That took a while. RIM’s just opened the door to developers wishing to create apps for their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet , with an added bonus-a free PlayBook if their app gets approved for the App World store, before the tablet launches in North America. It’s taking place sale early next year for only $500, apparently.
BlackBerry App World Now Accepting Apps for BlackBerry PlayBook
Developers can now submit apps and become eligible for a free BlackBerry PlayBook
Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today opened the BlackBerry App World™ vendor portal to start accepting BlackBerry® PlayBook™ apps from developers. Similarly, RIM outlined how developers can become eligible to get a free BlackBerry PlayBook if their app is submitted and approved for distribution on BlackBerry App World earlier than the launch of BlackBerry PlayBook in North America*.
” Interest and momentum behind the BlackBerry PlayBook continues to build and we are thrilled with the positive response from both the developer community and our customers. With its groundbreaking performance and powerful support for industry standard development tools, the BlackBerry PlayBook provides a great platform that appeals to a variety of mobile app developers, including Adobe® AIR® and Flash® developers, HTML web developers, corporate developers and application hobbyists,” said Tyler Lessard, VP Global Alliances & Developer Relations at Research In Motion. ” We are very happy to be working with developers earlier than the product launch and the outlet of BlackBerry App World to just accept BlackBerry PlayBook apps is a vital next step.”
BlackBerry PlayBook App Development
RIM also recently released an update to the Beta version of the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK for Adobe AIR. The update now supports Flash Builder 4.5 (Burrito/Flex Mobile) with plug-ins that work with either Flash Builder 4.0 or the pre-release version of Flash Builder Burrito. Support for Flash Builder Burrito adds drag and drop capabilities, making it even easier and faster for developers to build applications for the BlackBerry PlayBook. The most recent Beta of the SDK also supports Windows in 64-bit and features a simulator for Linux.
What Developers Are Saying
” Developing for the PlayBook has been a pleasurable experience. The APIs are straightforward and optimized for the device and our environment is cross-platform,” said Jerome Carty, President, JCX Systems, Inc. ” The object that impresses me essentially the mostsome of the most is the possibility of the hardware. The gestures for the PlayBook make the device feel as though you’ve got unlimited surface area since they extend beyond the screen to the bezel. This may make for a fun and unique experience for developers and end-users.”
” The BlackBerry PlayBook has some stellar hardware specs which is able to support Adobe AIR quite well,” said Randy Troppman, Founder, RunningMap. ” I recompiled several of my AIR apps with the BlackBerry Tablet OS AIR SDK and they worked the first time. Unmodified. Piece of cake. Now I just have to benefit from the BlackBerry PlayBook’s touch screen to take these apps to the subsequent level.”
” Model Metrics is thrilled to be working to deliver scalable enterprise applications on the BlackBerry PlayBook,” said John Barnes, CTO, Model Metrics, Inc. ” The benefit of development and deployment sets a new bar for the tablet market and Model Metrics is asking forward to offering the 2GO platform for the BlackBerry PlayBook.”
See more examples and comments at http://devblog.blackberry.com/2010/10/blackberry-playbook-apps/.
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