First of new BlackBerrys ditches physical keyboard: RIM

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First of new BlackBerrys ditches physical keyboard: RIM

Posted by ptoone (#1) 335 days ago (http://www.theglobeandmail.com)

Just when things could not have gone much worst for RIM, spokeswoman for RIM has confirmed to The Canadian Press that the first BlackBerry 10 device will have touch-screen keyboards — but not physical ones.

The keyboard is perhaps the reason they hold on to the current market share and is surprising RIM does not recognize this.

However, Rebecca Freiburger says that the new operating system “will be offered on products with physical keyboards in the future.”

RIM expects to introduce the new phones by the end of the year but no specific date has been announced.

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