What a week! We’ve had an amazing time here in beautiful Barcelona; showing off BlackBerry® OS 7.1, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0, and meeting with developers excited to build apps for BlackBerry!

On Monday, our BlackBerry DevZone section of the BlackBerry Booth was teaming with developers looking to get some last minute passes for our Developer Day sessions. All three sessions were fully booked by the afternoon but we were able to squeeze a few more developers in.

By 7pm we headed out of the Fira and on to the PocketGamer party all the while checking in with Alec Saunders who was judging at the Mobile Premier Awards. Congrats to the winner – BearCare.

We were excited to kick off the Tuesday with three booked solid sessions covering BlackBerry 10 development and BlackBerry App World™ monetization tips and tricks. All of the attending developers left with their very own BlackBerry PlayBook tablet loaded with BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 so they could get started developing right away.

Wednesday was my favourite day of the conference as developers came by to ask advice about developing apps and some came to show off their HTML5 and Android apps that they had ported over to their new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet overnight!

Thursday is a typically the easiest day at this show, but this year it was one of our busiest as we manned an expert table at the WIPJam event. James Dreher, from Developer Relations hit it out of the park with his lightening round BlackBerry Development pitch to the main audience and his pitch to the Barcelona GTUG group on repackaging their apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.

Thanks to all that came out. Looking forward to seeing you all again soon.

Ciao!

All Week

Come by the BlackBerry DevZone (@ 7B42, Hall 7) where, in just a few minutes, developers can port your existing Android™ app to the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet or transform an existing web application into a full-fledged app for both the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and BlackBerry® smartphones. The BlackBerry App World™ storefront team will be here too, available to speed up the vendor approval process and help you get your app posted up on BlackBerry App World right away.

Monday, February 27th

• Mobile Premier Awards– Alec Saunders, RIM’s VP of Developer Relations and Ecosystems Development, is on the judging panel
• PocketGamer Party – Meet us there!

Tuesday, February 28th

• BlackBerry Developer Day at MWC
• Session 1: 10:00 – 12:30
• Session 2:  13:00 – 15:30
• Session 3: 16:00 – 18:30
• http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/blackberry

Thursday, March 1st

• WIPJam – BlackBerry Dev Expert table

Stay tuned to @BlackBerryDev for updates from Mobile World Congress 2012!

We are in the final countdown to BlackBerry® Developer Day at Mobile World Congress – App Planet in Barcelona. Just one day to go!

So much work has gone into preparing for this event and I really don’t want you to miss a thing so I suggest you fire up a new browser window now before reading on!

Some of you keen observers may have already noticed new Spanish support on the BlackBerry Developer Zone. Find out more about our global commitment to developers and exciting new initiatives during our BlackBerry Developer Day keynote –featuring Research In Motion Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.

Here are just a few highlights for the week:

• Visit our App Planet booth (Hall 7, stand 7B26) all week to learn more about the BlackBerry Application Platform, get hands-on experience with the free tools, and meet our development experts one-on-one to answer your questions!
• Also at our booth are several important partners offering developer services covering application testing (Intertek and DeviceAnywhere), custom development (Impetus), and analytics (Motally) – plus representatives from Adobe and Vodafone will be on hand to tell you more about our partnerships and the benefits to you as a BlackBerry developer!
• All-day sessions on BlackBerry Developer Day on Tuesday February 16th covering a range of topics from Java to Web, User Interface to Open GL, Network Connectivity to Commercialization, and more!
• Exclusive BlackBerry Developer giveaways and special events – stay tuned to the blog and Twitter for announcements!

Find out all the details at http://uk.blackberry.com/campaign/appplanet/.

Before the holidays we told you all about our Mobile World Congress plans, and specifically the BlackBerry Developer Day we’re holding as part of App Planet – February 16, 2010 in Barcelona.

We are excited to announce that Research In Motion Co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis will be keynoting at Mobile World Congress – App Planet and will also be the featured keynote speaker at the BlackBerry Developer Day! Mike will share his vision of the current state and future direction of the application market and how you, as a developer or business, can take full advantage of the BlackBerry platform.

BlackBerry Developer Day is shaping up to be an awesome day. In addition to the keynotes, there’s a full agenda of break-out sessions, opportunities to meet the experts from RIM and participate in hands-on labs. Check-out our BlackBerry Developer Day site for more event details and stay tuned the blog for more updates!

http://uk.blackberry.com/campaign/appplanet/