A number of media outlets in Silicon Valley recently reported that RIM's Blackberry 10 will be available in May, and RIM confirmed that the global development conference will be held next week, no new hardware products will be released. Previously, RIM's head, Heinz, made a vague statement about the release time of the BlackBerry 10 mobile phone in the second half of the year. According to sources, the date of listing may be in July, which is earlier than expected by the outside world. This will help new mobile phones get high sales during the Christmas shopping season.
According to sources, the first BlackBerry 10 will be a touch screen product, and new computers with full-keyboard configuration will wait until the first quarter of next year.
Next week, RIM will hold a World Development Conference in Orlando, United States. RIM people confirmed that no new mobile phones will be released at that time, and the main character will be the brand new operating system of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone. It is said that the developers attending the meeting will also receive a Dev Alpha hardware device, but the BlackBerry 10 system is not installed.
U.S. media pointed out that RIM's share in the U.S. and global smartphone markets has declined significantly due to its slow release of new mobile phones. In addition, RIM's last year's BlackBerry service background failure has also prompted more enterprise users to switch to iPhone or Android phones.