Research in Motion has been showing off BlackBerry 10 devices to select media and carriers. The first impressions of the new BlackBerry devices is that they are indeed impressive. Are they impressive enough to bring RIM back from the brink of complete irrelevance? Only time will tell.
RIM will first release an all touchscreen phone, and then a QWERTY device. The new BlackBerrys will have screen resolutions of 1280 x 720 and 720 x 720 respectively. According to Al Sacco of CIO, RIM has a lot to be proud of.
RIM needs to court developers to keep themselves in the game. No matter how good BlackBerry 10 devices are, without developer support, RIM is dead. They are aware of the problem and are courting big and small developers.
Apple will release the next iPhone next month, while Samsung will release the Note 2 by the end of the year. Will there be room left for RIM to regain some of the marketshare it lost? Only time will tell.
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The majority of feedback from the media on the first two BlackBerry 10 devices has been positive. But I'm still not sure these two devices, and the additional BlackBerry 10 handsets RIM releases next year, will be enough to reverse RIM's rapidly declining market share and save the BlackBerry brand.
RIM will first release an all touchscreen phone, and then a QWERTY device. The new BlackBerrys will have screen resolutions of 1280 x 720 and 720 x 720 respectively. According to Al Sacco of CIO, RIM has a lot to be proud of.
Most importantly, the BlackBerry 10 software feels unique; it doesn't feel like iOS or Android or Windows Phone. It feels like BlackBerry 10--and maybe just a little bit like Palm's retired webOS. That uniqueness is refreshing.
RIM needs to court developers to keep themselves in the game. No matter how good BlackBerry 10 devices are, without developer support, RIM is dead. They are aware of the problem and are courting big and small developers.
Apple will release the next iPhone next month, while Samsung will release the Note 2 by the end of the year. Will there be room left for RIM to regain some of the marketshare it lost? Only time will tell.
(Photo by BBOS)