BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition Trade-up

[chall3ng3r]

Alex, I know. I was joking

Where I'm gonna get Linux drivers for this hardware?

// chall3ng3r //

[is05140]

in order to avoid us waiting it will be a good idea to give the "old" dev alpha to the messenger who bings up us the Liminted ed. so no time to wait, and only one messenger visit.

[AlexXF]

Too late... I've send my alpha yesterday Now i fight with emulator

[AlexXF]

What a...?!

http://devblog.blackberry.com/2013/01/dev-alpha-os-update/?CPID=E10C020

After 30th January DevAlpha will get FULL OS.

[Teaboy1748]

I Wouldn't call it full OS yet..

a newer version of the BlackBerry 10 SDK OS but with a slight twist.

[peter9477]

It's clearly not going to be full OS based on that. Just says what it will have, which is nice, but it would have said full if they meant full. Don't expect all the other system apps, for example...

[chall3ng3r]

Yay!!!

That is great news, and I believe RIM have just listened to developers who gave them feedback for Alpha devices. I also wrote them about my concerns and I'm glad they are listening good

Very happy, and glad that if my game doesn't qualify for the LE offer, I will still be able to use the Alpha device to develop further

// chall3ng3r //

[AlexXF]

> Don't expect all the other system apps, for example...

For example? What system apps will miss?

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn - this is the external apps and they will be available via AppWorld

I think we will see too many dev alphas on ebay like a new BB10 device now

[neilwick]

Until the announcement on January 30 of what system apps will be included, it's hard to say what other goodies will be missing from the Dev Alpha, but I'm pretty sure that the camera app with the "time machine" feature will probably not be loaded onto the Dev Alpha.

In any case, developers have agreed to return the Dev Alpha when the program expires and they will be automatically disabled at some point (probably in March). They are not allowed to be sold on eBay and anyone who bought such a device which was disabled shortly afterwards would not be at all happy.

[peter9477]

Well, the Dev Alpha already has the "time machine" camera....

We've also just been told that in addition to the things it has now, it will get only three more things: Hub, phone, and Maps.