In its recently concluded BlackBerry Jam event in the US, RIM showcased all the highlights that will be present in its upcoming BlackBerry 10 mobile device software. The updated software will feature a refreshed home screen, a new BBM app, and the BlackBerry App World with more apps than ever before. BlackBerry 10 will also bring in something new called BlackBerry Peek, a feature that will let users check notifications without leaving currently active apps. The sad thing is that the BlackBerry platform refresh won't arrive until early 2013.
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- RIM also showed off a new Dev Alpha device called Dev Alpha B during BlackBerry Jam for OS 10, and it looked more like a finished product than the last one.
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While BlackBerry 10 is certainly being aimed at consumers, RIM has not forgotten how it rose in the first place, and is giving enterprise users big incentives to stay loyal to the BlackBerry brand.- Daniel Bader, Mobile Syrup
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RIM showcases BlackBerry 10 software, announces carrier testing to begin next month
Originally expected to have launched by now, the BlackBerry platform refresh will happen in 2013, and RIM says that carriers will begin testing devices next month.
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RIM shows off BlackBerry 10, including BBM, Peek, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare and movie, music downloads
Though a retail device wasn’t announced, RIM showed off an updated version of its Dev Alpha device, called Dev Alpha B, which looks a bit more streamlined and resembles a finished product more so than the first version.
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Showing Off BlackBerry 10, RIM Aims To Both Fit In & Stand Out
RIM pulled back the curtain on BB 10 today at its BlackBerry Jam developers conference in San Jose, showing off features the company hopes will pull it back from the brink of oblivion.
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- RIM Demos BlackBerry 10 Flow (Video)
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RIM Shows Off New BlackBerry 10 Browser, Claims it’s Fastest with HTML 5
Compared to Apple’s mobile Safari in iOS and Google’s mobile Chrome, RIM’s BlackBerry browser has been severely lacking in capabilities and ease of use.
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BlackBerry 10 remains on track for early 2013 release, carrier testing begins next month
Will BlackBerry 10 be enough to give RIM what it needs to be competitive in an ever-crowded mobile market?