Wow. What an action packed DevCon it has been here in San Francisco. We went into the keynote Monday afternoon hoping but not expecting anything crazy, but RIM sure gave us a nice surprise. In the midst of all the talk of WebWorks and new tools for developers came the big announcement of the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM's first tablet device featuring the entirely new QNX-based BlackBerry Tablet OS. We have been talking about it nonstop since, and really wanted to break through the glass display its in and get our hands on one. We wound down the week with our CrackBerry App Awards party which was a huge success and even snuck in a podcast. If you missed any of this week's news, click the links below to get informed.
- BlackBerry PlayBook announced! >>
- BlackBerry Theme Studio v6.0 beta 1 download now available! >>
- BlackBerry Java tools Eclipse plugin now available for Mac - download today! >>
- Press Release: RIM to launch free BlackBerry Analytics Service >>
- Press Release: RIM launches BlackBerry Advertising Service >>
- Press Release: RIM Announces New BlackBerry Enterprise Application Development Platform >>
- Press Release: RIM rebrands widgets as WebWorks; Releases open source code >>
- Press Release: Research In Motion announces BBM social platform >>
- Kobo eBook reader to be pre loaded on the BlackBerry PlayBook! >>
- CrackBerry Podcast 058: BlackBerry PlayBook and DevCon10 Super Special! >>
- A discussion with Dan Dodge co-founder and CEO of QNX Software Systems >>
- BlackBerry PlayBook price?! >>
Weekly Contest Reminder:
- Fast Scroll for BlackBerry now available - 100 copies up for grabs! >>
- AppleBerry 2.0 Theme Suite by BlingBerry Themes - 1 of 50 free copies >>
- Contest: Simplified for BlackBerry Torch by BBThemes. 100 copies to be won! >>
- BlackBerry theme roundup for Sept. 27th 2010 - 50 copies of BANdroid up for grabs! >>
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