THE WAITING IS OVER!!!

By Bla1ze on 30 Jan 2013 01:04 am

Here we are, just a few short hours away from the full unveiling of BlackBerry 10 and there is plenty of excitement in the air. If you're looking to keep up-to-date on all the latest BlackBerry 10 news, then you'll want to stay tuned to the CrackBerry homepage. In addition to that, you'll also want to make sure you're around starting at approximately 10AM ET as well as that is when our live blog of the event will be kicking off.

The official launch of the BlackBerry 10 platform plus the unveiling of the first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones, all in an event that will be happening simultaneously across New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai, Johannesburg, Jakarta and Delhi. Keep it locked to CrackBerry; you want to be here for this!

Kill the hours until the launch event on our waiting room thread

Topics: BlackBerry 10 News & Rumors

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98 comments

nquyen Jan 30, 2013 at 1:07 am

LETS GOOOOOOOOO!

Ashley Ang Jan 30, 2013 at 5:56 am

well am going to buy BB 10 i have already read all latest news about bb10 and can't wait a second : http://bit.ly/11dZKjg

ianbordas Jan 30, 2013 at 8:49 am

YES!!! It feels like Christmas!!! So Excited!!!!!!!!!

Ian
Bold 9900 & PlayBook 64GB Wifi

visiterfromcrackberry Jan 30, 2013 at 2:03 pm

Any word on when PlayBook is getting the BB10 treatment?

kemayou Jan 30, 2013 at 1:07 am

Ohhhh yesss....can't sleep!

Esgetn2hoT Jan 30, 2013 at 8:44 am

WOOOOO!!! IM FREAKIN ANNIHILATED!!!!

LEZ DO THIS THINGGG!!!

espresso1967 Jan 30, 2013 at 1:08 am

Bring it

birdman_38 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:17 am

"Out of the darkness, into the light."

Kyle27 Jan 30, 2013 at 1:09 am

Nice header image! ;) Can't wait!

Flip4Bytes Jan 30, 2013 at 1:28 am

I CAN'T SLEEP!!!! :D

#NoSleepTillBB10

nnomad Jan 30, 2013 at 1:11 am

Are we there yet, are we there yet....................

Joseph Ng2 Jan 30, 2013 at 1:11 am

PLEASE, capture and upload the webcast for those of us who will miss it! :)

SuperionMaximus Jan 30, 2013 at 6:23 am

Working today sucks.

AlKuqo Jan 30, 2013 at 7:53 am

Yes it does; I was sooooo contemplating on calling in sick
*cough cough*

1oo1 Jan 30, 2013 at 1:11 am

1 word EXCITED!

PagerRocka Jan 30, 2013 at 1:12 am

BB10 launch is going to break the internet

SuperionMaximus Jan 30, 2013 at 6:24 am

No my friend, the Cisco routers that power the internet run on QNX.

But it would be awesome to see big tech sites flooded today.

PagerRocka Jan 30, 2013 at 1:29 am

SDTRMG Jan 30, 2013 at 1:15 am

No sleep till blackberry 10!

G-bone Jan 30, 2013 at 1:25 am

I am so down with all this...

#BB10Believe

generalpatton14 Jan 30, 2013 at 1:27 am

So excited! The wait is over!

Emu the Foo Jan 30, 2013 at 1:31 am

Hurry this ish up!!! This is the last sleep!!!

Mr.Black.Berry Jan 30, 2013 at 1:34 am

Can't sleep...I feel like a kid again on xmas eve...this has been a looooong time coming...and its finally here...so ecstatic! No more black sheep of the mobile world bitches!

altrax Jan 30, 2013 at 1:39 am

Pretty sure I was far less excited than this on Christmas... the last time I was this excited was probably the CrackBerry PlayBook Update all nighter

airmo Jan 30, 2013 at 1:40 am

where is the link for the live video feed to watch the unveiling?

cloverappz Jan 30, 2013 at 1:46 am

Today will be the beginning of a new era for RIM.
Come on!

SparkyBC Jan 30, 2013 at 1:54 am

Epic Blaze must be drinking Redbulls all night

bbicons Jan 30, 2013 at 2:06 am

0 sleeps until BlackBerry 10. LETS GO

SkinEgg Jan 30, 2013 at 2:28 am

i'm in denial. i can't believe it's Jan 30. looking forward to the launch in 7.5 hour

MozThaGreat Jan 30, 2013 at 2:33 am

Didn't think we would make it but here we are. BlackBerry10! Here we go!

Cap_172R Jan 30, 2013 at 2:56 am

Unreal that it's Jan 30th already! I'm excited...been waiting for this for a while now. All the best to the good folks at RIM, today will be a great new beginning for our Canadian company!

Txmade_donjuan Jan 30, 2013 at 3:02 am

SO Excited!!! I want details and more details related to Verizon Wireless got dangit...lol

mistamayor Jan 30, 2013 at 3:16 am

I just want the Z10 already

pinggwing Jan 30, 2013 at 3:31 am

Anyone knows if they'll be showing the keyboard model ?
I'm still not into full touch, I just, I just can't ...
Oh boy I hope they bring out such u fancy looking *WOW* full keyboard device that makes me wanna throw all my money to RIM! LOL , mlia
Also, I'm hoping for something more for this conference than just stating the obvious and showing off some devices we all know already from the leaked images.
KILL IT RIM!*

BruvvaPete2 Jan 30, 2013 at 5:09 am

Both models to be announced at the same time.

MrPraveen7796 Jan 30, 2013 at 3:32 am

cant wait, no college today too!!

WolfbaineUK Jan 30, 2013 at 4:29 am

I have friends who both work for competing phone operators and both recommend I switch to either a DROID or iphone. I have been a blackberry user for 4 years, my first being the BlackBerry Storm followed by the Torch 9800. Admittedly android and iphone have had appealing aspects given the scope of available apps but in the end I have been in love with the simplicity and scope of the blackberry ecosystem. BB10 is I believe a game changer and I am looking forward to watching my friends eat their words. Launch is 3pm GMT here in the UK and I have been up since 5.30am, not able to sleep like many others on this blog. My contract has been up for upgrade since January 15th so I have been eagerly waiting since, still a little way to go but damn sure it will be worth it.

qbnkelt Jan 30, 2013 at 4:33 am

please let there be a red one
please let there be a red one'
please let there be a red one
please let there be a red one
please let there be a red one

randomblackberryguy Jan 30, 2013 at 8:05 am

That's probably
i)Unlikely
ii)in Christmas/Easter/other Holidays limited edition

DaNii1985 Jan 30, 2013 at 5:03 am

Guys apart from reading updates, is there a way to watch it live on my 9900? I mean I know there is a link at BB official website but will that work on 9900 once it will go live? I don't want to miss any second of it :D

* actually never mind I found out that there is an option to watch it live on mobile, I love RIM & ready to buy Z10 today!

BruvvaPete2 Jan 30, 2013 at 5:05 am

Bla1ze et al. I hope your web host servers won't crash today (as well as RIM's). There will be a boatload of traffic aimed at both your sites, as you're aware. Even logging in just now too a bit of effort.
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Good luck. Five hours until D-Day! This is how RIM got its groove back.

darylalbert Jan 30, 2013 at 6:28 am

3.5 hours left til Launch! Hopefully the February 5th rumored Canadian launch date is going to be a reality, if not today! Like everyone else here, its like Christmas, finally! LOL!

FSeverino Jan 30, 2013 at 6:35 am

I win a $25 GC for posting in the thread!
Party on!!!

vgorous Jan 30, 2013 at 6:43 am

so weird. I had a dream about this day and Thorsten freaked out and didn't show up for the announcement lol.

addyetude Jan 30, 2013 at 6:57 am

Can't wait to see whats in the BB10 starter kit...and hope we get some kick a$$ headphone....

homer1475 Jan 30, 2013 at 7:18 am

Been up for a few hours already, lets rock and roll this!!!

Lideo Jan 30, 2013 at 7:28 am

Wooooooohooooooooo... Can't wait!!!!

seemsixty7 Jan 30, 2013 at 7:29 am

FINALLY!!!!

musical1806 Jan 30, 2013 at 7:35 am

Not to pi** on anyones bonfire but my local vodafone (UK) store has just told me that I the local blackberry rep has said Mid MARCH....... NOOOOOOOOOOO. This had better be a f**king joke. I need my BB10 fix.

thawkth Jan 30, 2013 at 7:42 am

That sounds insane given the recent leaks...

Maybe mid-march for the white Z10, or the qwerty BB10?

I couldn't imagine it taking that long!

MAYBE CDMA carriers will have to wait, but I might just be cynical given my past :)

musical1806 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:10 am

God i hope so looking to pick my phone up sunday. Fingers crossed.

mlsuf Jan 30, 2013 at 9:35 am

Our local UK vodafone store said available from this Friday 1st February and they are getting loads of enquiries.

Binaryfragment Jan 30, 2013 at 7:46 am

I'm so excited! It may be hard to stay focused at work today lol

koolrosh Jan 30, 2013 at 7:56 am

I'm Super Excited. Cannot Wait!

2 Hours to go!

jrohland Jan 30, 2013 at 7:56 am

Digging the music they have on at 7:56 AM EST

chaosdivine Jan 30, 2013 at 7:57 am

Almost 6 AM here out West. Had dreams about BB10 last night - woke up @ 3 am and have been hammering my App World refresh button on my 9810 (I am still calling it that for another 2 hours) to get the Bridge update - still nothing! What the heck am I going to do for another 2 hours in waiting?

ontherock3 Jan 30, 2013 at 8:00 am

Houston...T minus 2 hours

kingz23 Jan 30, 2013 at 8:01 am

This is going to be the greatest. day. ever. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DeeNiceJones Jan 30, 2013 at 8:04 am

Does anyone know if the BB10 is going to have netflix and instagram on it?

BbBoY161 Jan 30, 2013 at 8:06 am

A dream come tire, GO BLACKBERRY! THIS IS IT!

randomblackberryguy Jan 30, 2013 at 8:06 am

2 Hours!

brooklynman2020 Jan 30, 2013 at 8:14 am

Why is it its hyped up here with a counter and on there main site looks bland and no excitement?

PHDColumbus Jan 30, 2013 at 8:16 am

BB10 looks so awesome - I wish I could afford a Z10 :(

cdncam Jan 30, 2013 at 8:25 am

Kev do you have your hair appointment booked or does Bla1ze get the honors clippers style later today?

pinggwing Jan 30, 2013 at 8:27 am

less than TWO!

MervoME Jan 30, 2013 at 8:32 am

I honestly can say that I've haven't been this excited about something like this in a very long time! It's like being 6 years Christmas eve night...again!

Red_Virus Jan 30, 2013 at 8:33 am

Oh god! tired of all the waiting.

ontherock3 Jan 30, 2013 at 8:33 am

My wife asked me last night what I wanted for my birthday this Friday....I said I want something new, exciting, sexy, can do it all, and is a 10. Anyhow, currently looking for a new place to live!

MrHomz Jan 30, 2013 at 8:45 am

Best. Comment. EVER. lol

Mel25 Jan 30, 2013 at 8:49 am

That was funny.

spencerdl Jan 30, 2013 at 8:38 am

I've been calling and checking ALL carriers (big 4) in my area and NOBODY has information in their system concerning the BB10.......if the phone is supposed to be released soon why no info anywhere ....WTF

JMDBERRY Jan 30, 2013 at 8:49 am

Today is the day we've all been patiently waiting for! "Today is Your Birthday"!.....

That said, I don't know about the rest of you, but I have no reservations about BB10,...I'm getting a BB10 device as soon as I can.

Cheers to all...

JMD

127.0.0.1 Jan 30, 2013 at 8:53 am

I can't wait any longer... *creams jeans* ROFL!

MrHomz Jan 30, 2013 at 8:55 am

#BlackBerry10 now at the number one spot trending on Twitter right now!

06kingranch Jan 30, 2013 at 9:02 am

Yaaay!! GO RIM!!!! I'm so ready to purchase mine!!

ontherock3 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:02 am

Houston...T minus 1 hour

mavsguy842 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:04 am

Where's the CB live blog link?

Cealestis Jan 30, 2013 at 9:05 am

Cannot contain my excitement! Lets rock the world RIM!

netviper Jan 30, 2013 at 9:05 am

Is it being live cast? if so, where?

BlackQtCoder Jan 30, 2013 at 9:07 am

Let's rock and roll this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The hour of revenge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mavsguy842 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:09 am

live web cast:

http : // tremolo . edgesuite . net / blackberry_experience_launch / desktop_dvr / index . html

minus the spaces

netviper Jan 30, 2013 at 9:15 am

Thanks.

kelton Jan 30, 2013 at 9:09 am

I am looking forward to any NEW information, but I'm wondering if there actually will be any surprises at all.
It's cool that the phones are actually here, though.
Not getting the big thrill unless you folks know something hiding in the wings.

yolkipalki Jan 30, 2013 at 9:10 am

I called T-Mobile yesterday. Wanted to find out when z10 will be available. First I had to explain to the representative what Z10 is. The whole time he was like what model sir bold or curve. Then after searching his system for letter Z and number 10 and he said ooh touch screen blackberry. And obviously he had no idea when they would offer it.

d0gzilla74 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:27 am

Those wireless retail desk jockeys are not the sharpest knives in the kitchen.

Paul Carter15 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:21 am

I haven't slept yet tonight, tried but I was just in my bed thinking about the launch, am I the only person?

sbowlestx Jan 30, 2013 at 9:22 am

I will be literally sick to my stomach if Verizon is as slow as they have been in the past. I know there are no exclusives which has always be one cause of them in the past. I feel RIM has done their part now the carriers need to do theirs.

jdm joe Jan 30, 2013 at 9:23 am

home from work to see this..can't wait!!

ayandakeith Jan 30, 2013 at 9:26 am

As of today, I hate CNBC and BGR. Everybody, listen to these analyst idiots speak!

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000144686&__source=yahoo|headline|quote|video|&par=yahoo

sbowlestx Jan 30, 2013 at 9:32 am

I stopped at CNBC

d0gzilla74 Jan 30, 2013 at 9:30 am

B B 10! B B 10! B B 10

Killaserpent Jan 30, 2013 at 9:33 am

I'm ready here in Barbados (home of Rihanna), cannot wait to order my BB Z10 ;)

AtInsider Jan 30, 2013 at 9:44 am

Quoted and love it. This makes sense.

BlackBerry 10 - Recepie on How to Attract Android and iOS Users
By: ATInsider - January 30, 2013
After reading and studying all the negative press all accross the world in relation to RIM's proposed demise, I've come to the conclusion that RIM is not going anywhere anytime soon. As a matter of fact, RIM may very well see it's best year ever in its history.
In my personal opinion, it seems as though many would really like to see RIM once and for all be removed from competition so others may floorish. This is what I've been desifering from many negative news releases. There's a lot of anger in this smart phone industry.
So why all the negativity toward RIM? Wasn't it RIM that invented the "Smart Phone" called the BlackBerry? Yes, they took innovation to the extreme and launched this new unique mobile platform experience. RIM was responsible for pushing this particular industry into what we know and have today.
Then came the competition. Personally competition is great news, RIM was caught sleeping at the helm, and yes this happends. They let Google's Android and Appled iOS dominate, flurish, and strip away market share from RIM. This is well deserved for both competators because they too pushed innovation, took what RIM created and made it much better.
If RIM did not pioneer the Smart Phone, then were would we be today? I think everybody should be rootring for BlackBerry 10's success, especially people that currently use Android and iOS based devices. Why you may ask, well haven't you all enjoyed the innovations brought to us by Android and iOS at the time BlackBerry was the dominating player.
The same can now be said for RIM's BlackBerry 10 platform. This process is repeating itself, but this time it's the creator, the inventor, the pioneer of the Smart Phone and the last thing we need in this industry is to block innovation at its finest, because if we had done so in the past, we wouldn't have gone this far in mobile technology.
Lets take a page out of Aristotle, the Ancient Greek (384 BC-322 BC) that lived in Athens Greece. He came out with many interesting theory's many that we use today, many that were correct and many that were eventually proven wrong. It's the last that interests me, because if it wasn't for Aristotle and his theory's this world would be more than 2,000 years behind in technology alone. You see becuase of Aristotle, he made people think, he made people try to prove him wrong. This is how we evolved and advanced, by making people think outside the box. The same can be applied to the mobile industry.
We should all be excited about BlackBerry 10 and what it offers and how it may once again potencially streer the industry in the right direction, into the future. BlackBerry 10, being the best mobile platform ever created to date will now further motivate Google, Apple and Windows to further push innovation for a healthy competative market.
I am very exited about BlackBerry 10 and where it's going to lead us.

flip68 Jan 30, 2013 at 10:06 am

Can anyone watch the live webcast from their BB OS 7.1 device? (ie. Torch 9810?)

The website comes up, but I press Play and nothing happens :(

musical1806 Jan 30, 2013 at 10:24 am

Vodafone UK confirmed 5pm availability of the z10 in store.

rjkolo Jan 30, 2013 at 11:13 am

The wait is only only if you live in the UK....

Zezel Jan 30, 2013 at 11:30 am

Great launch, having a chat with the group of friends on WhatsApp. BB 10 has a 'shot' at being cool... which will work in enterprise and consumer market.

The success of Apple is also its problem now: It's a commonplace appliance. It is a great device, but like the Volvo in the driveway it no longer get's you 'hard'

BB10 can be an 'insiders' device, pound it to the youth market, wrap up celebrities all the while working with enterprise accounts to ensure they remain BB shops.

Nokia was mighty, then they fell, before that Motorola. I worked in carrier business for years and BB has a punchers chance to do what they (Nokia and Motorola) couldn't do: RESURRECTION.

Rootbrian Jan 31, 2013 at 10:54 pm

I watched most of it and fcuk yes, I am sold.

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