This is it. The BlackBerry Experience event in New York will be RIM’s saving grace or its swan song. Everything is riding on the BlackBerry 10 operating system and the Z10 smartphone. And no matter how it goes, Wired will be there live beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern (7 a.m. Pacific).
Everything we’ve seen and heard suggests the OS is amazing and the phone is something people will actually want to buy, so it all comes down to the apps. They’ve gotta be awesome, and RIM knows it. That’s why they’ve been courting developers for month and have 70,000 apps available at launch.
After reorganizing the company and a few false starts, RIM will introduce the final version of its BlackBerry 10 operating system and at least one BlackBerry 10 smartphone, which is expected to become available in February. This is RIM’s Hail Mary pass. We’ll be there to see it thrown. Will consumers be there to catch it?
Roberto is a Wired Staff Writer for Gadget Lab covering augmented reality, home technology, and all the gadgets that fit in your backpack. Got a tip? Send him an email at: roberto_baldwin [at] wired.com.
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