We highlighted a few specs on the all new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet which was just announced moments ago here at DEVCON during the keynote.  You already saw the video of it so once your done drooling over it, check out the specs below.

• 7″ LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
• BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
• Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
• Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
• HDMI video output
• Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

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As we recently just reported, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is now official.  RIM Co CEO Mike Lazaridis got on stage, announced it, and teased us with the video shown above.  We know all you will fall in love with it and we’re told that we’ll be playing around with them later on today here at DEVCON.

During this morning’s press conference, we were informed about the all new social platform for BlackBerry Messenger.  So what does this mean exactly?  Basically, third party application developers will be able to integrate their applications within BlackBerry Messenger – something that could not be done before.  By doing so, we’ll be seeing more social integration within applications.  For example, mobile gaming.  Imagine having online games on BlackBerry and being able to invite or add other game players via BBM.  Developers can build applications that tie all BlackBerry Messenger features including: chat, contacts, profiles, file transfer, and group invites.

By having BlackBerry Messenger integrated within applications, you’ll be able to share content in the application to BBM without having to switch back and forth between applications.  Also this works the other way around.  Let’s say you have some BBM integrated apps loaded on your BlackBerry.  You’ll be able to get right into the third party application right through BBM by opening up the menu while highlighting the designated contact.  That’s just some examples of what can be done, and I’m sure developers are creative enough to take the integrations even further.  Hit the jump for the full press release from RIM.

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Analytics are very useful to have when trying to populate what trends, what works, etc.  Today RIM announced their partnership with Webtrends to provide BlackBerry Analytics Service for applications.  By doing so, it’ll help target what users like in their apps, don’t like which will of course result in having better BlackBerry applications. “Feedback from our customers and development partners has always shaped our BlackBerry products and services, and so we understand the need for deep, rich and accurate analytics. We also know that access to such metrics is a top priority for BlackBerry developers as they try to make their applications stand out in an increasingly crowded market,” said Curtis Sasaki, Vice President, Product Management at Research In Motion.  Hit the jump for the full press release.

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During the press conference this morning, we were told about all sorts of new services in regards to application development coming in the hands of developers.  RIM has officially launched the next generation BlackBerry web application platform and released the code out in open source.  Included in BlackBerry WebWorks:

• Send a text message from within the application
• Read call log data from the phone application, check if the phone is currently in an active
  call, check the number of missed calls
• Play an audio file as well as create APIs for playing, pausing, stopping and seeking of the
  audio file from within the application’s UI

Hit the jump for the full press release from RIM.

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So this year things are a bit spiced up with DEVCON themes being available for some BlackBerry models.  First in line was the BlackBerry Bold 9700, but then I saw BlackBerry Torch 9800 and was quite amazed.  Even though there is no official theme builder out yet for the Torch, this seems to be the first theme out.  Don’t get too excited – it just changes your background to say “BlackBerry DEVCON” and adds a green highlight to menus you select along with two home screen BlackBerry web links.

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-by Ehab Moniem

Earlier yesterday, we had tweeted out letting you all know that PocketBerry is here live in San Francisco covering the BlackBerry Developers Conference.  We’ve got an exciting week ahead of us with great news you’ll like to hear about along with more hands on experiences on new and upcoming applications.  Tune into us on our Twitter account if you haven’t already, and certainly keep checking up with us for the latest updates here at DEVCON!

I was waiting to see when we would see the DEVCON application launch as we always have seen them in past including one for WES.  So now it’s finally available for free at the BlackBerry App World.  With the DEVCON Mobile Guide, you’ll be able to check out all the breakout sessions, look up specific speakers and their sessions, and search for sponsors.  Also, the app will be used to fill out breakout session surveys which is pretty cool.

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-by Mac Jadalhack

We saw the discussions video of what to expect out of DEVCON this year, but it was too general, and didn’t really give us much.  So on the BlackBerry Developer’s Blog, RIM has decided to give us a little sneak peak of what to expect at this year’s DEVCON.  This list goes on through 5 things we should expect to see including social apps platforms, new commerce services for businesses, new enterprise integration services, and web technologies to build applications (widgets).  Hit the jump for more specific info on the sneak peak.

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