Next we show you the full press release that Research In Motion Spain sent us a few minutes ago in relation to the presentation of the Blackberry 10 that took place this afternoon.
The BlackBerry 10 platform launches on two new smartphones
Waterloo, ON - BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched BlackBerry® 10, the redesigned, revamped, and reinvented BlackBerry platform that creates a new and unique experience of mobile computing. Available on two new LTE-enabled smartphones, the BlackBerry® Z10 (full touch) and BlackBerry® Q10 (touch with physical keyboard) smartphones, powered by BlackBerry 10, deliver a faster, smarter and smoother experience than any other. another BlackBerry smartphone that you have used before.
BlackBerry has revealed the new BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones at simultaneous events in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai and Johannesburg.
"Today is the day a reimagined BlackBerry launches an entirely new mobile experience," said Thorsten Heins, President and CEO of BlackBerry. “We are thrilled to be introducing BlackBerry 10 on the new BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones, to provide a faster and smarter experience that is constantly adapted to your needs. Every feature, every gesture, and every detail of BlackBerry 10 is designed to keep you moving, keep you moving".
BlackBerry 10 highlights
BlackBerry 10 is a robust and reliable platform that is fluid and responsive. It has a modern design and gesture-based interface, which makes finding all the elements a breeze. It's designed to support, learn, and adapt to the way you work and share, with features like:
- The ubiquitous BlackBerry® Hub, which is a single place to manage all your conversations, be they personal or business emails, BBM ™ messages, social media updates or alerts, and the ability to “peek” the BlackBerry Hub from anywhere. place, making you always just a gesture away from what really matters to you.
- BlackBerry® Flow, where the BlackBerry 10 experience shines by allowing features and applications to flow seamlessly, helping you complete your ongoing task efficiently and effortlessly. For example, you can select a meeting attendee to view their latest tweet or your profile on LinkedIn. Or the small version of an image you just took to launch the Image editor and quickly apply a transformation or filter, then immediately share it with your contacts.
- A keyboard that understands and adapts to you, that learns the words you use and how you use them, and then offers them to you so you can type faster and more accurately.
- BBM (BlackBerry® Messenger), which lets you share things with the people that matter to you in just an instant. BBM on BlackBerry 10 includes voice and video calls, and introduces the ability to share your screen with another BlackBerry 10 contact.
- BlackBerry® Balance ™ technology, which elegantly separates and secures business data and applications from personal content on BlackBerry devices.
- Time Shift, an amazing camera feature that lets you take a group photo where everyone is smiling with their eyes open. Story Maker, which allows you to put together a collection of photos and videos, along with music and effects, to produce an HD movie that you can share immediately.
- The new BlackBerry 10 browser, which sets an industry benchmark for HTML5 support on smartphones, is blazingly fast. Moving down the page or zooming in on a specific part are fluid and precise processes. The browser has many advanced features, supports multiple tabs, allows you to browse sites privately, includes a reading mode, and integrates with the platform for easy content sharing.
- BlackBerry® Remember, combining memos, tasks, and more in a single experience. It helps you organize and manage the information you have on your smartphone around projects or ideas, allowing you to collect content such as web pages, emails, photos, documents and other files, and then as with a to-do list, it allows you create tasks, assign deadlines and track your progress. If the BlackBerry 10 smartphone is configured with a work account, Microsoft® Outlook® Tasks will automatically sync over a wireless connection with BlackBerry Remember. If you have an Evernote account set up with your smartphone, BlackBerry Remember will also sync Evernote workbooks.
- BlackBerry® Safeguard technology, which helps protect what matters to you and the company you work for.
- Integrated support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®, so that your BlackBerry Z10 or BlackBerry Q10 smartphone can be connected and managed as easily as the other ActiveSync devices of the company, or it can be trained with BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10 to establish access secure your work email, applications and data "behind the firewall", and benefit from other security features and mobility management for the company.
- The BlackBerry® World ™ store, which now includes 70.000 BlackBerry 10 applications and one of the most robust music and video content catalogs in today's mobile world, and where most movies hit the store the same day as they come out on DVD. In addition, the Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare applications for BlackBerry 10 are pre-installed and BlackBerry 10 customers will have access to leading applications from around the world. In fact, the world's leading app providers such as Disney, Cisco, Foursquare, Skype, and Rovio have committed to the platform.
"At Foursquare, we are very excited to launch our new application for BlackBerry 10 and continue to develop on the platform," said Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder and CEO, Foursquare. "Our team built the application for BlackBerry 10 and the result is an impressive experience with Foursquare Explore, helping people around the world make the most of their location."
"We are delighted to bring Angry Birds Star Wars to BlackBerry fans around the world," said Petri Järvilehto, EVP of Games, at Rovio. "It's a great platform that provides a great gaming experience, so fans can experience the Rebel Birds vs. Imperial Pigs fight to the fullest!"
“Bring Where's My Water? and Where's My Perry? to BlackBerry 10 smartphones will introduce some of Disney's most popular mobile games to new audiences, ”said Tim O'Brien, VP of Business Development, Disney Games. "The new BlackBerry 10 platform is an exciting opportunity to expand Disney's network of mobile gamers."
"We are proud to extend Cisco WebEx technology to the BlackBerry 10 platform, allowing any size customer to join, view content and stay in touch with WebEx meetings from their BlackBerry 10 smartphones," said Raj Gossain, Vice President of Product Management, Cloud Collaboration Applications Technology Group, Cisco. “Our customers access Cisco collaboration capabilities, such as instant messages and voice over IP calls and conferences on their BlackBerry smartphones, to stay connected anywhere, anytime, with anyone. RIM and Cisco have worked together to develop an application that is easy to use and that meets the needs of our global customers. "
"We are excited about our plans to bring Skype to smartphones running the new BlackBerry 10 platform," said Bob Rosin, VP & GM of Business Development for Microsoft's Skype division. “We are working closely with BlackBerry to ensure that Skype works great on BlackBerry 10 devices. This will provide BlackBerry 10 users with a great Skype experience, including the ability to make free voice and video calls, send messages instant and text messages, share photos, videos and files, and call landlines and mobiles with low Skype rates ”.
The BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones
The new BlackBerry 10 smartphones are stylish and distinctive, and are the fastest and most advanced BlackBerry smartphones to date. They have 1,5 GHz dual-core processors with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and a slot for an extendable memory card. They include the latest enhancements in high-density pixel and display technology to display clear, sharp and incredibly vivid images. Both have a micro HDMI output port for presentations and advanced sensors like NFC (Near Field Communications) to support mobile payments and information exchange with just a touch of the smartphone. They also have a removable battery.
The BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 models will be available with carriers to support their respective 4G LTE or HSPA + networks and all available models include connectivity support to roam around the world. The BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones will also come in black or white. For more information on the new BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones, which run on the power of BlackBerry 10, please visit www.blackberry.com/
Also available from select carriers and vendors will be a range of accessories for the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones, including the new BlackBerry® Mini Stereo Speaker as well as a variety of solutions for carrying and charging the devices, including a unique charger that allows you to charge the device. battery in mobility.
Prices and availability
We have several key markets around the world revealing their prices and availability today, including the UK, Canada and the UAE.
- In the UK, the BlackBerry Z10 will be available starting tomorrow with monthly contracts and prepaid plans from EE, O2, Vodafone, Phones 4u, BT, 3UK and Carphone Warehouse. BlackBerry Z10 smartphones will be available at a full subsidy through competitive monthly rate contracts. Prices will vary according to operator and selling partner.
- In Canada, the BlackBerry Z10 will be available on February 5. Pricing will vary by operating partner, but it will sell for approximately $ 149,99 with a 3-year contract.
- In the UAE, the BlackBerry Z10 will be available on February 10. Prices will vary by operating partner, but the unsubsidized price will be AED 2.599.
- In the US, we expect the BlackBerry Z10 to be available with most carriers in March. Today, US carriers will begin announcing their plans for pre-registration and pricing.
Many of our global partners have already launched or will be launching registration and pre-order pages today.
We expect the first global carriers to launch the BlackBerry Q10 in April. We will announce new information on pricing and availability as operators roll out the device around the world.
More information - Spectacular images of the Blackberry Z10 in white