RIM Teases BlackBerry 10 Smartphone With First Image
First handsets powered by the upcoming platform will be unveiled on January 30, 2013.
Research in Motion has teased the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone with an official image of the device, which is set to be revealed on January 30.
Naturally, the teaser image doesn't show much, but does reveal the back of the handset which features a textured material, as well as a camera lens in one corner.
RIM has remained tight lipped regarding the exact BlackBerry 10 handsets that will launch during the opening stages of 2013, but it's been confirmed that at least one full touchscreen device will be released, alongside another that features BlackBerry's trademark physical, QWERTY keyboard. The company will announce two BlackBerry 10 devices on January 30, the date when the actual operating system launches worldwide, with the firm stressing that it wants to release the handsets as soon as the platform becomes available.
However, research firm Detwiler Fenton recently stated RIM's first QWERTY BlackBerry 10 smartphone will launch in June, while the first touch-screen BlackBerry 10 phone won’t see a launch in the U.S. until March.
Elsewhere, RIM has offered a total of 1,500 dedicated developers the first Dev Alpha C handset, which is the QWERTY model.

Promising words. I Pray that it is good. More good products means more good choices. More good choices also eventually means lower prices and higher innovation.
I know they are supposed to be targeting business users with the physical keyboard, but the market is so much bigger than that now that they would probably have been better off releasing the touchscreen version first.
I guess the keyboard is supposed to be their signature feature, but obviously it's not so attractive any more if they are losing so much business to the two market leaders.
The Playbook OS is not quite the same as BB10 and it is now about 2 years old.
Yeah it takes about 2 mins to boot (updated since you had it I guess) but then you don't have to switch it off again. I've had mine 3 months and I haven't had to boot it since. It just sits in Stand By.
What exactly were you doing with yours?
Its a great value piece of kit now. Wouldn't be without mine now.
The first phone out the gate is a full touchscreen. This has been known for months now. That rubber foot you are speaking of actually looks quite nice in the tons of other pictures and videos that have been released.... Oh but you can't look passed tomshardware, heh typical.
http://youtu.be/TSs5Q_rcgX4
Completely agree. But they now need the ecosystem, with the right apps and support, or it will still be a niche market. Hope they can deliver.
I agree with this. My Blackberry 9670 provides a comfortable environment for me to type a whole paragraph without taking even a glance at the keyboard. I've tried multiple times with touchscreen devices but I can't get used to them in terms of typing. However I'd jump on a touchscreen BB in a heartbeat if it can provide a suitable dual touch and physical environment.
I hope RIM is successful. I would hate to see them go the way of Palm.
chicofehr is right about the keyboard. I loved my Treo 750 and even my pre+ and pre2 because of the keyboard. But call quality was my big thing. My old Treo had great clarity and my Galaxy S2 is okay, but not great. It seems like call quality has been forgotten in today's BIG screen and tons of apps generation.
Perhaps if HP hadn't bought them out and taken dump on Palm it would still be around.