BlackBerry 10 touch-screen phone could debut next year

From CNET News.com: RIM is looking to a host of new products to help it recover in 2013, according to details reportedly found in a leaked product road map.

The company is set to kick off the year by launching both touch-screen and traditional QWERTY keyboard phones in the first quarter, according to enthusiast site BlackBerryOS.com. The BlackBerry London will be RIM's first touch-screen phone, the site says, while the BlackBerry Nevada will carry on with a physical keyboard.

Both phones will sport the BlackBerry 10 OS, which is finally slated to debut in the first quarter of 2013 following a delay from the second half of 2012. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins recently acknowledged that the company has faced technical issues trying to integrate certain features into the new OS.

Assuming the first-quarter launch stays on track, RIM is likely to unveil the London phone first as it had previously stated that its first BlackBerry OS 10 device would be a touch-screen phone. Europe will be first in line to get the new phones, supposedly around the first week of January, BlackBerryOS.com said, followed by North America during the first week of February.

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