BB 10 Jam, etc. April 15, 2012 I was excited this week to get an email from RIM offering to fly me down to Orlando and put me up at the Hilton to attend BB 10 Jam. I'm also excited to be getting the BB 10 Alpha device to start developing BB 10 apps. Obviously my top priority will be getting iTunes Sync up and running, but I don't expect it will take much work. From what I understand, the alpha device screens will be the same resolution and pixel density as final devices, and will have the same ports, just not in the same places as final devices, etc. Of critical importance is the screen, especially for development. Knowing that it will have the same screen characteristics as final devices is great! I submitted iTunes Sync to the App Circus competition. There are 3 prizes each worth $25,000, and only 9 competitors so far -- even if there are 50 apps by the time of the conference, that's a pretty small pool of competition for such large prizes! Given that iTunes Sync has been the top purchased app of the apps so far in the competition, who knows?! Yesterday I finally enhanced iTunes Sync to create your iTunes playlists on your PlayBook. The feature is currently implemented for Windows/PlayBook, so if you have a Mac and/or are using the phone version, the feature has yet to be added. Hopefully App World will approve this update soon, I'm sure lots of people will be happy to get it! That's one of the neat things of having about 25,000 customers: You can spend a few hours coding on a Saturday and a whole lot of people can see, download, and appreciate your efforts. A couple of weeks ago RIM released my success story, which is great. I enjoy getting the word out about what a great opportunity App World development is. This week I attended my first mobile event, called "MoBeers" here in Waterloo. It was wonderful to meet people face to face and chat, such as RIM's Alex Kinsella. He strikes me as being a great person for his role. I also saw Alec Saunders there but didn't meet him. Also nice to catch up with a couple of former Navtech employees. As a person who works from home, it's energizing to be able to chat with people in person! All the more looking forward to my time in Orlando, which is coming up fast! Also of recent was meeting Mike Kirkup, former RIM developer relations person (at Navtech hockey of all places), and Wes Worsfold, president at Motek, and leader of the KW BB Dev group. I'm planning on giving a talk on May 10th to the KW BB Dev group of my experiences.