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Research in Motion announces BBX, 'combines the best of BlackBerry and QNX'
And it's real, folks -- RIM has made BBX, its latest mobile platform, official at its DevCon keynote. Dan Dodge, President of QNX, mentioned that the new OS -- designed for smartphones and tablets alike -- is a "single, unified platform for the whole world," incorporating Enterprise, NOC and cloud services. BBX will offer over 100 open source libraries and is certified for POSIX, which should entice more developers to use the new platform. It'll support HTML5 (which "acts as a bridge between old BlackBerry versions and BBX"), NativeSDK and Adobe AIR / Flash, as a few examples. Finally, the OS will offer a new advanced graphics framework called Cascade UI, enabling Super Apps that provide smooth 3D animations and deep integration with BBM and Push services on the device. Make your way to the presser below to get all of the details.%Gallery-136850%
BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 keynote liveblog!
RIM's hit a bit of a rough patch lately, but that doesn't mean the company can't thrill us here at DevCon Americas 2011. Mike Lazaridis is in the house, and we're expecting some good news to come out during his keynote. What's DevCon got in store? All will be revealed in due course, so bookmark this page and tune in at the times below for the big show. Feel free to throw your time zone and day in the comments below, you know you want to. 05:30AM - Hawaii (October 18th) 08:30AM - Pacific (October 18th) 09:30AM - Mountain (October 18th) 10:30AM - Central (October 18th) 11:30AM - Eastern (October 18th) 04:30PM - London (October 18th) 05:30PM - Paris (October 18th) 07:30PM - Moscow (October 18th) 12:30AM - Tokyo (October 19th)
BlackBerry DevCon starts today, get all the liveblog action right here!
It's only hours away from starting, so all you BlackBerry fans should be good and hyped for DevCon 2011. Will we finally see the promised Android app player for the PlayBook? Could those oft-rumored QNX handsets show up in the flesh? There's only one way to find out, so bookmark this page right here and tune in at the times below to see what RIM reveals to the world in sunny San Francisco. Feel free to throw your time zone and day in the comments below, you know you want to. 05:30AM - Hawaii (October 18th) 08:30AM - Pacific (October 18th) 09:30AM - Mountain (October 18th) 10:30AM - Central (October 18th) 11:30AM - Eastern (October 18th) 04:30PM - London (October 18th) 05:30PM - Paris (October 18th) 07:30PM - Moscow (October 18th) 12:30AM - Tokyo (October 19th)
RIM's BlackBerry Packager for Android emerges in leaked video
Well, what do we have here? RIM has just posted a video outlining its new BlackBerry Packager for Android, just a few hours ahead of today's DevCon event. The tool, which received brief mention in RIM's conference schedule, essentially allows Android developers to port their apps to the PlayBook platform by converting their APK files to BAR files. As explained in the clip, developers should first obtain their signature keys from BlackBerry's Developer Zone before undertaking any porting or development. From there, they can check their existing app's compatibility with the PlayBook. If everything checks out, all they'd have to do is simply click "repackage and submit," and the system will automatically sign and package it away. We're expecting to get more details on RIM's new Packager in the very near future, but you can catch a sneak peak in the video, after the break. [Thanks, Ferganer]
