Here’s a guest post from Marysia – Ed.

Calling all UK devs! Want to develop an app for BlackBerry 10?

Have a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha testing device, but hit a few stumbling blocks and need some help to just get it moving again?

Got an Android, iOS or Qt app that you want to port to the platform?

Are you an HTML5 dev with a great app that could be a hit on BlackBerry 10?

Then look no further! We are holding a series of open days at our Tech Centre in Slough in December with a technology focus for each event! Just book your place at the event that suits you, come along and spend the day with our experts who will guide you through the process and give you some one to one help with your development issues.

To find out more and register for a place visit https://developer.blackberry.com/supportjams and click on “BlackBerry Support Day” and hover over the relevant date on the calendar!

• 4^th December – Come port your Android apps to BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry 10
• 6^th December – Learn from the experts on how to port from iOS to BlackBerry 10
• 11^th December – No platform loves HTML5 like BlackBerry does – come learn how to port your PhoneGap, Sencha, or jQuery based app to BlackBerry 10
• 13^th December – Love C and C++? This is the day for you.
• 18^th December – Qt pros – come learn how to expand your market using BlackBerry Cascades.

Here’s William from our BlackBerry Developer Relations team in EMEA to report on the most recent BlackBerry® 10 Jam tour stop! – Ed.

The London BlackBerry 10 Jam was our largest event to date, attracting developers looking to see what the BlackBerry 10 development tools are capable of. This was another great event to experience, as both the sheer number of developers and their positive attitudes alone were amazing. The venue, Vinopolis (a massive wine bar/conference center home-extension project bunker), was somewhat odd in its complex levels and floors and winding passages, but we didn’t lose one developer all day. They came, they saw, they enjoyed what they saw of BlackBerry 10 – now they want more!

Stephen Bates, Managing Director Europe, kicked off the proceedings with an excellent keynote job that covered all the points effortlessly and gave the day an energetic buzz that kept building after each presentation. Andy Tipton was our MC for the day and kept the flow going on schedule.

Vivek Bhardwaj presented a seamless “Experience of BlackBerry” presentation, generating ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ from the audience when they saw the demos of the photo correction app and new virtual keyboard UI. Michael Weitzel continued with an animated trek through the BlackBerry 10 architecture and was assisted by Luca Sale on the demo device showing Cascades™. Later, Nick Smith of Marmalade provided his magical demonstrations of games running on both a BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device.

Rana and Suavek both introduced what they were going to cover in the afternoon breakouts, and following their brief introductions we stopped for lunch and managed to move the almost 500 developers through the labyrinth to be fed and return for the lightning pitches.

The afternoon split into its native and web tracks, and we repeated the formula of Suavek being assisted by Nick from Marmalade. Yet again, this combination provided a lot of information and excitement. At the end of the day, we’d given out the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha prototype devices to a delighted audience of both new and established developers.This was another wildly successful day, and I was excited by the developer comments on Twitter®.

We generated a huge level of interest through this one-day event, but don’t take my word for it – take a look at what our developers are saying:

@BlackBerryDev I've already sat down to work on BB10 app today after yesterday's London #BB10Jam! Excited by range of development options!—
Kate Glover (@lifson) June 15, 2012

@Derrickerrol Surprisingly tiring! So much good information and guidance! With #BB10Jam BB are really showing they care about devs – I did!—
Julian Clark (@B1uehoo1igan) June 15, 2012

Yesterday's WebWorks session at #BB10Jam was awesome and even got my 14 year old inspired to create apps. @BlackBerryDev—
DJ Reyes  (@djr3yes) June 15, 2012

@ardiri I did, thanks to all the staff at #BB10Jam today! They sorted out us devs who are keen to get apps out. Appreciate this opportunity.—
Matt (@blackberry_matt) June 14, 2012

@blackberrydev I love using my BlackBerry dev alpha thanks to #BB10Jam thanks —
Ben Smith Bortey (@BensmithB) June 14, 2012

My BlackBerry 10 hands on fun. Pure sweetness! crackberry.com/hands-blackber… #BB10Jam—
James Richardson (@j4mes73) June 14, 2012

Next stop, New York City (sold out!) on Tuesday June 19th.

With over 41 million subscribers in 180 countries, find out how you can profit from developing content and applications for BlackBerry. Whether you’re a business partner, content generator or app developer, if you’re looking to get started developing for the BlackBerry platform, these are events you won’t want to miss. We will even be offering simultaneous translation for both the Paris and Hamburg events!

BlackBerry Developer Day Agenda

Please visit the BlackBerry Developer Day site for details on the full agenda, location and how to sign up. We have limited space within the events, so register today to save your spot!

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!