced the second annual BlackBerry Developer Community Awards and that means it’s time for all you BlackBerry developers out there to start nominating your fellow developers that you feel has gone above and beyond to help others out.

Android App Support Now Added To BlackBerry Q10

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Well now that the BlackBerry Z10 has launched almost everywhere it’s time to start getting the BlackBerry Q10 ready for it’s own launch. Today we have some news for all the Android developers that want to include your app on the BlackBerry Q10. You can port your existing BlackBerry 10 Android apps running on the [...]

BlackBerry And SAP Partner For BlackBerry 10 App Developer Competition

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Although apps are often seen as a more consumer-oriented need, we mustn’t forget that BlackBerry’s faithful enterprise users sometimes need professional-grade apps too. In order to help bring those apps to BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry and SAP have partnered for what they call a Mobile Apps Challenge – a competition for developers using the SAP Mobile [...]

BlackBerry Developer Relations Teams With Skillsmatter For BlackBerry 10 Development Training

In their relentless effort to attract more developers to BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry has got yet another incentive up their sleeves – they have teamed with Skillsmatter to offer development training for BlackBerry 10. The first such training session will take place in the form of a BlackBerry Jam on March 7th in London, UK.

Built For BlackBerry Program Receives Some Changes

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Built for BlackBerry is an almost prestigious designation of sorts for BlackBerry 10 apps on BlackBerry World – it means that the app has met the high standards set out for high-quality apps by BlackBerry. But some developers have seen the standards as almost a little too high, with relatively few apps receiving the designation. [...]

Apps on BlackBerry 10: What Every Developer Should Know

What Every Developer Should Know

  If you are are current or new developer for BlackBerry 10 here are a few things that you should know. BlackBerry is focused strategically on the enterprise. With BlackBerry 10® and BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10, our goal is to deliver the most useful and secure experience possible. We’re invested in bringing enterprises industry-leading, cross [...]

Built For BlackBerry Apps Section Makes Its Way To BlackBerry World

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In part of the 10k developer reward/commitment program, BlackBerry has pushed out a section showing all Built for BlackBerry apps. What exactly is Built for BlackBerry and how can developer’s apps be part of the program?

Developers: BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition and Dev Alpha C Update

For those developers wondering when they will receive their BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition devices, Alex Kinsella from over at the BlackBerry Dev Blog updates us. Apart from the BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition devices, we also got an update on the Dev Alpha C device with a physical keyboard. See the top questions from developers asked [...]

Developing Business Apps for the Work Perimeter of BlackBerry 10 Smartphones

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At BlackBerry Jam Europe 2013 the BlackBerry Inside Blog caught up with John Mutter, Sr. Manager of the Enterprise Developer Partnerships team, to chat about his session on developing business apps for the work perimeter of BlackBerry 10 smartphones. John provides tips and tricks for developers, as well as dives into the advantages of having [...]

Kicking Off BlackBerry Jam Europe 2013 with the Enterprise Developer Partnerships Team

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In Amsterdam BlackBerry Jam Europe 2013 is in full swing. The Biz Blog chatted with Gregg Ostrowski, Sr. Director of Enterprise Developer Partnerships, to learn about what this year’s conference has in store for enterprise developers. See video:

BlackBerry Launches Dev Alpha C With Physical Keyboard For Developers

BREAKING: #BlackBerry launches new Dev Alpha C program so devs can begin to build apps optimized for the physical keyboard devices. ^AK — BlackBerryDev (@BlackBerryDev) February 5, 2013   BlackBerry launches the Dev Alpha C with a physical QWERTY keyboard at BlackBerry Jam Europe for developers. This Dev Alpha C will help developers develop their [...]