Posted on 01/30/2013 10:06:01 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
If you like what you've seen so far from RIM BlackBerry's big launch event today, then you might want to know when you can get it? Those in the US might have hoped the rumors weren't true, but indeed, you will have to wait until March before you can get your hands on BlackBerry 10. Though when it does land, customers of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint (only Q10 confirmed) and T-Mobile (Z10 confirmed) will all be able to get onboard. BlackBerry's giving its home turf a little bit of a head start with a February 5th release date and Bell, Rogers, Koodo, Telus and Virgin Mobile confirmed as carrying. But -- as had already been hinted at -- it's the UK that gets the goods first, with the Z10 and Q10 both available starting tomorrow on all the major carriers. US pricing will depend on each operator, but expect to pay around $200.
(Excerpt) Read more at engadget.com ...
let's start with this,...I'll add other items as I can dig them out.:
From Anandtech: BlackBerry 10 Announcement: Live Blog
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From the comments:
They do have a live stream for the event http://tremolo.edgesuite.net/blackberry_experience...
There is a model with the keyboard .
All I know is that I’ve won over $100M in fake money playing Texas Hold ‘Em on my Blackberry. So, in a way I’m a smartphone bigshot without having to buy an Iphone!
The Q10 has the keyboard.
They showed some pretty zippy stuff....I could get excited about the ..Story maker....(I think that was the name ....on the Streaming presentation....)
Now Sailfish is now Jolla Sailfish ,,,,and it came from MeeGo!!!
Which was spawned by Intel and Nokia.....
IF THIS IS THE NEW OS....MAN How the world TURNS.
RIM to ditch keyboards for new BlackBerry 10 OS phones
But of course they didn't.
Based on the Video linked at #9,...Jolla Sailfish is used by Blackberry but may show up on other smartphone makers....(the video says that )
Are you interested in using Jolla's Sailfish OS?
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Sailfish is a great idea, and the execution is going very well so far, based on the demonstrations that we’ve seen on video. But is that going to be enough in 2013? It will really depend on BlackBerry 10, on what Google has in store for a major update to Android, and whether or not Apple revamps iOS in the way that everyone believes they should. Will there be any room for Sailfish? I hope so, because I’d like to see some people using it out on the streets next year.
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Sailfish is a Linux-based mobile operating system developed by Jolla for use in its upcoming smartphones and intended for more than mobile devices. It is based on MeeGo and Mer.
How does it work
The Sailfish SDK consists of QtCreator, a virtualised Mer Platform SDK and Sailfish components.
Code is developed in Qt-Creator on the host device; then, through shared storage, the code is passed to the virtualised Mer SDK where it compiles inside the Virtual Machine.
Jolla Details the Sailfish SDK, Built on Qt and Mer SDK Tools
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November 22nd, 2012, 13:21 GMT · By Ionut Arghire
Following the official unveiling of its new Sailfish mobile operating system, Jolla detailed the Sailfish SDK today, offering more info on what developers need to know on the building of applications for the new platform.
Jolla’s Sailfish OS has been built on top of Mer project and Qt, while the modern interface it proposes to users was built with QML and QtQuick, designed to offer support for the standard QtMobility APIs.
Talks about the OS also.
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The latest BlackBerry smartphones announced.
January 30, 2013 by Albert Aydin
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Nothing announced or demo-ed today in New York by CEO Thornsten Heins and his team suggested this was a company looking to upend a market it once helped create.
Is good enough, good enough? BlackBerry CEO Thornsten Heins unveils the Z10 and N10 smartphones.
Yes, BlackBerry, the company formally known as RIM, demonstrated today that it can still build a quality device, and Alicia Keyes proved that she’s equally classy as she is drop-dead gorgeous. Yet BlackBerry forgot to bring something critical to today’s global party.
Granted, the Z10 is a slick looking smartphone. At $199 (on Verizon) it’s priced competitively. There’s plenty of apps at launch. Head of developer relations Alec Saunders said that the new BlackBerry World store features ”the largest catalog of apps for a first-generation mobile platform.” And there’s some solid features (Flow, Peak, Hub) in the new touch-based BlackBerry 10 operating system. Clearly the company has its eyes set on Apple (iOS) and Google (Android).
But there’s one glaring omission:
Innovation.
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See link for more.
But I want to see one....
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