Built For BlackBerry

[alezy]

The All Aboard BlackBerry Port-A-Thon will start on December 14th, 2012 and will run for 36 hours.

Develop a new application or port an existing app from any other OS besides BlackBerry 10 to the BlackBerry 10 OS using BlackBerry Webworks SDK or BlackBerry Native SDK, or Cascades for BlackBerry 10. The more you port and build, the greater your rewards*:

• Get one or more apps approved – $100 per eligible app – a maximum of 20 paid applications
• Get between five and ten apps approved – THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED (200) QUALIFIED PARTICIPANTS ONLY receive one (1) Dev Alpha Device in addition to other rewards

And finally (drum roll, please…)

• Get more than 10 BlackBerry apps approved – $100 per app + one (1) BlackBerry Dev Alpha + FOR THE FIRST TEN (10) QUALIFIED PARTICIPANTS ONLY one (1) paid trip to BlackBerry Jam Europe to celebrate the launch of BlackBerry 10 with us!

http://devblog.blackberry.com/2012/12/all-aboard-blackberry-10-port-a-thon/?CPID=E10C020

Who liked this new offering from blackberry and wants to participate gives a Like there!

I'll join it!

[ieeehh]

Hello,

Could you please clarify exactly what platform do we have to target to leverage this promotion?

Can we build a new app for the Playbook?
Just for smartphones running the Blackberry 10 OS?

Also, if I have a app for the Playbook currently on AppWorld, how can I know if it is eligible for this promotion? i.e. how to know if it has not been automatically ported and therefore not eligible.

Thank you!

[alezy]

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ieeehh wrote:

Hello,

Could you please clarify exactly what platform do we have to target to leverage this promotion?

Can we build a new app for the Playbook?
Just for smartphones running the Blackberry 10 OS?

Also, if I have a app for the Playbook currently on AppWorld, how can I know if it is eligible for this promotion? i.e. how to know if it has not been automatically ported and therefore not eligible.

Thank you!

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I think apps currently available on AppWorld are not elegible for this offer. Maybe they want new apps to BB'10 platform. Please check the Terms to more info.

Regards.

[ieeehh]

Ok, so I can build new apps for smartphones with BB10?

[d3v3l0p3r]

I have an existing PlayBook app (paid app).

I am making BB10 version.

For BB10 I am planning to have "Lite" version in addition to the existing paid version.

The Lite free version will be a new app ID.

Does the free version (which is a new app - but a lite version of existing app) count towards Portathon submission?

[qjunj666]

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT! too bad that Android Runtime is not included

[ivodka]

5 to 10 apps to get the Alpha device.

Ahhh I want it but too far for me T_T.

[ieeehh]

Ok, has this started yet?

[ieeehh]

I have a couple of apps on AppWorld.

Now I have build this new app.

This might be obvious for most of you, but what do I do now? Do I submit it to the App World? Where do I get the 100$ if my apps gets approved?

Where is the official site of the event? I signed up for the event days ago.

[ivodka]

I guess you can submit the application on 14/12/2012 until 11:59 of 15/12/2012