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Update: AppCircus Spotlight on BlackBerry video recap is now available! Check it out via the link below.

BlackBerry Developer Day at Mobile World Congress 2011 was a jam packed development party. Each bootcamp and speaker session was filled with eager developers looking to learn more about BlackBerry development. I was able to meet up with Mike Kirkup, Director of Developer relations, at the end of the day and get his thoughts on how things went, as well as the rundown of his BlackBerry Development Roadmap session (highlights: Near Field Communications, OpenGL 2.0, Magnetometer and Digital Compass support are all coming in BlackBerry 6.1).

We also were able to talk briefly about the AppCircus Spotlight on BlackBerry event. The event was streamed live on our BlackBerry Mobile World Congress 2011 page, but if you missed it, don’t worry! We have a full video recap of the event available by clicking the link below. Make sure to also check out these BlackBerry App World download links for the event winner, Gbanga and honorable mention, UrbanStep.

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The development bootcamp sessions comprise a good chunk of BlackBerry Developer Day at Mobile World Congress 2011. I was able to get some time with Inside BlackBerry Developer’s Blog blogger, Prosanta, and Adobe Developer Evangelist, Renaun (whom you may remember from our CES 2011 coverage), right after their BlackBerry PlayBook Adobe AIR bootcamp to see what it was all about. Below are the useful resource links Prosanta and Renaun mentioned in the above video.

Prosanta’s BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK Overview (VIDEO)
BlackBerry Tablet OS Development Resources (SDK, Simulator, Webcasts)
Adobe Developer Connection BlackBerry Tablet OS Resource Page
Renaun’s “The RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Difference” Article
Renaun’s BlackBerry PlayBook Blog Content

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Mobile World Congress 2011 is a pretty interesting event from a BlackBerry developer perspective, because it actually contains a mini-DEVCON inside it: BlackBerry Developer Day. With BlackBerry Developer Day taking place tomorrow, we sat down with Director of Developer Relations, Mike Kirkup, to get a high-level overview of what attendees can expect. For those developers in Barcelona, make sure to read our previous BlackBerry Developer Day post for detailed session schedule information. If you’re not attending, don’t worry! The Inside BlackBerry Developer’s Blog will be uploading videos tomorrow with each of the BlackBerry Developer Day session leads, so you can get the info you need to build the next great BlackBerry Super App.