BlackBerry 10 Launch Event Live Coverage!

By Kevin Michaluk on 30 Jan 2013 09:20 am

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109 comments

ram32185 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:25 am

1st

Jeovex Jan 30, 2013 at 10:16 am

I hope BB10's quality is too wonder what else that have to surprise us with

imcurved Jan 30, 2013 at 10:27 am

awesome it's one name now.
TMO_9000_32GB_PB

Drawde Jan 30, 2013 at 9:26 am

I have work to do.........it isn't getting done!

spencerdl Jan 30, 2013 at 9:28 am

KOOL.....lets get this party started

jjrimfan Jan 30, 2013 at 9:29 am

Down the highway from RIM, watching and waiting patiently. I have friends working at RIM, and wish them the best of luck this morning. They deserve a good rollout after a fantastic work effor over the past year.

Calimero1987 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:29 am

BLACKBERRY TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!

walnuts1024 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:38 am

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

advil_yum Jan 30, 2013 at 9:40 am

so, is the live stream website not working for everyone else? I hope it comes online soon.

tonythecarguy Jan 30, 2013 at 9:41 am

RELEASE THE KRAKEN !

dierre Jan 30, 2013 at 9:56 am

Release the kracken

kelven Jan 30, 2013 at 9:44 am

When should I buy it after launch?

sciontm Jan 30, 2013 at 9:44 am

It should be up in about fifteen minutes. Reporting in from Venezuela

smallbiz Jan 30, 2013 at 9:44 am

Here in Canada, when I browse to www.blackberry.com I see no mention of the launch on their home page... That's a bit of an oversight???

zeteo Jan 30, 2013 at 9:48 am

Here's wishing RIM a successful launch!

magtheridon2000 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:49 am

Will the Crackberry commenting be commenting on the event? What do we need to do to have your reactions? Or everybody is on the livestream until the event finishes?

greatwiseone Jan 30, 2013 at 9:52 am

Finally here!

Alain_A Jan 30, 2013 at 9:52 am

Alberta waiting

togardergrosse Jan 30, 2013 at 9:53 am

Give surprise to PlayBook owners! \m/
Go Go RIM!

WILLfindways Jan 30, 2013 at 9:55 am

BlackBerry 10. Greater than I.

WILLfindways Jan 30, 2013 at 9:56 am

BlackBerry 10. Greater than 5.

WILL find ways

dierre Jan 30, 2013 at 9:57 am

Can we tune in via playbook??

steve911 Jan 30, 2013 at 10:01 am

Let's GO!!!!

gabyavra Jan 30, 2013 at 10:01 am

one more hour, right?

dataphry Jan 30, 2013 at 10:01 am

i like women with big b0000bs ;) , go go go BB10

AMWausau Jan 30, 2013 at 10:03 am

Remember, no matter how great this will be, it has to be marketed, sold to the masses.
Cellcom Employee

WebDeznr Jan 30, 2013 at 10:03 am

oh come on we waited long enough... where is the live feed?

jakie55 Jan 30, 2013 at 10:06 am

oK here we go??

drxym Jan 30, 2013 at 10:09 am

Well that live feed page is atrocious. 3 seconds of streaming then it stops. Maybe should have offered a low res version.

dboy54 Jan 30, 2013 at 10:16 am

Yeah Kevin. That is the power of Crackberry. Gets the hair cut at the world wide launch event!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mjgallaway Jan 30, 2013 at 10:16 am

This is a ridiculous start, get to the point RIM!!

niklow Jan 30, 2013 at 10:17 am

Whats with the sound popping.......?

TimLemieux Jan 30, 2013 at 10:17 am

No one at RIM owns a tie?

markbyrn Jan 30, 2013 at 10:17 am

let's do it

dadymon Jan 30, 2013 at 10:18 am

Kevin finally cut his hair! Good day for RIM!

markbyrn Jan 30, 2013 at 10:19 am

blackberry 10 is here!

markbyrn Jan 30, 2013 at 10:19 am

video feed looks great on my ATV

nick903 Jan 30, 2013 at 10:22 am

finally!! looking forward!!!

wickednoize Jan 30, 2013 at 10:23 am

GO RIM #TeamBlackBerryIndia

wickednoize Jan 30, 2013 at 10:23 am

LIVE feed sucks! Fix it please.

mgardiner#WN Jan 30, 2013 at 10:26 am

They are doing way too much telling and not enough showing.

Blackberry_Fiend Jan 30, 2013 at 10:28 am

NO MORE RIM(M)!!! Bring on !!!BLACKBERRY!!!

web99 Jan 30, 2013 at 10:33 am

Yeah!! The true moment where the new BB10 devices are shown to the world!

southnam Jan 30, 2013 at 10:33 am

Too bad Thorsten is not more dynamic of a speaker and the crowd seems a bit lackluster in their resonse and cheering. They need more BB fanboys in the audience

mattybb Jan 30, 2013 at 10:36 am

pinggwing Jan 30, 2013 at 10:36 am

Q10, not impressed yet.......................hmhmhmhmhmmhm :(
Z10, awesome, only no keyboard.........

southnam Jan 30, 2013 at 10:37 am

Thank Goodness Vivek is a much better presenter and speaker

southnam Jan 30, 2013 at 10:40 am

I hope that's not Greg's real linked in info that he just displayed to the world haha

Man now gotta figure out how to afford one.
Blackberry, can I please have one for free :) Totally sucks my warranty replacement 9810 is broken after a month :(

mattybb Jan 30, 2013 at 10:40 am

guys...Hub is a gamechanger with the aut- populating info for your contacts. This is friggin amazing!

daglesj Jan 30, 2013 at 10:41 am

So has the world changed?

BoldBuddha Jan 30, 2013 at 10:41 am

Hopefully demo phone is plugged in. Battery indicator is on the low end ..... Give it to me right now. I will charge the battery..................... PLZZZZ

mjgallaway Jan 30, 2013 at 10:44 am

Ouch, Blackberry taking a beating on the stock market!

Blackberry_Fiend Jan 30, 2013 at 10:46 am

LOL, It almost feels like people are afraid to clap.

southnam Jan 30, 2013 at 10:56 am

I think the lesson here is to not only have press and suits at an even that is supposed to be hyped up... Need a bunch of rowdy College kids lol...

kbill1984 Jan 30, 2013 at 10:49 am

Anyone else notice the WhatsApp icon?

solidkay Jan 30, 2013 at 10:58 am

I did , I did!!!!!!

mattybb Jan 30, 2013 at 10:49 am

why do they have the phones plugged in and one has 2 cords attached???

Anilu7 Mar 21, 2013 at 8:52 pm

One's for the battery and the other's for the HDMI out so he can show what the phone can do on the large screen.

Vic_Franklyn Jan 30, 2013 at 10:52 am

This is history in the making. Love how you can share charts in the new bbm
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I’d rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.

dejanh Jan 30, 2013 at 10:52 am

Skype is coming! http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/30/skype-coming-to-blackberry-10-devices/

athosellinas Jan 30, 2013 at 10:53 am

skype and whats app shown on the screen of the guy in london!

timmy t Jan 30, 2013 at 10:58 am

Get this guy off the stage.

southnam Jan 30, 2013 at 10:59 am

Netflix FTW... well this would make my kids happy haha

con4n007 Jan 30, 2013 at 11:02 am

SOLD!!!

web99 Jan 30, 2013 at 11:04 am

Skype, Kindle, Whatsapp, Angry Bird all committed to Blackberry 10 :)

I am sold on it!

solidkay Jan 30, 2013 at 11:03 am

these people in this place are not excited!!! who picked them to be there?>????

birdman_38 Jan 30, 2013 at 11:25 am

Agreed. They could have been a lot more rabid. Invite BlackBerry devotees next time!

Balti43 Jan 30, 2013 at 11:03 am

No instagram :(

timmy t Jan 30, 2013 at 11:04 am

Yes, I think they should have a cheer leading group.

mtarch Jan 30, 2013 at 11:05 am

Where is Instagram ????????????????

athosellinas Jan 30, 2013 at 11:07 am

i think teamviewer is far more usefull and urgent to be on BB10 than instagram or netflix!

Saint Howard Jan 30, 2013 at 11:08 am

No mention of Celtx?I hope this is coming...

MozThaGreat Jan 30, 2013 at 11:29 am

I wouldn't be surprised if we find Celtx in BB World, doubt anybody knows what that is. I'm sure you and I would probably be the only ones who use that App.

timmy t Jan 30, 2013 at 11:09 am

Why UK first?

southnam Jan 30, 2013 at 11:09 am

Woohoo. Feb 5th in Canada

mattybb Jan 30, 2013 at 11:12 am

This is crap!! End of February testing??? March availability for U.S. market?

dejanh Jan 30, 2013 at 11:15 am

I kind of don't mind that the US got the shaft lol :p

Alicia Keys though? That seems a bit desperate...

mattybb Jan 30, 2013 at 11:23 am

its not about the US...it's about delaying a launch forever and then not executing once again. Only an idiot that doen't understand business would find some kind of solace in shafting their largest client.

dejanh Jan 30, 2013 at 11:55 am

Well, let's see...US is currently probably the worst market for BlackBerry with year over year massive losses in the customer base. That and your market is extremely saturated with Android/iOS, and that competition is rather entrenched. Maybe this played some role in the decision not to go after the US market at launch.

I am not going to pretend that I understand their business logic in doing it this way though...I've neither researched it, nor do I really care. My comment was purely something that I personally found funny. US always feels majorly butt-hurt when they are not the first in everything.

BBM_MIA Jan 30, 2013 at 11:19 am

I hate AT&T. March. Sell have to wait.

Wbrian Jan 30, 2013 at 11:19 am

Alicia Keys should give us some exposure. Gonna kill me to wait til March,though...

southnam Jan 30, 2013 at 11:21 am

There are so many Celebs and big business people who use BB... wondering why they didn't tap into more of those people.

gabyavra Jan 30, 2013 at 11:23 am

what about BB Playbook? to little RAM for BB10?

danesalinas Jan 30, 2013 at 11:32 am

I think Playbook can handle de BB10, although I think they need to do some work to make the UI work better for a tablet. I think they didn't want to distract the attention from the PHONE (Z10 Q10), talking about a tablet which financially was a failure and in the media too.

I hope (for the sake of my own playbook) they don't take to long to do!
I love my Playbook!

birdman_38 Jan 30, 2013 at 11:23 am

Netflix and Instagram to come. Have faith :)

bbmtna Jan 30, 2013 at 11:24 am

TELUS ONTARIO!!!

http://www.telusmobility.com/en/ON/smartphones/

$650.00 OFF CONTRACT!
$149 ON A 3 YEAR!

k8bushlover Jan 30, 2013 at 11:25 am

Well, will all of the "Skype will never come, MS wants BlackBerry to fail" pundits please stand up and be counted! Oh, how sure you all were! How smug are you now?

06kingranch Jan 30, 2013 at 11:25 am

I'm pissed March?!?! G**d*** carriers.

im3arl Jan 30, 2013 at 11:26 am

I love-vvvvv-e it. The demo was awesome. I was actually cheering at home while watching the presentation live.

BB is DA BOMB!

jakie55 Jan 30, 2013 at 11:26 am

Talk to your carriers.....they are the ones who are holding it up[

Ricardo Carrizales Jan 30, 2013 at 11:28 am

So excited for the new blackberry! March hurry up!

Vic_Franklyn Jan 30, 2013 at 11:39 am

Loved the podcast and all the info. Love all the big name apps available. Skype, Angry Birds Star wars...to many to mention. Alicia Keys and her support of bb10 was great. Thorsten looked star struck when he was on stage with her lol. The new camera looked hot...and the pricing is great. Watched the event podcast on my playbook. Loved the new bbm and how you can share screens live. Only question I have is when is bb10 coming to our playbook? Anyone know???
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I’d rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.

MozThaGreat Jan 30, 2013 at 11:34 am

I'm an extremely critical person and I was EXTREMELY underwhelmed by this presentation. I don't know why but I was hoping for a mushroom cloud announcement of some sort. And a tidbit on the future of the playbook would have been nice. And on top of that I have to wait until March to even see the device in person. SMH

pinggwing Jan 30, 2013 at 11:38 am

I kinda leave with an empty feeling from the presentation. Heins is a very stiff presenter. Also, the devices were not covered indepth: Quality of the camera? Processor? Amount of Ram? BATTERY LIFE?
Also I'm not conviced about the keyboard version without the physical back buttons and trackpad..
And I can tell you.. If I'm not conviced, alot of other people won't be...
Loving the new OS tho!

Darlaten Jan 30, 2013 at 12:00 pm

I am like you. I honestly thought, at the end, "Is that it?!"

Does the Z-10 even make phone calls? Obviously I am being cynical here, but there was no mention of call quality and capabilities, i.e, what's the call quality/reception like; how does it work if your talking on the phone and you get an email/text that you want to look at - is it easy to do this while continuing to talk; transfer to speakerphone; or put the voice call on hold?

Other features I wish were highlighted include:
DLNA certification
Supported Video/Audio Container Format
BT Gamepad Support
Power Point, Word, MS Office Support
PDF Support
Memory sizes on the phone
Bridge Capabilities

It's not that I'm unhappy with what was presented, but outside of Hub, Peak, and Flow, BBM Voice, BBM Screen sharing, very little else was presented. And that is of concern.

geneseque27 Jan 30, 2013 at 11:40 am

Glad they said all playbooks will be udpdated!

southnam Jan 30, 2013 at 11:39 am

is the Q and A live broadcast too?

Vic_Franklyn Jan 30, 2013 at 11:45 am

Ya that annoyed me to. Nothing on the Playbook really. Anyone know when our Playbooks get bb10???
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I’d rather be a Black Sheep than an iSheep any day.

SkinEgg Jan 30, 2013 at 11:45 am

Can't believe they cut Kevin's hair!

kware84 Jan 30, 2013 at 11:47 am

#EpicFail in the U.S.

dejanh Jan 30, 2013 at 12:03 pm

Well, now that it's all said and done, for me personally, an overall underwhelming launch. It lacked soul and the crowd was really lame. Alicia Keys move seemed desperate. I think that the platform has great potential but all of the leaks probably hurt the announcement a lot. Almost nothing new was revealed that was not already known in one way or another. It is not very likely that this will be any sort of reversal of fortune for BB, at least not yet. I personally would not think that many iOS/Android users will be tempted.

On a more personal note, I can't wait to try the phone, but I don't think that I will be buying into the 1st gen of BB10 OS. I am sticking with my 9900 for now most likely. Come summer it looks like I may be upgrading though :)

CanAm89 Jan 30, 2013 at 12:07 pm

They dropped the ball on the launch. Fool me twice, and all that.

If it's known that US carriers take so long to bring a product to market, YOU START TESTING EARLIER.

I'm not just a stakeholder, but a shareholder as well, and I. AM. PISSED.

RIMM didn't prep Alicia on what to say or didn't give her a real "job description". The press Q&A is mostly non-answers. We are, once again, seeing RIMM (sorry, BBRY) reverting to bad habits.

In a perfect world, products stand by themselves. The specs on the upcoming phones are fantastic- ideal, even. But this is not a perfect world. A product is only as good as the company that pushes it.

BBRY, get your stuff together and don't misuse the money and time I vested in you.

netwerks1 Jan 30, 2013 at 1:51 pm

I totally agree. The launch was a splat and surely not a spark...what about all those "secret" features they were going to announce at launch? Skype? Was that it? Sure I'm glad to see skype, but a march launch....I'm so mad right now I don't even want to do business any more with BlackBerry. Right now, if this is how they operate, then they do deserve to fail. I've been holding out while everyone else has moved on to other platforms/os's, I've been loyal, I've been promoting the new devices...now...after seeing that horrible launch and hearing a march launch...bye bye Blackberry, you just signed your death cert...tis only a matter of time now till ya get bought out. Thorsten, you just gave more solid proof that you are NOT the man for the job. Thanks for NOTHING once again! grrrr, can ya tell I'm mad!

jtokarchuk Jan 30, 2013 at 12:31 pm

This makes me smile. Go Canada, go BBRY.

I will continue steadfast development for #BB10.

jtokarchuk Jan 30, 2013 at 12:36 pm

Will QNX be pushing the car platform for non - high luxury models -- to allow us to interface bb10 with our vehicles?

smrowe Jan 30, 2013 at 12:57 pm

Yep, just got the "your mobile device not supported." on my computer. What's that mean?

DeaconFrost1098 Jan 30, 2013 at 1:52 pm

Great job Blackberry on announcing the new BB10 and for staying focused on phones as it should have been today. Can't wait to get a z10 and pair it up with my playbook that will be updated later this year to bb10.

yammyfan Jan 30, 2013 at 2:06 pm

I am deeply depressed right now. That launch was a huge disappointment, to say the least.

They left so much out. When it was over I thought to myself "that's it???"

I invested too much emotionally in this. Time to pull back for a while and regroup.

Rootbrian Jan 31, 2013 at 10:55 pm

That was a damn great presentation

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