Comments on: BlackBerry DevCon Americas – Register Now!

By: Viira Dev

Viira Dev — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:24:00 +0000

I am about to register, and am very excited for the event (I have been to every one since the first DevCon). Kudos to you guys for making it even more affordable to attend! $699/$599 is an *exceptionally* good rate for a 3-day conference right downtown San Francisco.

Are you thinking of adding a 4th developer day at the end like you did on the last one?

By: Mike Kirkup

Mike Kirkup — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:24:00 +0000

Thanks Allen.

We are looking at what is the best way to share the content after our upcoming series of conferences this year. YouTube isn’t an option due to the 10 minute content limit but if you have other suggestions we are happy to hear them.

By: Mike Kirkup

Mike Kirkup — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:51:00 +0000

Yes, definitely. If you log into DevZone today you will see a link to DevCon 2010 from “My DevZone”. The easiest way to find it is to go to http://www.blackberry.com/developers and login to DevZone. From that page right in the middle should be a link to the DevCon 2010 conference materials (the nice big logo).

Let me know if you still have trouble finding it. We are looking at alternate ways to share this material with you and appreciate the feedback.

By: Mike Kirkup

Mike Kirkup — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:22:00 +0000

Basti,

Appreciate the comments. RIM is very interested in continuing to foster a vibrant and successful developer ecosystem around the BlackBerry platform with the DevCon events forming a big part of our time and energy. It is very reasonably priced this year at $699 for a three day event especially compared to our competitors (Google I/O $450 for a two day event and WWDC $1595 for a five day event). DevCon provides a unique opportunity to engage with RIM experts, experts within the broader community and to walk away with hundreds of hours of new content and knowledge.

That said, we have many free events worldwide that we host under the banner of BlackBerry Developer Days (http://devblog.blackberry.com/2011/03/blackberry-developer-days-spring-2011/) or Meet the PlayBook (http://uk.blackberry.com/campaign/ae_mtp_event.jsp and http://uk.blackberry.com/campaign/za_mtp_event.jsp) where our developer community can learn about the basics of our platform and how to get started.

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By: Allen George

Allen George — Sat, 14 May 2011 22:32:00 +0000

Is there a place where we can see presentations from previous DevCons (just like Google IO)? The DevCon 2011 page says that content from 2010 is accessible in the BB Developer Zone, but for the life of me I can’t find it! It would be nice if there were an easy-to-access link with videos and presentations for each conference year…

By: Basti

Basti — Sat, 14 May 2011 05:03:00 +0000

I’m still asking myself why these tickets are so expensive. Most other (mobile) vendors have free developer events – because they want to create a living ecosystem around their OSs. And it seems to me that it worked – at least for Google.So how many people (independend developers like me) are going to pay hundreds of dollars to join an event of an ever-declining platform?

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