BlackBerry 10 Launch

Live coverage from the BlackBerry 10 launch from The Canadian Press

May 1, 2012 - BlackBerry 10 prototype unveiled

Research in Motion's new boss introduced the BlackBerry 10 OS on a prototype smartphone. CEO Thorsten Heins told the crowd of developers that RIM is taking their time with the software.

by Megan Leach 1/28/2013 4:25:48 PM
#RIM is finally unveiling its @BlackBerry 10 today. Follow @CdnPress_Biz reporter @dj_friend, who is covering the 10am event in New York

by LindaNguyenTO via twitter 1/30/2013 2:09:38 PM
Did you know...?

RIM listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1997 and raised more than $115 million from investors.

The BlackBerry-maker listed on the Nasdaq in 1999, raising US$250 million.

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:13:18 PM
Canadian Press reporter Will Campbell is in Waterloo, Ontario today for their BlackBerry 10 launch event. He says there's a big crowd gathered to watch the NYC launch.

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:39:46 PM
RIM shares have shot up four per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange, to $16.34, within minutes of the trading day opening.

by Gregory Bonnell 1/30/2013 2:39:50 PM
Did you know...?

RIM reached one million BlackBerry subscribers in 2004, and continued to grow at a steady clip to 9 million subscribers by 2007.

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:41:10 PM
Doors just opened at the Toronto press event, being attended by journalists, analysts and big corporate clients. Looks to be in the range of 250-300 in the room and seated so far.

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 2:43:31 PM
Watch the live webcast here:

tremolo.edgesuite.net

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:45:51 PM
The media awaits the introduction of the Blackberry 10, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 in New York. The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedy browser, a superb typing experience and the ability to keep work and personal identities separate on the same phone, the fruit of a crucial, long-overdue makeover for the Canadian company. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:48:16 PM
Some 2.5 million RIM shares have traded hands since the market opened in Toronto at 9:30 a.m. ET. Stock was up more than six per cent at one point, and now hovering just about four per cent. A long story short: lots of investor activity ahead of 10 a.m. unveil.

by Gregory Bonnell 1/30/2013 2:53:28 PM
Outside the BlackBerry event in New York. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Friend)

by David Friend edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:55:15 PM
A man uses his Blackberry as people wait for the Blackberry BB10 launch in Toronto on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:55:50 PM
People wait for the Blackberry BB10 launch in Toronto on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:56:39 PM
Things I didn't expect from the #BlackBerry launch: a case of either the flu or food poisoning the night earlier. On my way to the event now

by David Friend via twitter 1/30/2013 2:58:17 PM
Should be getting a one-minute warning any moment now

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 2:59:37 PM
Did you know...?

RIM's PlayBook hit shelves to a mixed reaction in April 2011. Some reviews criticized its lack of connectivity to popular BlackBerry functions like email and instant messenger. (Photo: RIM)

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 2:59:44 PM
And we're getting started here in Toronto with Andrew MacLeod, managing director of Canada and CFO Brian Bidulka

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:02:06 PM
Did you know...?

RIM chief executive Thorsten Heins gave developers the first glimpse of the new BlackBerry 10 operating system at a conference in Orlando on May 1, 2012.

After the unveiling of the new operating system, on May 3, 2012 shares of RIM fell to their lowest level since 2003 as the company failed to offer any major surprises to investors.

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In this file photo from Tuesday Sept. 25, 2012, Thorsten Heins, President and CEO of Research in Motion, speaks about the new BlackBerry 10 at the BlackBerry Jam Americas conference in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:02:57 PM
"It's so clear to us that we've always had your support," MacLeod says, thanking the crowd

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:03:34 PM
Toronto event starting before New York show? I guess when in New York one must be fashionably late.

by Gregory Bonnell 1/30/2013 3:04:10 PM
Bidulka: "This really marks the starting line"

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:04:18 PM
MacLeod: Notes multiple events taking place simultaneously around the world for this "truly global" launch.

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:05:15 PM
Inside the New York BlackBerry event. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Friend)

by David Friend edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:06:09 PM
Just a few brief minutes of comments in Toronto and they're now getting ready to shift gears to New York

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:06:55 PM
The crowd in Toronto is VERY excited about #BB10 launch. Not so much in London

by IBTimesUKTech via twitter 1/30/2013 3:07:43 PM
The wait is over! BlackBerry 10 is here! #BlackBerry10 #BB10

by AndresGomezSar via twitter 1/30/2013 3:07:59 PM
A very receptive audience for RIM here in Toronto. The audience enthusiastically roared with applause when prompted -- including a few in the press rows.

by Michael Oliveira edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:08:00 PM
Those crazy Canadians #Bb10

by WinObs via twitter 1/30/2013 3:08:27 PM
They're now showing a promo reel of developers and executives from around the world talking up BlackBerry 10

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:08:51 PM
If you want to check out the live webcast of the launch from New York, you can watch it here:

tremolo.edgesuite.net

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:10:07 PM
From Canadian Press reporter Will Campbell in Waterloo, Ontario:

Kitchener mayor Carl Zehr says the BB10 will be a real "game changer" for RIM, boosting company growth. He says he's already got a BB10 preordered and expects to be using it within a week.

About 150 local politicians and business people gathered at a technological association hub to watch a live feed of the BB10 unveiling in New York City.

by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:12:00 PM
Livecast losing steam here as they show a RIM superfan cut off his ponytail - which he grew waiting for BlackBerry 10 - to support the launch.

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:15:52 PM
Getting started now in NYC, Thorsten Heins, CEO, is on stage

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:16:20 PM
CEO Thorsten Heins takes the stage to talk about the new devices.

by David Friend 1/30/2013 3:17:08 PM
Heins:
We have definitely been on a journey of transformation.

by Michael Oliveira edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:17:11 PM
Notes it's been about a year since he took over as CEO

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:17:33 PM
Innovation is at the heart of RIM and that opportunity that I saw was BlackBerry 10.

by Michael Oliveira edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:17:58 PM
Thanking employees for work on BlackBerry 10

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:18:45 PM
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins in New York. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Friend)

by David Friend edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:18:51 PM
Heins on target market:
It's for people who are hyper connected socially, people with an appetite for getting things done, the true multitaskers.

by Michael Oliveira edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:19:42 PM
We all know these people are moving quickly and need their devices to keep them up to speed and get things done.

by Michael Oliveira edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:20:19 PM
Heins's message is definitely appealing more to the corporate market than average consumers, at the moment at least

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:22:02 PM
Today represents a new day in the history of BlackBerry.

by Michael Oliveira edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:22:38 PM
Heins says they had to decide to adopt another platform or build anew.
We made the tough call to go it alone.

by Michael Oliveira edited by Megan Leach 1/30/2013 3:23:08 PM
An obvious reference to critics who said RIM should've just adopted Google's Android

by Michael Oliveira 1/30/2013 3:23:41 PM

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