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Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by HardyLeung » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 10:27 PM UTC

veyron wrote: post #10

RossDM wrote: post #4

Build $1 app; purchase 1000 copies; profit!

I assume its tied to device, so it's more like: Build $1 app; purchase 1000 blackberry phones on 1000 contracts; purchase 1000 copies; profit???

How about: Build $1001 app, purchase 1 copy; profit! No?

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by dfrey » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 10:29 PM UTC

RIM must be very confident that nobody will earn more than $1000 from a BlackBerry app in order to make an offer like this.

Either that or they are just trying to pump up their stock price for the BlackBerry 10 launch so that the executives can dump their stock before the company goes bankrupt.

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by ja27 » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 10:40 PM UTC

RossDM wrote: post #4

Build $1 app; purchase 1000 copies; profit!

Build $1 app; set up Facebook giveaway of a couple iPhones if the app hits $1k in revenue; profit.

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by talmand » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 10:42 PM UTC

veyron wrote: post #10

RossDM wrote: post #4

Build $1 app; purchase 1000 copies; profit!

I assume its tied to device, so it's more like: Build $1 app; purchase 1000 blackberry phones on 1000 contracts; purchase 1000 copies; profit???

How about this:

Build $1 app, pay 1000 people $2 each to buy it, collect $8000?

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by huxley » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 10:47 PM UTC

Is there anything new to this program? It sounds the same as the one announced in May ...

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/05/02/rimm-pro...

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by chc » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 10:53 PM UTC

mindstab wrote: post #5

Well this will totally get cut the rope ported... oh wait... it's free... along with most of my favourite apps....

I don't follow your point. Is it that you think the glut of free apps will make it hard for paid apps to compete, or what?

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by jentulman » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 10:54 PM UTC

RossDM wrote: post #4

Build $1 app; purchase 1000 copies; profit!

Build $500 app, purchase twice, profit.

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by delinka » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 11:11 PM UTC

chc wrote: post #16

mindstab wrote: post #5

Well this will totally get cut the rope ported... oh wait... it's free... along with most of my favourite apps....

I don't follow your point. Is it that you think the glut of free apps will make it hard for paid apps to compete, or what?

Because free apps can't earn $1K, there is no additional incentive to port free apps as they'd never receive this $10K prize.

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by ssi1111 » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 11:12 PM UTC

jentulman wrote: post #17

RossDM wrote: post #4

Build $1 app; purchase 1000 copies; profit!

Build $500 app, purchase twice, profit.

The challenge is going to be to find 2 people that use blackberry...:) j/k...

Re: RIM promises $10k to devs if BlackBerry 10 app earns $1k

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Post by marcomonteiro » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 11:16 PM UTC

delinka wrote: post #18

chc wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't follow your point. Is it that you think the glut of free apps will make it hard for paid apps to compete, or what?

Because free apps can't earn $1K, there is no additional incentive to port free apps as they'd never receive this $10K prize.

Exactly. For a moment I considered porting one of my client's app for free but then I read the details. No go.