Posted Jun. 21, 2012 at 1:44 p.m.
Tim Neil, Research In Motion Ltd.'s Canadian Operating Director of Operations, Platforms and Tools, speaks about the Blackberry 10 architecture during the RIM Blackberry 10 Jam World Tour in Toronto on Thursday June 21, 2012. The first BlackBerry device running RIM's new operating software will not have a physical keyboard, only a touch-screen one. RIM is expected to start selling BlackBerry 10 touch-screen devices this year. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)
Top-selling smartphones these days, including Apple's iPhone and several running Google's Android software, also lack physical keyboards. But RIM's attempts in the past to offer touch-only phones have largely flopped.
BlackBerry with new software won't have physical keyboard
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Tim Neil, Research In Motion Ltd.'s Canadian Operating Director of Operations, Platforms and Tools, speaks about the Blackberry 10 architecture during the RIM Blackberry 10 Jam World Tour in Toronto on Thursday June 21, 2012. The first BlackBerry device running RIM's new operating software will not have a physical keyboard, only a touch-screen one. RIM is expected to start selling BlackBerry 10 touch-screen devices this year. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)
Top-selling smartphones these days, including Apple's iPhone and several running Google's Android software, also lack physical keyboards. But RIM's attempts in the past to offer touch-only phones have largely flopped.
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