We’re offering developers in Milan, Italy and Madrid, Spain the chance to visit our local Tech Centres and spend a day with us learning about developing applications for BlackBerry 10 using the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK.

If you are an HTML5 /Javascript/CSS developer and want to leverage your existing skills to create BlackBerry 10 apps, then this is the course for you.

We have full day instructor led course, free of charge, running in Madrid on 9^th May and Milan on 21^st May in our respective Tech Centres. You will create, compile, package and deploy on your own system during the hands on labs.

After attending this course you should be able to:

• Describe the current technical landscape as it relates to BlackBerry application development
• Set up a development environment in order to create BlackBerry 10 WebWorks applications
• Create, compile, and package BlackBerry 10 WebWorks applications
• Deploy and test BlackBerry 10 WebWorks applications

To find out more and to register please visit http://www.gpxs.net/en/courses?v=27000103

Pre-event training courses, exclusive Market Insights session, and so much more – are you ready for BlackBerry® Jam Asia?

We’re counting down – exactly 30 days to BlackBerry Jam Asia 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand! Have you registered, or do you need more reasons to? Here are some updates that might nudge you to register now:

Pre-event Development Training

Don’t worry if you are new to BlackBerry® 10 development and think you may not be able to follow the sessions at the conference. Other than having sessions of different technical levels, we are offering complimentary one-day training courses where you will be able to learn the fundamentals of BlackBerry® WebWorks™ or the Native SDK/Cascades on the upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform before you head to the BlackBerry Jam Asia breakout sessions! Workshops – which will be held on November 27 and 28 – will be available in either Thai or English, and seats are limited. Sign up during the registration process to secure your seats, or check out more details about the training sessions here:
http://www.blackberryjamconference.com/asia/content/training

Market Insights Session to be announced

If you haven’t noticed, in the session catalog we have already announced 38 breakout sessions for the conference, with more to come. One upcoming announcement is the Market Insights session (you heard it here first!), where the RIM® Asia-Pacific Market Insights team will share consumer insights about smartphone users and their relationships with the mobile applications. Join us as we share what we found about consumer behaviors when it comes to applications, and how you can make sure your app speaks to them! Check back after your registration to see when this session is scheduled for.

Last chance for early bird registrations

With three days left for early bird registration, don’t miss the chance to gather with some of the greatest minds for BlackBerry 10 development at BlackBerry Jam Asia at low rate of $99 USD – register now, and we’ll see you there!

If you are interested in building BlackBerry® applications using jQuery Mobile, the developer relations team here at Research In Motion® (RIM®) have a great opportunity for you at BlackBerry® 10 Jam. The experts from appendTo are holding a training event during the Unconference Day at BlackBerry 10 Jam on May 3, 2012.

This is an exclusive opportunity with limited space, so register through your session scheduler now. Attendees will receive hands on training from the jQuery development experts on how to develop BlackBerry HTML5 + WebWorks™ applications using the jQuery Mobile framework.

This single day event will feature 6 conference-style presentations of 30 minutes in length.

Here are the requirements:

1. Bring your laptop. Space is very limited and attendees who do not intend to actively participate will be encouraged to allow others to enter the room in their place.
2. Working knowledge of developing web applications.
3. Bring your laptop.
4. Familiarity with jQuery is a considered an added bonus (although not a strict requirement).
5. Bring your laptop…seriously.

Jonathan Sharp, Doug Neiner and Levi DeHaan from appendTo will join our Adam Stanley to lead the sessions. More information is available at www.blackberryjamconference.com.

Are you a game developer in New York City or San Francisco? Want to learn how to develop games for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet using the BlackBerry® Native SDK for Tablet OS? Well, then this is the contest for you!

We are offering developers the chance to win a spot (12 spots available at each location – check out the official terms and conditions) at an intense, two day, hands-on training program in San Francisco (March 28/29) or New York City (April 9/10) that covers the fundamentals of the BlackBerry Native SDK for gaming. Each attendee will also receive a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to help them with their game development post-training.

At the end of the course you’ll walk away with these skills to get you jump-started on building your game:

• Set up a development environment to create a Native BlackBerry PlayBook tablet game
• Create, compile package and deploy a Native (C/C++) BlackBerry PlayBook tablet game
• Incorporate 3rd party libraries into your app
• Interact with different BlackBerry PlayBook tablet components such as accelerometer, keyboard, etc.
• Have a solid understanding of the available native networking components
• Setup a system for in-game purchases and subscriptions
• Use the Scoreloop™ SDK to share gamer scores and achievements

Apply for your chance to win one of these training spots today! The contest closes at 11:59 pm EST on March 20th and all you need to do is tell us why you should be one of the lucky 12 to attend this course!

For more information on BlackBerry developer training courses, check out www.blackberry.com/training.

Since the launch of the BlackBerry® WebWorks™ platform, we’ve heard firsthand from developers that it’s a powerful development approach that is designed to make it easy to build web applications for BlackBerry smartphones and the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet. Proving how important web development is for mobile devices, this year’s BlackBerry® DevCon Americas 2011 puts mobile web development in the spotlight. There’s an exciting range of sessions, labs, training and not-to-be missed learning opportunities for anyone involved in developing mobile web apps.

This year, we’re offering over 25 sessions and two labs that are all about mobilizing web content. Key sessions focus on:

• HTML developers reusing web assets for developing mobile apps (DEV 51)
• How BlackBerry is using its latest web technologies like the BlackBerry® WebWorks™ SDK, BlackBerry® WebKit™, Alice JS and Ripple on GitHub to design better apps (DEV56)
• Learn how to monetize your apps with BlackBerry Application Platform Services such as the BlackBerry® Payment Service and the BlackBerry® Advertising Service (DEV50)
• Meeting web industry leaders such as Assanka, Dojo, jQuery, PhoneGap, and Sencha.
• Discuss the future of mobile web applications and how frameworks such as the BlackBerry WebWorks Platform are positioned to help (DEV48) with a knowledgeable panel, including representatives from Assanka, Nitobi Software Inc. and uxebu Consulting Ltd. & Co. KG.

If you want to come away with skills you can put into action right away, sign up for a new training course, Develop for the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Using BlackBerry WebWorks. This is a great way to speed up your learning curve. The course is offered on Monday, October 17 from 9 AM to 5 PM and costs $499 USD.

Mobile web developers have a lot to look forward to at this year’s BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011, including receiving a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with registration! This is your opportunity to kick start development for your next big application. Make sure you don’t miss out on this exciting offer – register for BlackBerry DevCon now.

Mobile apps in the corporate environment are more creative and influential than ever, helping businesses work faster, more profitably, and with the kind of efficiency that others envy. Here’s why we think attending BlackBerry® DevCon Americas 2011 can help your corporation go even further and do even more.

1. Understand more about the tools and options. Many of the sessions at the show are designed to increase your know-how and skill base, such as:

• DEV19 – Introduction to the BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK: Building a Sample Application
• DEV21 – Creating a UI using the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK for Adobe AIR
• DEV22 – Mobile Application Architecture: How Do I Start?
• DEV23 – So You Think You Understand Mobile Web Services
• DEV29 – Lab: BlackBerry WebWorks Bootcamp for the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet

2. Learn from another corporation’s success. Nothing teaches as well as a company willing to share their experience, and PricewaterhouseCoopers is offering to do just that. Don’t miss COM01 – Enterprise Application Development Made Easy: The PricewaterhouseCoopers Story.

3. Train with the best. Sign up for training sessions on using Adobe® Flex®, Adobe® AIR® and BlackBerry® WebWorks™ to build apps for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet. Both one-day courses are offered on Monday, October 17 from 9 am to 5 pm and cost $499 USD.

4. Discuss and influence the future. BlackBerry DevCon 2011 features a new series of “Collaboration Roundtables”. GRP04 – Collaboration Roundtable: Native App Development for BlackBerry Tablet OS is your chance to join an interactive discussion and offer feature requests and feedback on the technology roadmap.

5. Get one-stop access to everything and everyone to do with BlackBerry. Weeks of learning on your own can’t compare to three focused days where everything about the BlackBerry platform and technologies and corporate development is in one place. The sessions, labs, speakers, experts and networking opportunities are all here. If you need to tell your boss why you should attend, we’ve made it easy by summarizing it all with this Convince Your Boss Letter!

Make sure you don’t miss out – register now.