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by figurify 4882 days ago
Having developed for BB before, I cannot tell how bad their toolchain and libraries and HW/SW protocol layers are. I highly doubt that they can fix all these in one big fat major release. Considering the fact that RIM is bleeding, this may be their one and only chance though. Good luck RIM, it is always good to have more options in the market...
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ConstantineXVI 4882 days ago
They've totally tossed the old SDK; you use either[0] "Cascades" (Qt derivative, looks like), WebWorks (HTML5), Android, or AIR.

[0] https://developer.blackberry.com/develop/platform_choice/bb1...

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Ralz 4882 days ago
Can't you just develop an Android app now and repackage it for the BB10? Is it that easy or have I heard wrong?
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ryanwlessard 4882 days ago
Yes, and they'll pay you per app AND they are doing a revenue guarantee for the year above a download threshold I believe.
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papsosouid 4882 days ago
>I highly doubt that they can fix all these in one big fat major release.

Why? They threw everything away and started from scratch, so the only way to not fix them is if they deliberately recreate the same problems. They didn't btw, bb10 development is way easier than ios and android (never touched windows phone so I can't comment there).

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