Research in Motion has announced today that BlackBerry Analytics Service v1.0 is now available. This service allows developers to keep track of some important use statistics for their applications including:

• Understand how users are engaging with an app
• Enhance user experience to drive more downloads
• Learn how to market apps more effectively
• Better deal with bugs as they arise

These new tools are available free-of-charge for qualifying developers. This is a great way to track statistics for your app and help you make the best marketing and updating choices. If you’re a developer looking to use this service, you can register at the link below.

• Register for BlackBerry Analytics Service v1.0

RIM has just introduced the BlackBerry Advertising Service via their Inside BlackBerry Developer Blog. This new service will allow developers to place advertisements into their applications to gain more revenue from their apps. As an example, you can see the ad for the BlackBerry PlayBook in the app screenshot above.

The BlackBerry Advertising Service SDK is available in Beta form to BlackBerry WebWorks developers. The implementation of this service takes less than 10 additional lines of code and can bring great revenue for developers. If you’re a WebWorks developer that’s interested in this great new service, you can sign up for access to the service and SDK at the link just below.

• Signup for the BlackBerry Advertising Service