It has been quite some time since I last pointed out the problems in the Blackberry Developer program. Since then a lot has changed and I feel that RIM is making serious effort to make Blackberry development lot more attractive to the developers. I will point out the following two incidences:

Instance 1: I released updates of  two more blackberry programs and guess what RIM didn’t charge a single credit for that. This means that the cap of charging credit even for minor or major update to a program has been removed. At first I couldn’t believe it and had to cross check but finally had to digest the fact that RIM has finally done what all of us have been asking for long. So if you release updates of your existing program RIM won’t charge credit for that.

Instance 2: RIM waived off the developer fees required to signup for the Blackberry Development Program. This might be a temporary window of opportunity but this definitely means that RIM is very much interested in getting as many developer as possible on its App Store eco system. I am sure this will go long way in ensuring that more developers get involved in developing applications for the Blackberry App Store.

With the recent synergy being demonstrated by RIM I am sure we will see a flurry of new apps on the Blackberry App Store. Way to go RIM!