BlackBerry-maker RIM has revealed its new year's resolution -- which specifically involves the pixel-count of BlackBerry 10 smart phones that will be emerging at the start of next year.
In a blog post, the ailing firm has divulged the screen resolution of its first touch-only smart phone, as well as standardised screen resolutions for all BlackBerry 10 gadgets beyond that point.
The very first phone running the twice-delayed BlackBerry 10 software, rumoured to be the BlackBerry London, will have an impressively high 1,280x768 resolution -- the same number of pixels as the company's Dev Alpha device that was used to showcase the upcoming operating system earlier this year.
Phones sporting the businessman's choice BlackBerry Qwerty keyboard will have 720x720 displays, while touchscreen-only devices released after the first BlackBerry 10 phone will have 1,280x720 screens.
That means that the first touchscreen-only BlackBerry 10 phone will have a slightly higher resolution than any following gadgets. That might seem like an odd decision, but RIM is trying to make it easier for developers to build BlackBerry 10 apps, by not releasing a slew of phones with different resolutions, something that currently makes Android app development a bit tricky.
RIM even apologises for the higher resolution of the first device, saying that the introductory gadget "has been in the works for quite some time now with lots of supply chain management and manufacturing tooling to bring it to launch."
I'm happy to see that RIM at least has its priorities straight -- getting developers to make decent apps and games is absolutely necessary if BlackBerry 10 is going to compete with Android, iOS and Windows Phone 8 gadgets.
It'll also take great design and hardware of course, and even then the challenge of booting Apple and Google off the top spot may prove simply too massive.
Do you think BlackBerry 10 can possibly succeed? Or will RIM be forced to divide up the business, like a sad clown sharing out cake at a children's party? Let me know in the comments or on our Facebook wall.
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anonymous 16 August, 2012 13:51
I'm interested to see what blackberry does here. A particular area they have always been ahead on is security on their phones. An area which Apple and Android have never really been able to excel at on mobile phones. Yes, they are getting better but at a slow rate in my opinion. Blackberry has tighter security over apps and I believe they run through encrypted servers. Android at least shows you the permissions and you can choose whether or not to install the app. Apple does not show the permissions of the app. We have seen a few problems here were apps have downloaded customers phonebooks. I hope in the near future both companies do more in these areas and restrict what information an app can view and the ability to prevent an app from storing your whole life on its servers would be nice.
anonymous 16 August, 2012 14:14
yes blackberry 10 will be on top once again .
shauney3 16 August, 2012 14:48
Blackberrys have a lot of weather and music apps don't they ^^
anonymous 18 August, 2012 11:10
This is a great news as blackberry is growing rapidly and so such decisions will take it to new heights. All company needs is to have blackberry apps developers so that best software can be launched on time.
anonymous 23 August, 2012 08:24
the display is so pure.