RIM CEO Lazaridis Provides A Glimpse At the Future of BlackBerry and the new BBX Dev Platform
Written by LBSzone
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Today at the annual BB Love-fest (aka. BlackBerry DevCon), RIM
President & CEO,Mike Lazaridis, greeted the crowd and provided the
State of RIM address as well as a roadmap for the future which includes
the Blackberry 7 lineup of devices and a new developer platform,
Blackberry BBX.
In his address which I caught via live stream I picked up on the following tidbits and numbers of interest:
There are currently more than 70 million Blackberry subscribers, up 40% over last year
165 million smartphones sold to date
BBM – 28 million last year, today, more than 50 million – up 80%
AppWorld in 130 countries with over 1 billion downloads and that’s about 5 million downloads per day
On average, BB developers make more $$
BBM social platform opened to developers 3 months ago – more than 25
million downloads with 200,000 foursquare downloads in one day
First tablet certified safe by the US government
150 million devices sold, 70 million active users, 1 billion apps downloaded, 140 million apps per month
BB 7 smartphones generate 11x higher gross app ARPU than BB 6 and BB 5
Apps are downloaded about 40% more than iOS or Android apps
Today BBX developer platform, based on open standards – a single, unified platform – OpenGL standards
Particularly exciting for developers is the launch of BlackBerry BBX – The BBX platform will include BBX-OS, and will support BlackBerry
cloud services and development environments for both HTML5 and native
developers. BBX will also support applications developed using any of
the tools available today for the BlackBerry PlayBook – including Native
SDK, Adobe AIR/Flash and WebWorks/HTML5, as well as the BlackBerry
Runtime for Android Apps – on future BBX-based tablets and smartphones.
The Really Big List of Mapping, Geo location Mobile developer resources, APIs and Tools - The Mobile Ecosystem... no question that mobile is huge and
the opportunity for developers, in particular, geo developers! There's
loads of developer resources on the web so to help the developer,
here's a listing of just some of the fine dev resources, blogs,
toolsets and more to consider when developing or porting your app to a
smartphone or Tablet.
Mobile Technology Feature - Top 10 Business Apps for Android - Android has become one of the most popular mobile operating systems
in the world due to advanced software, competitive manufacturers, and an
app market that is filled with exciting and useful applications. Read
on for this fine Top 10 List compiled by tech writer, Blake Sanders
ArcGIS.com Mashup Tutorial with Flickr and Foursquare data-
Here's a simple "how to" tutorial on working with the free ArcGIS.com
to easily import KML or RSS data from Flickr and foursquare into ArcGIS
to create your own custom map mashup.
Most Users of Free Photo Apps Say Adding Cool Effects is Most Useful - Adding cool effects
to photos was rated as the most useful thing by more than halfof
consumers surveyed using free online photography services, according to
CatchFree a free
online service that helps people find the best free mobile and web applications
to perform useful tasks.
Flickr GPS Photo Tag Tip - Here's a tip for Flickr users who want to share their GPS information
with their photos. note, in order to do this you'll need to be
capturing photos using a GPS-enabled or GPS-aware camera (see you're
smartphone hardware settings to ensure that GPS or location sharing is
turned "ON)".
Suggested Reading
The Underground Guide To The iPhone:
The iPhone is – if I may say so – one of the greatest mobile
revolutions of the past decade. More and more, mobile phones seem to
materialize out of our wildest dreams. Because of the tight integration
of third-party applications, you can do nearly everything with your
device — be it gaming, working, fooling around, and of course phoning.
Good Mobile Messaging: Executives and professional field forces spend an increasing amount of time on the road tending to business.
Mobile Apps - Native or Web?:
You probably have a plan to build a mobile app, but you've struggled
with the basic question - Should I build it using open web standards
such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or should I build it as a native app
for the devices I want to target?
Location summit 2012 - Back for its third year, the Location Business Summit will bring
together senior level executives from across the whole breadth of the
location ecosystem to discuss strategies, form partnerships, compare
trends and forge new business ventures. May 22-23, 2012, Amsterdam
WhereCamp Berlin 2012 - For those passionate about geographical specialties, WhereCamp Berlin
is gathering its attendees on the 22nd and 23rd of June. Everyone is
free to present and share topics, news and trends
