In this editorial posting I’d like to share my experiences/recommendations in BB10 Cascades app developing after completing the “HelloWorld” example. I want to share this because I originally wanted to get into mobile app developing years ago but always got stuck after HelloWorld and didn’t really know where to go …

A couple of weeks ago, we announced the OSBBx bbUI.js app development contest.  Developers participating in this contest will have the entire month of September to create their best open source application built using the bbUI.js UI framework. Participating developers can win some awesome OSBBx swag, gift cards, and a …

It’s always good to see major developers planing to support BlackBerry 10. Today I was checking App World on my Dev Alpha and noticed that Nobex has a beta available for BB10. All in all, it looks really good, and plays well too. I checked out several stations from back …

As you know, OSBB is commited to BlackBerry and to BlackBerry developers. In keeping with that commitment, we announced OSBBx a few weeks ago. OSBBx is a new division of OSBB for BlackBerry developers featuring many resources to help facilitate BlackBerry application development. We have been hard at work prepping …

Admit it. You remember the Executor keychains that made all sorts of awesome sound effects. My parents sure remember them. I used to keep one with me at all times when I was younger and would blast anything in sight with my imaginary ray gun. If that stirs a little …

We’ve seen Content Settings in BlackBerry App World for both smartphones and the PlayBook. RIM has constantly been adding new features to 7.1, and I’m glad that there have been many new features added since the initial OS 7 release. I may not have any use of Parental Controls but …

With so many apps available on today’s smartphones, Verizon Wireless is giving customers a simple approach to get some of its most popular apps, including NFL Mobile Premium, Verizon Video, VZ Navigator®, Visual Voicemail, Usage Controls and a Ringback Tones subscription in one bundle for one low monthly price. For …

App Game Kit (AGK) is a cross platform development environment that seems to employ a strategy similar to that of the well-known Marmalade SDK. According to AGK, developers can develop an app/game once and deploy to multiple platforms using the APK IDE.  The app currently available for playbook is an …