RIM's BlackBerry 10 launch event (live blog)

Coverage of the launch of BlackBerry 10.

  • by Sarah Tew
  • Heins notes that you'd have to go through different apps to get all that separate information. But on BB, it's in one place. That's the benefit of the Hub, he says. The device adapts to you.
    by Roger Cheng
  • What I want to know is why you'd want to use BBM at all when you have all the other social media platforms and e-mail, not to mention IM?
    by Brian Bennett
  • It delivers the content that's meaningful to you. That's a strong concept, he says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • We have the aspiration to be the best keyboard experience, period, Heins says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • Bhardwaj talks about the BlackBerry typing experience on BB10.
    by Roger Cheng
  • If you want to fire off a quick message, you can "flick" words on screen, Bhardwaj says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • "I call it writing without typing," Heins says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • We wanted BB Flow to delete words quickly.
    by Roger Cheng
  • Demoing the touch keyboard now on the Z10. It does look very nice and fast...especially the flicking predictive text entry.
    by Brian Bennett
  • You swipe down to get numbers and question marks, Bhardwaj says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • by Sarah Tew
  • Bhardwaj seamlessly moves between English, French and German.
    by Roger Cheng
  • We want you to have the same experience as a physical keyboard on touch, Bhardwaj says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • That may be true, but if I'm getting a BB, I'd prefer the physical keyboard.
    by Roger Cheng
  • The new software keyboard seems compelling but it may demand a steep learning curve.
    by Brian Bennett
  • Heins now talking about enterprise.
    by Roger Cheng
  • by Sarah Tew
  • We see people running around with two devices, Heins says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • That's a problem we aspire to solve, he says.
    by Roger Cheng
  • That's a segue to BlackBerry Balance.
    by Roger Cheng
  • It's a single swipe that allows you to switch between two personalities: work and personal.
    by Roger Cheng
  • by Sarah Tew
  • Now talking about BlackBerry Balance...a way to split the phone software into work and play modes.
    by Brian Bennett
  • As you go into work, everything's changed, including the apps, wallpaper, and even the BlackBerry App World store.
    by Roger Cheng
  • You're not in and out of personal and work, Bhardwaj says. It's not split, it's part of flow.
    by Roger Cheng
  • Work and personal apps co-exist, he says. There's a single unified experience, he adds.
    by Roger Cheng
  • I'll have to see how this works in practice...that's one of the things I wasn't clear on before.
    by Roger Cheng
  • by Sarah Tew
  • So personal apps are available all the time, and work apps are only available when you switch to the corporate profile. Interesting.
    by Roger Cheng
  • So on to BBM.
    by Roger Cheng
  • Balance will make IT departments pleased....and if it really makes personal communication private...that's a win win in my book.
    by Brian Bennett
  • Bhardwaj: I enjoy the real-time nature on it.
    by Roger Cheng
  • by Sarah Tew
  • With BB10, BBM goes further, he says. You can do video calls over BBM.
    by Roger Cheng
  • They really need to make BBM compelling since there doesn't seem to be much use for it in today's world.
    by Brian Bennett
  • Ah, I guess this is RIM's FaceTime equivalent. Linking it to BBM is smart.
    by Roger Cheng
  • BBM is the nice secret social network that BlackBerry owns.
    by Roger Cheng
  • by Sarah Tew
  • Wow, you can remotely control or view a screen from another BB10 device.
    by Roger Cheng
  • True, this makes the service more like FaceTime and GTalk, hangouts etc.
    by Brian Bennett
  • by Sarah Tew
  • This is all during the BBM video chat. That's impressive.
    by Roger Cheng
  • Great, hiding from your office just got a lot harder!
    by Brian Bennett
  • It's a great collaboration tool for small businesses, Heins says.
    by Roger Cheng
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