Alec Saunders

Listen to the SMRpodcast Interview with Alec Saunders to get the Full Context of Why RIM is Disabling Sideloading of Apps on the PlayBook

April 11, 2012 by Robb Dunewood 4 Comments

There is a bit of buzz in the BlackBerry world surrounding comments Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations at Research in Motion, made about RIM disabling the sideloading of apps in the the next update of the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Well, those comments actually came from an interview we did with Alec on the SMRpodcast, episode #111, last Tuesday April 3rd.

To get the full context of what Alec said, start listening at about (22:12).
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SMRpodcast #111: All BlackBerry With Alec Saunders

April 4, 2012 by Robb Dunewood 1 Comment

This week on the SMRpodcast we welcome guest host, Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations at Research in Motion, and we talk a lot of BlackBerry.

RIM is doing a lot to make developing for the BlackBerry platform as easy and as profitable as possible and Alec stops by to tell us about some of the things RIM is working on including the upcoming BlackBerry 10 Jam next month in Orlando where attendees will get their hands on prototype BlackBerry 10 superphones.

Have a listen…
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Alec Saunders, RIM VP of Developer Relations, Stopping by the SMRpodcast!

March 27, 2012 by Robb Dunewood 3 Comments

What would you like to know when it comes to application development for the BlackBerry and BlackBerry PlayBook?

Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations at Research in Motion, will be our special guest on the SMRpodcast one week from today on April 3rd, and, we wanted to give you the opportunity to ask Alec any questions that you might have.

If there is something about Research in Motion that you’d like to know, leave us a comment and we will see if we can’t work your question into our conversation with Alec Saunders.

The first BBX BlackBerry will support BES after all…

November 10, 2011 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

Soon after we heard the first rumors of the the BlackBerry Colt, the device believed to be the first BBX BlackBerry, we heard that it would not support BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES).

If it weren’t for the fact that I have an 8 month old BlackBerry PlayBook sitting on my desk that still doesn’t have a native email client, the mere thought of a new BlackBerry that couldn’t get corporate email via BES would have been unthinkable. That current state of the BlackBerry PlayBook, however, made this rumor quite plausible.

Meet Alec Saunders, RIM’s new VP of Developer Relations and Ecosystem Development

September 28, 2011 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

Research in Motion made it public today that it has named Alec Saunders their new VP of Developer Relations and Ecosystem Development. Mr. Saunders was interviewed over on the Inside BlackBerry Developers blog which you can read here. He had this to say on his own blog…

Over the last few days I’ve been in San Francisco at the Mobilize conference, and speaking with developers. It’s clear from those conversations that the primary problem we face is lack of support from application developers. My team’s job is to correct that – to win the hearts and minds of mobile developers again.

We certainly hope that Alec Saunders and his team succeed…