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Get ready to Jam with BlackBerry 10! Join the PinoyBBDev BlackBerry 10 Road Show!

aaroncajes
60 pts. (Not Ranked Yet)

BlackBerry 10 is here! And we love to show it to our beloved community! Yes! That’s you! We want you to join us on this awesome event! Okay…

So ask yourself:

1) Wanted to know more about BlackBerry 10?
2) Do you have a BlackBerry Z10 and wanted to know more about your it? Join our meet-up!
3) Do you have a BlackBerry Z10 and needed some help setting up apps like instagram?
4) Are you experiencing some software/setup problems in your BlackBerry Z10?
6) Are you interested in buying a BlackBerry Z10 but wanted to try out the device first?
5) Do you want to see the BlackBerry Z10(Red) limited edition?

Then come join us in this meet-up! Register now! This is open to both Developers and Users! Know more about BlackBerry Z10 with our Guest Senior BlackBerry Trainer for Philippines, Waheed AL-Jarallah. Bring your devices and will help you setup apps such as Instagram through our “Application Corner” and get assistance in your “How-To” questions in our “Support Corner”.

Join us as we share with you the power of BlackBerry 10 over pizza and coffee! If you’re ready to join just simply sign up here.

See you there!!!!

aaroncajes

April 23, 2013

Announcements, BlackBerry Events, Events, Meet-up

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Bring your Qt App to BB10 by MobiDex360!

johnbiibs
320 pts. (noobie)

Mobidex is inviting all Qt Developers around the world to take part in this “Qt for BB10” initiative wherein you can submit your Qt Apps to BlackBerry World(formerly known as BlackBerry AppWorld) by January 2013. This gives you a head start from other developers in making your application available to the next generation of mobile computing, the BlackBerry 10!

Aside from that, Mobidex also offers the following incentives:

1. Submit a Blackberry 10 porting plan and you could receive a Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha device. For complete details join the program now, see the official program Terms & conditions.

2. The 10k Developer Commitment – If your app earns at least $1000 revenue but less than US$10,000, RIM will pay the developer the difference between the revenue earned and US$10,000.

3. Free Playbook will be awarded on successful publishing. Only apps in final “MobiDex360 list” will be entitled to free playbook.

4. If the Qt community ports 50 eligible Qt apps to BlackBerry 10 and they are available for sale on BlackBerry App World by January 30, 2012, RIM will donate $10,000 USD to the Qt Project Hosting Foundation.

Check-out: http://www.mobidex360.com/BlackBerryQt/home.aspx

DLSU HackerCup 2012 – a 24-hour challenge!

johnbiibs
320 pts. (noobie)

De LaSalle Univeristy under the College of Computer Studies and Net-Centric Computing Laboratory and Technology Hub for Innovation and Incubation has a new challenge for their students!….. Can you build your awesome app idea in 24-hours?

This challenge is open to DLSU students and DLSU 2012 Undergraduate graduates where they will form a team with at least one (1) member and at most four(4). Participants will be given 24-hours to develop their ideas as either web application, mobile application or both. A theme will be provided today so participants can think about it prior to the main event. After 24-hours each team will be given the chance to present their application to a panel of judges where they will choose the top-3 winners. Aside from getting the exclusive HackerCup trophy, 3rd Place winner gets a Nokia Lumia 800 plus Four(4) Globe Tattoo Sonic; 2nd Place winner gets a Nokia Lumia 800 plus Four(4) Globe Tattoo 4G Flash and the 1st Place winner gets a Four(4) 16GB BlackBerry Playbook plus Four(4) Globe Tattoo 4G Flash. For non-winning teams but was able to submit and presented their apps…. cheer-up! coz you still get away with a cool finisher’s shirt!

For those participants who’ll be developing for the BlackBerry Platform, we are open for consultation (about your app idea, APIs, Development options, etc)! Just tweet your questions at @pinoybbdev / @johnbiibs / @peteangelo / @aaroncajes. And during the event, PinoyBBDev representatives will be there to assist you as well.

Now step up to the challenge! Good luck!

For more info: http://www.dlsuhackercup.tk/

johnbiibs

November 22, 2012

BlackBerry Events, Events

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BlackBerry Jam Hack APAC – Manila Edition!

johnbiibs
320 pts. (noobie)

28(around 130 Developers) teams were put to the test in a grueling 40-hrs non-stop hackathon as part of the BlackBerry Jam Hack APAC Edition last Oct 12-14, 2012. Manila, Philippines is part of the 10-Cities that hosted the simultaneous hackathon together with Delhi, Bangalore, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur as Group 1. Ho Chi Min, Shanghai, Bangkok, Melbourne and Jakarta were under Group 2 which was held last Oct 19-21.
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BlackBerry Jam Hack Pre-Event Meetup!

johnbiibs
320 pts. (noobie)

BB10 CASCADES TRAINING IN GORDON COLLEGE

naricar
50 pts. (Not Ranked Yet)

A whooping 12 schools with 25 attendees participated in the Cascades Training conducted by John G. Bibal II in Gordon College on Oct 6-7, 2012. Most of the attendees have C/C++ background which is a good thing because it is a pre-requisite of this training. Details are as follows:

Day 1 – October 6, 2012

9:00 – 10:00am – Participants start arriving in the venue for registration.

10:01 – 12:00 pm – John starts the training by introducing the BlackBerry 10 mobile development framework. This gives the participants an idea of the available platforms in developing BlackBerry apps. He also explains what comes with BB10 native SDK. During lab work, the attendees make themselves familiar with QNX Momentics IDE.

Cascades Training

naricar

October 7, 2012

BlackBerry Events, BlackBerry Train the Trainers Workshop

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Join the Asia-Pacific-wide BlackBerry JamHack 2012

papdoligosa70 pts. (Not Ranked Yet)PinoyBBDev and BlackBerry®, in cooperation with DevConPH, are very pleased to announce that we will be having another hackathon in less than two weeks from now. Yes, you read it right, another hackathon. But this time, it’s in collaboration with other BlackBerry developer groups across Asia-Pacific region and will simultaneously run along with their own hackathons. And the prizes are much more exciting!!! BlackBerry JamHack 2012 is a 40-hour hackathon that will be held simultaneously in… Continue reading »

papdoligosa

October 2, 2012

BlackBerry Events, Uncategorized

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blackberry, blackberry 10, hackathon, hackjam, jam

You want another Hackathon?!!!!

johnbiibs
320 pts. (noobie)

Were you able to participate in our second hackathon last August?…. Great crowd with awesome ideas! Cool prizes! and of course, over-flowing food and drinks from the first day till the end! You missed it????

Well, good news! We will be having another Hackathon for BlackBerry Developers this Oct!

Hackathon will be open to all Developers, UI Designers and Business Development folks… be it a student or professional. Developers will write apps specifically for BlackBerry 10 using Native (Native SDK C++ / Cascades) or Web development(HTML5) only. Come and join us, for a weekend of fun and exciting activities while you hack your way into the BlackBerry 10 platforms! If you’re new to this platform, BlackBerry 10 is an “open platform” that provides a variety of development languages and runtimes designed to fit your skills. Take a peek about the platform here: www.developer.blackberry.com.

Start gathering your troops to form teams of up to 4, to rock the world with your awesome BlackBerry 10 app, and your great visionary plans to bring your app to greater heights.

Cool prizes awaits the best team! So start working on your cool idea! I guarantee you, this will be a one-of-a-kind event! We are putting everything in this and all you need to do….. is do what you do best… CODING!!!!

So remember, mark your calendar! It’s October 12-14 and look out for more information by visiting this site, via http://www.facebook.com or @pinoybbdev!

blackberry10, hackathon, pinoybbdevhack

PinoyBBDev 2nd Hackathon Part 2 – Start to Finish

johnbiibs
320 pts. (noobie)

It was a beautiful Saturday morning of the 4^th of August when the PinoyBBDev 2^nd hackathon started. Twenty-Two Teams showed up during the 2-day hackathon challenge with attendees from several companies, schools, and freelancers. Their goal was to create 22 Blackberry applications using different platforms namely Adobe AIR, HTML5, Native C++, Android and Cascades.

2nd PinoyBBDev Hackathon – A success story! – Part 1

johnbiibs
320 pts. (noobie)

Twenty-Two Teams accepted the 2 day hackathon challenge last Aug 4-5. Attendees from several companies, schools, and freelancers join forces to create 22 Blackberry applications using different platforms namely Adobe AIR, HTML5, Native C++, Android and Cascades.
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