Research in Motion (RIM) announces the date for the global BlackBerry 10 launch-- January 30 2012, with the date marking the launch of the new BlackBerry platform and 2 new BlackBerry 10 smartphones.
BlackBerry 10 is the last great hope for a RIM struggling against the iPhone and Android devices. The company promises "a truly unique mobile computing experience" through BlackBerry Flow, a system allowing easy navigation between apps and a "hub" containing messages, notifications, feeds and events.
RIM also says the platform has FIPS 140-2 certification, making it suitable for government deployments.
January 30 will also see the launch of the 1st BlackBerry 10 devices-- a full touchscreen device (probably similar, if not identical, to the RIM test unit) and one more in line with the current BlackBerry Bold series.