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RIM has started running private trials of its new BB10 hardware and software combo, picking up the bill to bribe some top US businesses to force their staff to use the new Blackberrys.
The trial sees some 120 US companies and some government agencies willingly agreeing to test a full enterprise set-up of the new BB10 touchscreen devices and their accompanying server software, with RIM paying to switch the staff over to the updated BB hardware. Bet they’re loving that.
The live BB10 test is underway now, ahead of the official public unveiling of the new BB10 phones, which, after literally years of leaks, is scheduled to happen at the end of January. [Marketwire]
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They are probably only doing so in hopes that the Mayans were spot on with their predictions!
Haha bet the Businessmen who are getting the BB’s are hoping that too..
So they’re announcing stuff next month, but when will handsets hit the market? I’m hearing late Q1, but we may see it creeping into Q2.
Personally I’m going to judge BB10 after I’ve actually used it.
And how many millions are being made to use iTunes? Crashed twice on me in the last two hours, and all I was doing was syncing some podcasts.
Surely if these people are current bb users they will be.
Sorry, accidental screen press. I meant
Surely if these people are current bb users they will be
A) RIMS target market, anyone who didn’t need the things bb brings to the table has long since left.
B) Extremely glad to get there hands on a piece of tech that their friends will want to look at rather than laugh at.
Sorry, is it possible to get a source on this. Haven’t seen the part that where BlackBerry PAYS to upgrade corporate clients to BB10 anywhere on the net except Gizmodo.