Sending Dev Alpha Back

**mdarr** · 01-05-2013, 06:51 PM

Does anyone know when the Dev Alpha's go back? Also the offer to get a limited edition BB10 device in exchange for the Dev alpha returned as well as an app....does the Jan 11 deadline for app submission apply to this as well?

**Thunderbuck** · 01-05-2013, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by mdarr

Does anyone know when the Dev Alpha's go back? Also the offer to get a limited edition BB10 device in exchange for the Dev alpha returned as well as an app....does the Jan 11 deadline for app submission apply to this as well?

Don't know if the Dev Alphas ever have to go back, though it's safe to say they will be bricked at some point (a bug in the BB10 system software did this prematurely a couple of months ago--fixed, fortunately).

Apparently, the exchange program is still open, as Blackberry Developer relations tweeted a reminder about it yesterday. I'm racing to get an app in for the 11th myself.

**skyrocket9** · 01-05-2013, 08:05 PM

Yes an App by the 11th

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**greatwiseone** · 01-05-2013, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by Thunderbuck

Don't know if the Dev Alphas ever have to go back, though it's safe to say they will be bricked at some point (a bug in the BB10 system software did this prematurely a couple of months ago--fixed, fortunately).

Apparently, the exchange program is still open, as Blackberry Developer relations tweeted a reminder about it yesterday. I'm racing to get an app in for the 11th myself.

If you read the rules of the exchange program, we do need to return the dev alpha on order to get the special edition BB10 device.

**mdarr** · 01-05-2013, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by greatwiseone

If you read the rules of the exchange program, we do need to return the dev alpha on order to get the special edition BB10 device.

hmm interesting, at the Kitchener Jam Tour Alec Saunders said in order to get a limited edition device devs would need to a) develop an app and submit and b) return the dev alpha.

**BBThemes** · 01-06-2013, 09:35 AM

err no. the 11th date is for the Built for BB program, the `offer period` as set out in the terms and conditions of the Ltd Edition agreement are for the end of the 21st January.

1. Offer Period. Offer is open between 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on November 29, 2012 and 11:59:59 p.m. ET on January 21, 2013 (“Offer Period”). Research In Motion Limited (“Sponsor”) reserves the right to extend the Offer Period at any time in its sole discretion and will post a notice of such change on the Offer Website.

**kdna** · 01-07-2013, 04:26 PM

I would send the Dev Alpha back as soon as you receive shipping label and email confirmation. The Limited Edition devices will be released after the January 30th announcement. Don't wait.