RIM's BlackBerry 10 to Launch Jan. 30


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Research in Motion today announced that its long-awaited BlackBerry 10 operating system will be released on Jan. 30, 2013.
The company said it will also unveil two new BlackBerry smartphones that day at simultaneous launch events around the world.
"In building BlackBerry 10, we set out to create a truly unique mobile computing experience that constantly adapts to your needs," RIM CEO and president Thorsten Heins said in a statement. "Our team has been working tirelessly to bring our customers innovative features combined with a best in class browser, a rich application ecosystem, and cutting-edge multimedia capabilities."
This, Heins continued, will be integrated into a user experience known as the BlackBerry Flow. "We believe our customers will have the best experience possible with BlackBerry 10," he said. "We are looking forward to getting BlackBerry 10 in the hands of our customers around the world."


RIM said BlackBerry 10 has reached FIPS 140-2 certification, which means government agencies can deploy BlackBerry devices after the OS is released. This is the first time a BlackBerry OS has been certified before its launch.
The future of BlackBerry 10 was thrown into question in June when RIM announced that it would delay its launch of the OS from the fall to early 2013. At the time, Heins said the delay was due to the "large volume of software code" that needed to be ported to the new platform.
We got a glimpse of BlackBerry 10 at BlackBerry Jam in September; for more, see PCMag's hands on.
RIM has a tough road ahead of it. The company's BlackBerry platform has slipped significantly thanks to competition from iOS and Android-based devices. The enterprise market - a major part of RIM's business - is also eyeing more non-BlackBerry device of late. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency released ditched BlackBerrys for iPhones.
Source: PC Mag
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