This past week in San Francisco I had the pleasure to attend the Open Mobile Summit held at the Marriott Marquis. This year marked the largest Open Mobile Summit with over 650 attendees from across the mobile industry. Google, Verizon, Sprint, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Samsung, Motorola, and RIM were among the speakers and panelists discussing all things mobile.
Topics that dominated discussion included 4G, mobile advertising, tablets, applications, and monetization strategies. In an effort to show some Silicon Valley presence RIM’s Tyler Lessard, VP Developer Relations and Global Alliances, attended the summit and spoke to the crowd about the virtues of BlackBerry and where it’s going. Lessard spoke about the new tablet and how it will come “enterprise ready” so that existing RIM enterprise clients will be able to immediately adopt the solutions into their businesses. Continue reading ‘Open Mobile Summit San Francisco 2010: More on RIM’s Valley Presence’
We’ve partnered with the guys at Vayyoo for the latest release of their Super App that showcases the power of the platform to cover a conference. This new version features the ability to login to accounts that dynamically update the client. To showoff this and other powerful features of Vayyoo, a DEVCON account has been created that provides conference interactivity and information.
Cool features in Vayyoo’s DEVCON Edition include:
Submit your own blog posts to BlackBerryCool (more info to come)
App hotlinks that open the App World listing for apps participating in DEVCON
Links to conference information (agenda, Facebook, and #DEVCON10 on Twitter)
Keynote information and polling
Links to event sponsors
Ability to call taxis and limousines from within the app
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’
There’s a cool contest going on right now with RIM and Verizon to promote the new BlackBerry Bold 9650. This weekend in NYC, contest administrators will be going around and taking video testimonials on a BlackBerry Bold 9650 from Verizon. Participants will answer the question, “How do you live your life bold?” The boldest video wins one of three bold adventures: an African safari, a diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef, or a Costa Rican rainforest trip. Be Bold has already been to Boston and gathered up some great bold testimonials. After NYC, they’ll be headed to Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco.
You can now register for the BlackBerry Developer Conference which takes place November 9th to the 12th in San Francisco.
There are a ton of savings available if you register early. There is a $200 Early Bird savings if you register before September 18th,2009. As well, if you attended last year’s BBDC or WES 2009, you get an additional $100 Alumni Discount.
Here is what you’ll find at BBDC 2009:
The inside scoop on developing for the BlackBerry platform and the very latest in software, hardware and tools from RIM and its partners
Invaluable information directly from RIM experts who will personally share their expertise
First-hand experiences from developers who have successfully created, integrated and managed wireless applications
Best practices from industry leaders to shortcut development cycles and drive new applications to market
