WATERLOO – RIM, which continues to pin its future on BlackBerry 10, reports that developers are getting behind the new platform. This week during the BlackBerry Jam Americas conference in San Jose it showcased the BlackBerry 10 platform (delayed until the first quarter of 2013), demonstrating its key differentiators that it says developers are leveraging to create apps that will “engage and delight customers.”
This includes BlackBerry 10 applications from Cisco, Foursquare, Sencha, Gameloft, Halfbrick Studios, Madfinger Games and Funkoi. The apps demoed embrace “the seamless flow that only BlackBerry 10 provides” said RIM in a news release. A replay of the keynote is available for viewing here.
RIM says a survey it conducted of the BlackBerry developers using the 5,000 Dev Alpha test devices distributed during the conference found that 99% of respondents had already started BlackBerry 10 projects.
"The response to BlackBerry 10 on all levels has been incredible and developers have certainly embraced this new platform and are taking early advantage of the tools and support we are providing to them. Our community is telling us about apps from every category that look and feel just amazing," said Alec Saunders, Vice President, Developer Relations and Ecosystems at Research In Motion.
"With our new SDK build now available, applications can really take advantage of our integration and sharing features. This really allows that heightened level of differentiation for apps that platform providers should be bringing to their communities."
The SDKs for BlackBerry 10 were also updated to bring more collaboration, native feature integration and app sharing opportunities. The update makes the native SDK API-complete and enhances the HTML5 toolset, BlackBerry WebWorks says RIM. Further updates were also made to Adobe AIR and Android runtimes.
The BlackBerry Dev Alpha testing units also received an OS update that allows developers to take advantage of the Beta 3 version of the SDKs. BlackBerry developers can now leverage APIs that can integrate with core apps contacts, calendar, BlackBerry Messenger and the BlackBerry Hub and more while they build their applications.
