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BlackBerry 10 Launch Event

A live blog from RIM's Toronto BB10 launch.

the Hub can automatically pull in information about your contacts, their activities, etc.

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:38:30 PM
Tweeting, Facebook... from the #BB10 Hub http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BB3jworCYAEB0iS.jpg

by Evan Mitsui via twitter 1/30/2013 3:38:35 PM
showing more navigation, all thumb swipes

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:40:58 PM
showing built-in message translation from French to German...

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:41:32 PM
They're now showing off the predictive text, where the phone predicts the next word you're going to type. It works very well, but this is a feature that will need longer testing to evaluate properly. I found myself having to stop and think which word I wanted, which actually slowed me down.

by Peter Nowak 1/30/2013 3:41:46 PM
can do many languages, translation is extremely fast

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:42:01 PM
Thorsten Heins: says now going to look at privacy and security

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:42:41 PM
The phone can do predictive text on three languages in the same message. You pick the languages in your settings.

by Peter Nowak 1/30/2013 3:42:42 PM
Thorsten Heins: We see people running around with 2 devices, one's a corporate one and one's a personal one. We aimed to solve that.

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:43:08 PM
Packed house here at the Carlu #BB10 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BB3k5U4CIAAsexC.jpg

by Evan Mitsui via twitter 1/30/2013 3:43:33 PM
BB Balance: single swipe allows you to move between personal apps/messaging and work ones

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:43:47 PM
Balance: can move between personal and work areas with a swipe, and the work and personal applications can co-exist simultaneously for multitasking

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:44:37 PM
Balance is a nice feature too. It separates your personal stuff from your work stuff. Your employer can remotely wipe that work side too. It's aimed at eliminating the need to carry two phones.

by Peter Nowak 1/30/2013 3:44:47 PM
Apps that have a little briefcase on them are only accessible to the work side of your profile.

by Peter Nowak 1/30/2013 3:45:31 PM
Thorsten Heins: now going to talk about BB Messenger

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:45:48 PM
“@BlackBerry: "We are now 'BlackBerry'. One brand, One promise." -Thorsten Heins http://blck.by/VqQSSw ^MM” #BB10

by Evan Mitsui via twitter 1/30/2013 3:45:57 PM
BB Messenger: says on BB10 they wanted to do more // going to make first public BBM video call

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:46:43 PM
Making the call on camera now

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:46:51 PM
BBM Video showing picture-in-picture video call.

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:47:17 PM
First #BB10 Screen Share demo http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BB3l4mpCUAAZsJ4.jpg

by Evan Mitsui via twitter 1/30/2013 3:47:52 PM
BBM Screenshare: New feature that allows you to share your camera like most video chat apps, but can share your phone's screen as well to give details of apps, share information, etc.

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:47:59 PM
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Z10 won't be available in the U.S. till mid-March. Yikes!

by Peter Nowak 1/30/2013 3:48:00 PM
Clones your screen view to the phone of the person you are calling.

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:48:24 PM
right now, sharing pictures on one phone in London
, viewing them simultaneously on another in NYC

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:48:59 PM
says they're looking at it as a useful consumer app, but ScreenShare is also a corporate productivity tool

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:49:30 PM
New app: BlackBerry Remember

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:49:58 PM
RIM (sorry, BlackBerry) stock is apparently dropping as this presentation continues.

by Peter Nowak 1/30/2013 3:50:26 PM
Remember: can flag messages, web pages, videos, voice notes, etc., and store them all in custom folders

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:50:35 PM
Remember: keywords can later be searched to find the info you stashed in a folder

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:50:58 PM
Now they're going to talk about the camera

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:52:14 PM
“@CBCNews: Adrienne Arsenault: A behind-the-scenes look at BlackBerry's strategy http://bit.ly/11f9NA7” #BB10

by Evan Mitsui via twitter 1/30/2013 3:52:15 PM
Q10 apparently won't be out till April. Oh man, it looks like the wait is going to continue...

by Peter Nowak 1/30/2013 3:52:46 PM
using the BB10 for the camera demo - tap anywhere on screen to set the focus point

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:52:48 PM
captures photos as a short video stream so you can scroll past a person blinking and choose the frame where their eyes are open

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:53:32 PM
showing a built-in picture editor, it has shortcuts for adding quick effects

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:54:04 PM
allows quick photo editing and touch-ups on the fly

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:54:26 PM
Visual survey, half the laptops and tablets in here are Apple-made... #BB10

by Evan Mitsui via twitter 1/30/2013 3:54:44 PM
The camera has a nifty feature called Time Shift, which lets you shoot a burst of photos and then edit to get a perfect shot.

by Peter Nowak 1/30/2013 3:54:49 PM
Story Maker: new app helps you pull together audio, video, photos, info, etc., to make a video.

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:56:09 PM
Story Maker video editor ##BB10 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BB3n_H4CMAAc5M3.jpg

by Evan Mitsui via twitter 1/30/2013 3:57:03 PM
Thorsten Heins: back to his solo presentation

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:57:16 PM
Thorsten Heins: Lots of new ideas, as you've just seen. Lots of ways of sharing. This is the new BlackBerry.

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:57:37 PM
Thorsten Heins: We've also established a new way of working with our partners. ... We've been working more strategically than every before with application and [content providers.]

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:58:30 PM
Now up: Martyn Mallick, VP global alliances

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 3:59:08 PM
Mallick: This is a total company-wide effort by the developers and content teams to deliver seamless solution... and it has paid off. We are launching BB10 with more apps by far than any first generation OS. We have over 70,000 applications.

by Ian Johnson, CBCNews.ca 1/30/2013 4:00:15 PM

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