RIM has sent over some updates on the progress of their BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour. So far, the tour has stopped in 6 cities and exposed tons of BlackBerry developers to the coming power of BlackBerry 10. Here are some facts about the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour:

• 23 BlackBerry Jam Cities in 12 Weeks
• Over 5,000 Developer Attendees Anticipated Worldwide
• Over 5,000 BlackBerry Dev Alpha test devices seeded
• Over 300 apps to be presented as lightning pitches (whereby select registrants pitch their apps to fellow attendees. Attendees vote for a winner)
• Fully booked events in Paris, London, Jakarta, Barcelona, Berlin, Toronto, New York, Santa Clara and Bangalore

Developers are discovering the power of BlackBerry 10 and embracing the strength and openness of the platform.  Read on past the break to see what developers are saying coming out of the BlackBerry Jam events.

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As we all know by now, RIM is giving out a limited number of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Developer phones to attendees of the BlackBerry 10 JAM this week. We’ve seen tons of photos of the device in the past few days, so now we’re going to take a look at the actual device specs and content.

The Dev Alpha looks exactly like a mini-PlayBook tablet. It has the same feel as the PlayBook but with a slightly different configuration. The Dev Alpha’s cameras have been shifted so that the device functions primarily in portrait mode. The device is running the core OS of BlackBerry 10, meaning the speed, functionality, and usability of BlackBerry 10 is all there. The one thing you’ll notice; however, is that the Dev Alpha OS doesn’t look like what we saw Thorsten Heins present at the keynote. That’s because this unit is running BlackBerry 10 skinned over with the PlayBook UI. Head past the break for more on the Dev Alpha, including the full specs.

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The Conference Guide app for the BlackBerry World 2012 Conference has been available for a short while and now RIM has released the same app for the BlackBerry 10 Jam. TheBlackBerry 10 Jam Conference Guide is the must-have app for all developers that plan to attend the event. Attendees will be able to view the schedules and maps for the Jam, as well as answer surveys and update their registrations on-the-fly. If you’re heading to the Jam next week, hit the link below to grab this app before you go.

• Download the BlackBerry 10 Jam Conference Guide App

RIM is upping the ante for application developers who may want to attend BlackBerry 10 Jam coming up on May 1st in Orlando. They have a new promotion going, similar to the previous Free PlayBook promotion, where developers can win an all-expenses paid trip to the BlackBerry 10 Jam. The rules are pretty simple, just submit your app to BlackBerry App World and wait. The submitter of every 100th app accepted into App World will win the trip.

The prize package is essentially and all-expenses paid trip to the BlackBerry 10 Jam. It includes $500 USD in cash, an airline ticket voucher (up to $1500 for North America, $2500 outside North America), a free pass to BlackBerry 10 Jam, and four nights in the hotel. This promotion will run from now until May 1, 2012 and the full contest rules can be found HERE. Good luck to all the developers out there and get to coding!

• Learn more at the Inside BlackBerry Developers Blog

Source : Inside BlackBerry Developers Blog