RIM announces BBX, the platform that will 'leapfrog the competition'

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on 2011-10-18 9:24:00 AM

RIM announced its new BBX platform at BlackBerry DevCon in San Fransisco this morning.

CEO Mike Lazaridis has announced that BBX is very real and is the official name of the company's next-gen operating system. Yesterday, also-CEO Jim Balsillie stated that BBX is a "leapfrog" over the competition, a bold statement considering Apple just launched iOS 5, Windows just launched Mango, and Google's next-gen Android is arriving soon. Not to mention RIM has gained a recent reputation for promising plenty and delivering too little, too late.

At the event, RIM threw around some stats: it has 70 million subscribers worldwide, up from 50 million last year. There are 50 million BBM users, up from 28 million last year. And the BlackBerry App World has reached one billion downloads with over five million downloads per day.

Some believe RIM is poised to make a comeback.

More details on BBX to come.

Company:
Research In Motion
Website:
http://www.rim.net
Location:
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

BlackBerry (Research In Motion) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, software development tools, and software/hardware licensing agreements. more

Similar Posts

blog comments powered by Disqus

Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton is the Associate Editor of Techvibes. A Vancouver-based writer and author, Knowlton has been published in national publications and has also appeared on television and radio. He has written two ebooks and more are in the works. Previously, he was an editor for New Westminster weekly The Other Press and served on its board of directors. When not working, Knowlton enjoys playing... more

Recent Comments

Powered by Disqus