RIM’s CMO Frank Boulben reconfirmed some details about BlackBerry 10’s launch plan in an interview with Fierce Wireless. He confirmed what we know about two BlackBerry 10 models being announced on January 30th with one being all touch and the other being QWERTY. On top of that he once again said that there will be at least six BlackBerry 10 devices in 2013. These additional models will let RIM hit multiple price points from the top to the lower end markets to replace BlackBerry 7.
Another noteworthy mention was Boulben saying that RIM:
…does not have any exclusive relationships with carriers for BB10 in any markets, he said, and thus will be free to go after different market segments with its new platform and devices. "We intend over time as we transition the portfolio to have a full range of devices,"
On top of that Boulben said that BlackBerry 10 will launch with at least 70,000 apps. He also changed things up a bit by saying that RIM is targeting the top 600 apps in major markets (we previously hear 200) and that BlackBerry 10 will support roughly 90% of those apps!
Corey Davis ( View Profile) - Posts: 1294
Posted: January 9, 2013 at 12:41 PM EST
Full interview link not found
Eric ( View Profile) - Posts: 282
Posted: January 9, 2013 at 12:44 PM EST
Good.
BlackBerry got killed in the US for refusing to release a touchscreen on more than one carrier at a time from 2008-2011
Joe257 ( View Profile) - Posts: 628
Posted: January 9, 2013 at 8:10 PM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 2.1.0
When they did release an all-touchscreen, it was lame compared to the competition. However, for me, it was still a BlackBerry.
Joe257 ( View Profile) - Posts: 628
Posted: January 9, 2013 at 8:14 PM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 2.1.0
RIM is now saying 100,000 apps at launch! Awesome! Skype better be one of them, otherwise oovoo or Google+.
dpr ( View Profile) - Posts: 789
Posted: January 9, 2013 at 8:26 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9930 | OS 7.1.0.580
Ronen, will we have a Sprint carrier at launch?
Amir Saad ( View Profile) - Posts: 550
Posted: January 9, 2013 at 9:50 PM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 2.1.0
6? Does that include cdma and gsm as one device like the Z10 for example is that one device or two?