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BlackBerry 10 gets 19,071 new app submissions in last two days; stock soars 11% in Canada

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BlackBerry 10 gets 19,071 new app submissions in last two days; stock soars 11% in Canada
Things are really beginning to fall into place for RIM. One area where BlackBerry appeared weak was with the number of available apps in BlackBerry App World. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has stated that the size of an App Store doesn't matter and that RIM plans to carry the top 200 to 400 apps in each country and region. It is estimated that 70,000 apps will be available by the time the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry X10 are launched. In an effort to add more apps,  RIM held three Port-a-Thons where Android developers could receive $100 for each of their apps they submit to BlackBerry 10. In addition, RIM handed out its BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha all-touchscreen phone to developers and plans on launching one for its BlackBerry X10 model with a physical QWERTY on board, sometime after January 30th.

RIM received applications for 19,071 apps in 36 hours

RIM received applications for 19,071 apps in 36 hours

The first time in mid December, 4,000 apps were submitted. In the middle of this month, 15,000 more were sent in over a 37 hour period. That was followed by the last Port-a-Thon which just ended with 19,071 apps sent to RIM in just 36 hours, according to a tweet sent out by RIM. That works out to 529 apps per hour or $52,900 from RIM's coffers.

Meanwhile, while the U.S. markets were closed on Monday to observe the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Canadian markets were open and the continued good news about RIM topped by the video we showed you comparing the BlackBerry Z10 quite favorably with the Apple iPhone, got investors in a buying mood. Last week, we showed you the Island Reversal on RIM's stock chart which is a bullish pattern. On Monday, the shares soared nearly 11% to close at $17.41 CD, up $1.70 CD. Of course, RIM has a long way to go to reach its all time high which was above $140 USD in 2008.

source: RIM via Pocketlint

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1. blackice214 posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:12 9

The next few months should be interesting.

2. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:15 4 1

very...

4. T.R.O.L.L (banned) posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:34 5 1

Intresting™

3. palmguy posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:34 2

Blackberry stock, go!

5. Berzerk000 posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:34 4

I bet all the BB10 haters feel silly now. All of this is happening before it even releases. If just the leaks and demos are getting people excited, you can only imagine how the official release will get people going.

13. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 22 Jan 2013, 00:37 1 1

now its not about saying "i told you so" but i will say that their are a bunch of people here that doubted alot of things predicted about RIM in earlier articles that, like you said berzerk bro, are making them look AND feel silly now.....

"They will do better than expected"

Was one thing said about them............Such a humble prediction wasnt it? :)

6. T.R.O.L.L (banned) posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:36 1 1

This is bad news for NicolasOliver....!

7. rusticguy posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:37 3 3

Soaring faster than Nokia even before release. Good sign.

8. chezy posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:47 2 2

so where are the blackberry haters at?

9. Bernoulli posted on 21 Jan 2013, 22:58 6

How can anyone hate BlackBerry? They're the legendary smartphone builders,along with nokia, if there's one company people will hate will be Apple

10. chezy posted on 21 Jan 2013, 23:05 5

there are a lot of idiots who are hating on blackberry 10. saying it will fail...

but it looks like its doing very well and its not even out yet.

14. Bernoulli posted on 22 Jan 2013, 11:39 1

Haha no kidding man! I'm a current user of a Galaxy note II and even I will be buying one because of all the features it offers, none the less smooth UI and fast Web browser.

11. jroc74 posted on 21 Jan 2013, 23:31 2

Seems me and a few others on here werent the only ones liking what we saw recently...lol. Ppl forgot......before everyone called all smartphones an iPhone....they called them all Blackberries....

My daughter wanted a Blackberry first, then iPhone before she started liking Android. She was 11 or 12 at the time...

Still a big Android fan.....but its always good to have other choices you may want if you ever decided to switch. It was WP.....now its WP and Blackberry. Sorry iPhone...I tried ya. You ok....just not my cup of tea. You got real nice looking apps tho.

12. cripton805 posted on 22 Jan 2013, 00:07 1

Cool.

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