Research in Motion, the company behind the Blackberry line
of smartphones has just announced that they will unveil their very much awaited
Blackberry 10 on January 30, 2013. Many analysts have indicated that this new
operating system may be the Canadian telecom company’s saving grace as the
company’s market share in the smartphone industry has slowly dwindled in recent
years while its losses has ballooned due to its inability to keep up with more
updated and intuitive platforms such as iOS, Android and of course its main
rival in the corporate smartphone segment – Windows Phone.
However, RIM has caused disappointment to a lot of BB fans
this year when it failed to unveil the newer and fresher version of its mobile
operating system. And instead, the company announced that the new OS will just
be released the following year. According to reports, RIM postponed the release
OS 10 as the company wanted to further improve and further polish the operating
system and unveil it to the public only once they feel that it’s completely bug
free and optimized.
The first version of Blackberry OS 10 was first handed down
to developers, last May 2012; and just two months ago, additional features of
the operating system were circulated in a special event that also showcased the
Dev
Alpha B handset. Notable new features of OS 10 include an updated home
screen, an advanced version of the inbox called Blackberry Hub, a new version
of BBM and gesture-based controls to name a few.
Two devices are also expected to be shown on January 30. One
of them is the earlier rumored “London” that sports a 1.5GHz dual core
processor, 1GB of RAM, an 8MP camera and 16GB of internal storage. And we might
even see the Blackberry Laguna. Nevertheless, only time will tell if RIM will
stay true to its words and give us OS 10 come January 30, 2013. In any case,
all we can do is wait.
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