We had a chance at the 2010 BlackBerry DevCon to sit down with Marty Mallick, who is a Senior Director of Business Development within the Strategic Alliances division of Research In Motion (say that three times fast!). When you see BlackBerry apps come out for the big boys in the space (eBay, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Marty's team is involved. We'll let Marty do the talking, so sit back and hit play!
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Colored Curves: a Quick Look at the Ballet Pink and Royal Purple BlackBerry Curve 9360
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Cruising through the BlackBerry experience during BlackBerry DevCon Europe, we came across these sweet colored Curves. The Ballet Pink and Royal Purple Curve 9360 haven't had much press, although they have been seen around a few times before. Nothing fancy going on with either of these, but we always like to see how cool devices look with a...
"Share On..." feature of BlackBerry Bridge 2.0 and PlayBook OS 2.0 demoed by Vivek Bhardwaj
[Youtube link for mobile viewing] I'm convinced that presentations never go 100% according to plan, regardless of what the presentation is about, and this morning's keynote at BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012 was no exception to that. Vivek Bhardwaj, Head of Software Portfolio EMEA, experienced a glitch in his presentation while showing us some of the incredible new features that the...
Whipping up advanced and fun app user interfaces with the Cascades Cookbook!
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] When Research In Motion purchased the Sweden-based company The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), it purchased more than a talented group of people obsessed about advancing user interface design. It also bought TAT's technology framework, called Cascades. TAT's philosophy is that Design Loves Technology, and the Cascades development framework makes it...
BlackBerry DevCon Europe Keynote w/ new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins! [video]
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Here it is folks, BlackBerry history! CrackBerry was on hand in Amsterdam to witness (and record) the first BlackBerry event keynote presentation by newly-minted CEO, Thorsten Heins. You can hit play on the video above to watch his full 25 minute debut at BlackBerry DevCon Europe. On the announcement front, there wasn't really anything in...