BlackBerry World 2012: A Glimpse into RIM's Future

Much ado about Alpha: RIM CEO Thorsten Heins demos the Dev Alpha developer device that may or may not make it to marketText and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Orlando, FL: Research in Motion's President and CEO Thorsren Heins had his coming out party today and tried to give visitors and developers here in BlackBerry World a feel for where the company was headed. BlackBerry 10, the unified tablet and smartphone OS that was officially launched here was previewed briefly on the new developer Alpha devices which are slate-smartphones that resemble Apple's iPhone 4 but which take all of their materials, design and features from the BlackBerry PlayBook.

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