Continuing on with our mobile pavilion tour at BlackBerry DevCon 2011, we met some amazing people behind some equally amazing products. Part II of our tour doesn't fail to wow either, as we are introduced to companies that help other companies build and market their applications. Though some were more animated than others, you couldn't help but feel their passion. This time around, we took a look at App-Promo, Grabba, Xtreme Labs, iSpeech and Marmalade. Marmalade's President, Alex Caccia, walked us through some of the projects they are currently working on. There was a light hearted moment when I helped him clear a level of Cut the Rope, but it ended up on the cutting room floor. Click on each of the links to learn more about each company. Part 3 is coming up.
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