Analysis in Motion (RIM) provided a $ 100 incentive to app developers and hosted two Port-a-thons, where BlackBerry and Android developers ported their previously written apps to BlackBerry ten. The outcome was a whopping 15,000 apps in just two days.

The Portathon was held on 18^th and 19^th January and was about 37 hours lengthy. Apart from the 100 dollar incentive for approved apps, developers with far more than 5 entries were entered into a lucky draw for a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device. The devices were later awarded to 200 developers. A cost-free PlayBook was also provided to the 1st developers that submitted among two and five applications.

The Portathon was split into two sessions the very first was concentrated on porting Android apps, although the second session was devoted to porting from other platforms. The developers were also promised that if the app makes a lot more than a thousand dollars, RIM would make up the difference in between what they earned and ten,000 dollars. With so numerous incentives on offer you, the developers ported 15,000 apps in 37 hours which has to be some type of a globe record.

It is getting speculated by many analysts that BlackBerry ten is in direct competitors with Google’s Android, and the only advantage held by Google is the larger number of obtainable apps. That all can alter now that 15000 apps have been added to BlackBerry’s app store in just two days.

The BlackBerry ten will be out in a few days, and men and women are currently calling it RIM’s best competitor to Android and Apple’s iOS. There are a number of hundred thousand apps offered on Apple’s and Google’s app stores, so BlackBerry ten will have a lot of catching up to do. Nevertheless, the new item is expected to place BlackBerry back on track, as it has slowly lost market place share to competitors over the final year.

If BlackBerry ten is productive, it would not only bode nicely for RIM but it would be excellent for the smartphone business on the complete. Much more competitors mean new revolutionary products and reduce prices. It is expected that BlackBerry would be perfect for SMEs that require to equip their employees with smartphones.

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