[Gizmo - http://gizmo.web.id] Have the previews at CES shut out the hype for BlackBerry 10?

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Over the past few days weve had the privilege of being able to preview a select
few of the many devices we can expect to see debut this year. Weve seen future
devices from Sony, Huawei, and ZTE; some really neat accessories that can make
our phones even more versatile; weve even seen some interesting announcements
come from some of the major carriers here. With this surplus amount of news we
have now, will the hype stemming from the BlackBerry 10 announcement lessen?
When RIM announced last November that they will be holding their launch even at
the end of January this year, they picked a good time to announce it. News was
slow at the time, and without a lot of other important news to cover at the time
media outlets were sure to give BlackBerry 10 the attention it needed in order
to have any hope of being noticed. For BlackBerry, perhaps a month and a half of
debate whether it will see success or further failure was all it needed, because
the talk of BlackBerry 10 has surely been pushed aside in favor of discussing
topics revolving around CES.
BlackBerry 10 has a lot to compete with, not only in terms of iPhone or Android
but also in terms of specs. Youve got phones like the HTC One X+ which runs on a
1.7GHz quad-core processor and phones that will be released like the Sony Xperia
Z and ZL which showcases a 13-megapixel camera. With the BlackBerry Z10 rumored
to only come equipped with an 8-megapixel camera and a 1.5GHz dual-core
processor, youve already got phones with specs that overshadow a device that
hasnt even been released if the rumors are true, of course. My fear is that
while BlackBerry 10 might have been considered somewhat innovative and
refreshing to see a year ago, it has become exactly that a year too late.
There are some features of BlackBerry 10 that are enticing, however. Ive always
seen BlackBerry as a phone for people with heavy workloads or business people,
but as we all know our phones are used both for work and play. BlackBerry 10 has
made it easy by combining work phone with personal phone and made a profile for
each. So when youre at work and cant use certain apps (i.e. Facebook) you can
make sure to leave out certain apps on your business profile, but have them
accessible on your personal profile for play time off of the clock.
BlackBerry 10 also makes multitasking easy and simple with BlackBerry Flow. The
premise of this function is to basically make it so you can seamlessly switch
through apps without having to think about it; you just kind of flow through
your phone. This is something that our major platforms seem to be lacking as a
stock function.
It would seem that BlackBerry 10 has some innovative ideas to start off with,
but they certainly have a long road ahead of them before they can claim success
once again.
Oh RIM, why didnt you just come out with BlackBerry 10 around this time last
year?
Now that CES is over, I imagine talks of BlackBerry 10 will soon resurface the
closer the launch date approaches. I just hope that RIM has a strategy to pull
people in with this new platform; theyve got a lot to compete with at the
moment.



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