BlackBerry 10 rumors “inaccurate and uninformed”

By George Wong on 12/22/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

It didn’t take long, but it looks like RIM has caught wind of previously reported allegations about the delay of BlackBerry 10 devices due to the operating system being a failure. RIM responded to the post with a Tweet calling the post “inaccurate and uninformed.” Now obviously there’s no way to determine who’s telling the truth here – after all, if RIM knew BlackBerry 10 is going to be a disappointment, I’m sure they wouldn’t publicly reveal it in the first place. However, it is also very likely that BGR’s trusted source could be the stories of a disgruntled employee or just someone who has a problem with the company. Regardless of who’s telling the truth, we’ll find out eventually when BlackBerry 10 devices hit the market next year. In the meantime we’ll keep you posted on future developments.

BlackBerry 10: BlackBerry 10 is a version of RIM's operating system (OS) for its smartphones. Also called BB10, the OS is completely new, and RIM (Research in Motion) claims that there is not a single line of code from previous BlackBerry OS in this version, which is based on code from QNX, an operating system that is mainly used for embedded systems like cars etc... The launch date for BlackBerry 10 is January 30 2013 and the first smartphones should arrive in the first quarter of 2013 as well. BB10 comes with a host of new features and a speedy user interface. Here is a demo of the BB10 touch keyboard, the BlackBerry 10 camera and an overall demo of BB10

RIM: RIM is the acronym for Research In Motion, the Canadian company behind the BlackBerry brand. RIM was founded in the mid 90s by Mike Lazaridis and with Jim Balsillie and went IPO (Initial Public Offering) in 1998. Its claim to fame was to make mobile email really effective and enterprises quickly adopted its devices and associated software and services which were highly lucrative. With the rise of iOS and Android devices, the BlackBerry franchise bumped into trouble and its decline prompted RIM to take a radical step by overhauling its BlackBerry operating system (OS) completely with QNX. The first version of the QNX BlackBerry OS is BlackBerry 10 or BB10.

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