Research In Motion has uploaded a one-minute video, which demonstrates a prototype-looking BlackBerry device running a prototype-looking BB10 platform, to YouTube.
The OS looks nothing like RIM's current offerings - but note that the video showcases what can be, not necessarily what will be.
It looks slick, but we'll have to wait on the actual execution to see if RIM can deliver on its promises.
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Knowing that its next-gen BB10 platform wouldn't be out until late this year, RIM needed to stay alive in the meantime. So when Thorsten Heins took over as CEO, he ramped up the marketing of BlackBerry 7, its current operating system, and existing devices like the classic Bold 9900.
In one commercial - perhaps the one RIM has pushed most prominently - an attractive woman named Meridith Valiando touts the iconic BlackBerry keyboard, one of the last staple selling features left for RIM in an iPhone- and Android-dominated world. And that's fine - playing to one's strength is a natural and effective marketing tactic. But RIM also thrashes touchscreens, with Meredith dryly saying, "I get 1,000 emails a day. Try writing 1,000 emails on a touchscreen."
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Today, during his opening keynote presentation at BlackBerry World 2012 in Florida, CEO Thorsten Heins unveiled BB10, the company's next-gen mobile platform. He unveiled not only glimpses of the software, but also the hardware - a touchscreen device without RIM's iconic physical keyboard, as recent rumours predicted.
"I'm so excited to have this in my hand," the new CEO gushed. He and his team showed off some unexpectedly creative features - like an innovative camera and some cool games - but overall focused on BlackBerry hallmarks: productivity and business success.
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The Winner of Techvibes Best New Canadian Startup in 2011 has opened up its mobile payment platform to developers.
Vancouver's Payfirma now allows any third party mobile application for iPhones, iPads, or Android devices to accept mobile payments in-person with the swipe of a credit card.
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Vancouver's Invoke Media announced today that they have been selected by NBC to help power the interactive marketing strategies for the television series The Voice.
Invoke has built a Facebook application called The 5th Coach Game that should suck fans even deeper into the singing competition show. The app lets fans to create their own virtual team, essentially becoming the fifth coach. The application provides interactivity, social game mechanics, community sharing and features exclusive content, weekly prizes, and a sweepstakes contest.
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Research In Motion has revealed that it will be streaming live coverage of BlackBerry World 2012. RIM's annual event, held in Orlando, starts tomorrow.
Users will be able to watch conference events on their computers via webcasts. it all begins tomorrow with CEO Thorsten Heins' keynote presentation at 9am EST. And for those on Twitter, follow #BBWC and #BBTweetUp to keep up with the action.
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With nearly three weeks left to go, Pebble keeps on rolling. Now with an incredible 48,000 backers, the Canadian-born Pebble smartwatch has raised a staggering $7.2 million—more than double the previous record for a Kickstarter campaign. Can Waterloo's Allerta raise a legendary $10 million from an online crowdsourcing site? If it can, the Canadian startup will set a new precedent for how companies generate funds.
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Can RIM's global market share fall below 5%? It's a scary thought, but RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue believes it's all too possible.
Mark forecasts RIM will sell just 9 million BlackBerrys this quarter, below the going estimation of 10.5. And although he acknowledged that "RIM has no debt," Mark warned clients that if things keep going south, "RIM may burn cash next year."
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The inception of Electric Courage began with a thrilling moment; in fact, it’s one that some (many) of us would be familiar with:
“The idea stemmed from one of the conversations we were having as a group. My teammate was telling us about a conference he was attending the week prior and how he locked eyes with a girl from across the room. He was dead sure that she also thought they had a moment but, by the time he had decided to go back and introduce himself, she was nowhere to be found. A few hours passed and he was on a flight back home. We realized that we'd all had moments like that in our lives and thought: why not see if we can figure out a way to solve this? Electric Courage was born,” explained Duncan Bays, a co-founder of Electric Courage.
Bays met his co-founders Holly Smith, JP Leroux, and Shahed Al-Haque at last year’s Next 36competition.
read moreStrategy Analytics predicts that, globally, combined consumer and advertiser expenditure on mobile media—which includes handset browsing, mobile applications, mobile games, mobile music, mobile video, mobile TV, ringtones, wallpapers and alerts, and associated data—will rise at a 8.4% compound annual growth rate, from below $150 billion at the end of 2012 to $224 billion by 2017.
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