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I can corroborate with the author's story. I'm developing the BB app for a cross-platform group messaging app and I've also hit a wall of silence from RIM. I can confirm that they are deliberately not giving us access to certain parts of RIM's infrastructure that would make things a lot easier for us. Oh well, guess we'll have to engineer our way around those roadblocks and then open source it!

3 points for 2 cents:

1. I didn't get within 10 seconds what you offer. Work on that.

2. I agree with some of the other commenters; curated lists (from a trusted source) would be a great idea, if thats the direction you want to head in.

3. It would be great if I could buy a track without having to create an account. You'd probably make more money too.

Apple's Mistake 17 years ago

Speaking from personal experience, their approval process is not lengthy at all. On their site they say 8-10 business days and sure enough I got approved on day 8.

I was at the BB Dev Con last week and their tech lead explained the approval process: "they load it, make sure it doesn't crash the phone, then sign off on it."