However, the $$$ have never been much of a problem, at least not from my past experience, but rather the turn around time to acquire the certs has been more of an issue… eg 3-4 weeks the last two times I needed to have RIMS process my application…

I would say, if they haven’t improved their internal process and capacity to deliver certs in a timely fashion… well that should be their next step.

All things considered, I think this is good news for the users and RIMS overall marketing strategy.

My thoughts,
Denis

If the poster makes the statement, “At this point, it’s not clear why a developer would even need a signing key. Perhaps the next step will be to do away with the signing keys altogether.” they shouldn’t be posting on a blackberry “site” in the first place.

As a blackberry user, I absolutely cherish the fact that Blackberry is the most secure mobile platform. Perhaps not as popular as iOS or Android, but it’s more secure, hands-down. This is so misunderstood by the general public. Andoroid users, in particular, don’t know how open their handsets really are, and how there is almost zero control there is to take data from your phone. Motorola gets it and their moving fast to make Android more secure.

I absolutely want blackberry developers to use signing keys. It’s the only way to hold developers accountable for releasing bad or malicious code.

Drop the signing keys for a developer, and their applications immediatley cannot push notifiications, nor handle subscription services, and blackberry can also stop any malicious data traffic.

If the developer violates the terms of the licensing agreement, it’s more than just keeping their apps from app world…blackberry can keep the apps from sending/receiving data via the BES/BIS servers.keys altogether.”