BlackBerry 10

[dripstep]

Hey guys, I know many of you are electronics buffs, and I wanted to share with you the features that have been announced because I've been working on the new devices for a while, and I'm REALLY stoked for the release.

NOTE: the information below is the only information that RIM has allowed me to share, it is the only information that has been released to the public. I am under an NDA, so I cannot answer too many questions about the new phones, I'm just spreading the hype.

• Number of devices so far
There are plans for two types of devices—one all-touch and one with a QWERTY keyboard—in three segments: high-end, mid-range and entry-level.

• BlackBerry Flow, BlackBerry Hub & Peek
BlackBerry Flow is a new user experience that delivers total integration across all apps. All notifications come into in one location—the BlackBerry Hub— allowing you to stay connected with ease. With a simple gesture, you can peek at what’s new, anytime.

• Contacts and Calendar
Contacts and Calendar allow you to quickly scroll and find who you need and not only find their information just like before, but see how they integrate with events in your calendar.
See your calendar as an agenda and move through, day by day, or switch to a “people view” and simply see the people involved.

• BlackBerry App World
A new unified storefront in BlackBerry App World makes it easy to explore and download great, top-tier apps, movies, music, TV shows and more – all in one place. Great brands have already signed up to develop for BlackBerry 10 including: Facebook, Endomondo, Gameloft (with 11 games already announced), and Accuweather.
BlackBerry App World is also being updated for business, making it easy for employees to gain access to approved, quickly-deployed company apps.

• BlackBerry Browser
The BlackBerry 10 Browser offers fluid navigation and is designed for online safety with privacy and security features that alert to possible malicious content.
You can navigate with ease thanks to best in class HTML5 performance which leads in HTML5 testing scores with the best score in the industry—better than any desktop browser.

• Camera (including Time Shift)
Lets you capture the moment perfectly and share it instantly with the people that matter most to you. The Time Shift feature will remember milliseconds before and after the shot and will recognize faces in the photo—allowing you to select each one individually to adjust the moment.

• Keyboards
Our keyboards in the all-touch and QWERTY devices will understand and adapt to each of our users. Our goal is to deliver the best typing experience on both devices.
Features that have been revealed—such as learning how you write to accurately predict your next word and recognizing where your fingers hit the keys—will be integrated into both; execution will differ depending on the keyboard.

• Battery
The initial BlackBerry 10 devices will have removable batteries.

• Screen Resolutions
1280 x 768 for the first BlackBerry 10 all-touch device (1280 x 720 for all-touch devices afterwards)720 x 720 for the first BlackBerry 10 QWERTY device

• BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10
It will be the ultimate management solution for all BlackBerry platform devices, as well as iOS and Android devices. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 will launch with the first BlackBerry 10 devices in Q1 of calendar year 2013, and some of our top enterprise customers have already started Beta-testing BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10.

• Connect Directly Using ActiveSync Businesses will have the option to connect BlackBerry 10 devices directly to their corporate networks without BlackBerry Enterprise Service (i.e. by using ActiveSync).
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Please don't turn this into an iPhone vs BlackBerry/ Apple/RIM argument, I'm just sharing the info that I am allowed to share to get you all as stoked as I am to have this released.

[ToOntown]

I'll be honest and say I'm not stoked about this, personally. I won't say why because I don't want to fuel any flames, so I'll just leave it at that. Good luck to RIM though!

[KS2]

Blackberry really needed to make some changes. I loved my Bold but it was so far behind other phones. The best part was the keyboard and I'm not sure how they can successfully include this and still keep up to date with a decent screen etc. The worst part was the reliability and choice of apps.

[ToOntown]

They have a niche following of business people who prefer buttons over touchscreens, so they can continue to have marketshare with those types...this may be their only salvation because nobody is going to choose a BB touch device over an Android/iOS device.

They might want to consider a partnership with Windows (since they also appeal to this type of consumer). This would breathe new life into their touchscreen devices since there won't be such a heavy reliance on their shoddy OS.

Or, if BB10 can keep RIM afloat long enough to outlive the "app craze" they can rise again when proper HTML5 dev renders platform-specific apps useless.

[Esterlly]

Blackberry has gone old now... I owed it previously now sold it and bought a iphone 5.