Well the final BlackBerry 10 port-a-thon before the January 30th launch has now gone into overtime. Alec Saunders had issued a challenge to have 20,000+ apps submitted this weekend and so far they have 19,071 with a couple extra hours added to the clock.
Wow!Congrats to the hard working RIM developer relations team.Another 19,071 apps added to the #blackberry10 catalog since Friday noon.
— Alec Saunders (@asaunders) January 20, 2013
Great work from RIM and all the developers out there, not just from this port-a-thon but from all of the ones RIM had for putting up such big numbers. Every port-a-thon that RIM had put up outstanding numbers and it’s just another example of the excitement for BlackBerry 10.
Shelby Hanson from RIM had this to say earlier.
Absolutely amazing few weeks!Over 42k apps in 5 port-a-thons! We do it bc we love you & we love apps!Many thanks to all who participated
— Shelby Hanson (@4ShelbysDevs) January 20, 2013
RIM has stepped up big time during this port-a-thon as they have given out over $1.3 million to all the developers so far and they are still going. Let us know if any of you submitted your apps and how many.