Magmic recently launched Rubik’s Cube for BlackBerry and we sat down with the company’s Director of Product Management, Jeff Bacon, to talk about the experience. It’s always interesting to hear from companies and developers with experience developing for multiple platforms and hearing about the relative advantages and disadvantages each smartphone brings. Hit the jump for the full interview and get a sense of what it’s like building a popular game for iPhone and BlackBerry. Continue reading ‘Magmic Games on Developing Rubik’s Cube for iPhone and BlackBerry’
The BlackBerry Dev Blog has a series of videos of “fireside chats” regarding topics at the upcoming BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco. The latest discussion deals with the topic of the BlackBerry web platform. BlackBerry Widgets have been a popular topic of discussion and the above video has a few RIM employees getting into some specifics about what we’ll see at the show. Hit the jump for the other 2 videos of discussions with RIM staff about topics covered in the upcoming Developer Conference. Continue reading ‘BlackBerry Developer Conference Preview Discussion Roundup’
TELUS is offering pre-orders of the BlackBerry Torch but it could be just for enterprise customers as the notice went out to business clients and the form connects you with a “solution specialist”. There are a lot of small businesses that are going to love the Torch, because it’s a great combination of fun and business. With the Torch, you get the easy navigation of the Storm, with the productivity and keyboard of the Bold. We’re expecting the TELUS Torch to launch on September 24th.
RIM has recently released their Q2 fiscal 2011 financial results and among the highlights is the fact that RIM has shipped over 115 million BlackBerrys to date. The conference call is starting now so head over and listen. Other highlights include:
Revenue grew 31% over the same quarter last year to $4.62 billion
Earnings per share in the second quarter increased 76% to $1.46 over the second quarter last year(1)
BlackBerry(R) smartphone shipments grew more than 45% over the same quarter last year to 12.1 million and RIM has shipped approximately 115 million BlackBerry smartphones to date
BlackBerry subscriber account base grew approximately 56% over the prior year to over 50 million
Magmic has just launched the official Rubik’s Cube game for BlackBerry on Bplay. This game was an incredible hit on iPhone and even though all the features didn’t make it to BlackBerry, there is still a really decent feature set. Rubik’s Cube for BlackBerry lets you play with the standard 3x3x3 cube, or test your skills out on a larger cube such as a 5x5x5 cube. The game comes with solution guide to help you complete the puzzles and you can track your performance to see how good (or bad) you’re getting. Other features include:
Alternative cube sizes: 2x2x2, 4x4x4, and 5x5x5
Track your time and number of moves to solve the cube
It’s interesting to see when RIM uses the BlackBerry brand and when it uses RIM. It’s almost like the company has a split personality. Research in Motion is concerned with security, network infrastructure and all things enterprise. By contrast, BlackBerry loves film festivals, social media and all things consumer.
The BlackBerry social media team having been at the Toronto International Film Festival and there is a lot of great content to check out. The festival has been going on for some time now, so if you head over to their Twitter or Facebook accounts, there is plenty to catch up on. If you’re not at the festival, there are some cool interviews to check out in their BlackBerry VIP Screening Room app on Facebook.
Follow the latest updates from the BlackBerry TIFF account @BlackBerryScene
