Announcing the event Apps Hackathon BBM!

I'm excited to tell you about BBM Apps Hackathon contest ("contest") will give developers the opportunity to participate in an exclusive two-day Apps BBM Hackathon event ("event") in New York, where they will receive assistance for building an app that uses the BlackBerry ? platform social Messenger (BBM ?).

Event – taking place on August 11-12, 2011 – will give direct access to people from Research In Motion ? (RIM ?), including members of the BBM development and product teams can help participants understand how to incorporate the social platform BBM. Participants will be able to learn different techniques to integrate viral/social aspects in their application, and experts will be on hand to answer their questions.

Enter in the contest for your chance to win a trip to New York City, including flight, hotel accommodations, $ 500US and exclusive attendance event *. What could be better than that?

How you can win entry to the event? Answer: Use your imagination to think about using social platform BBM to innovate your apps. A total of ten (10) winners will be released in Service packs bags for New York! Visit www.bbmnyc.com for full details, be sure to read the terms and conditions of entry.

If selected, you will need to make your idea a laptop with the BlackBerry ? development software, coding skills and enthusiasm with you in New York! After the incident two days ago, our goal is to have a working prototype or full application that leverages the social platform BBM. Once completed, you can enter your app even in 2011 BlackBerry developers challenge!

Finally, we have the following webcast series that takes place to create an app that uses the social platform: BBM

Integration with the social platform BBM, one step at a time.
Step 1: Viral distribution and BBM contacts list
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Time: 2: 00 PM EST/11: 00 AM PST
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Integration with the social platform BBM, one step at a time.
Step 2: user profiles and custom profiles
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Time: 2: 00 PM EST/11: 00 AM PST
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Integration with the social platform BBM, one step at a time.
Step 3: BBM Chat and Chat integration within your App
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Time: 2: 00 PM EST/11: 00 AM PST
Sign up now!

Good luck!

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BlackBerry DEVCON Europe and Asia and DEVCON BlackBerry: announcing the locations and dates!

In may, the Conference of the BlackBerry World ? 2011, we announced the launch of the first ever BlackBerry ? DEVCON DEVCON Europe and Asia the second BlackBerry ?. Now we are happy to tell you the dates and location of these events – BlackBerry DEVCON Asia will be held in December in Bangkok, Thailand with specific dates will be announced shortly. BlackBerry DEVCON Europe will follow Amsterdam, February 7 and 8, 2012.

We are excited to expand these events, as this gives us the opportunity to talk about the latest BlackBerry development, as well as giving you the opportunity to share your experiences and showcase your applications with your community. As such, there is no better way to share your story to answer the Call for Papers. If you haven't yet, submit a document we want to hear from you – in fact, we are extending the deadline to Friday 15 July for BlackBerry DEVCON Asia and Friday 16th September for Europe DevCon. Stay tuned for details on registration and invoicing for two of these events.

Remember to visit the Web site of BlackBerry DEVCON to learn about these events and to register for the upcoming America DevCon BlackBerry!

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