BlackBerry-maker RIM unveils prototype

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BlackBerry-maker RIM unveils prototype

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The once iconic company has had difficulty competing with flashier, consumer-oriented phones.

01 May,2012 08:04 pm

Research In Motions new chief executive has unveiled a prototype for its new operating system on which the company has pinned its future.Thorsten Heins, who took the CEO job in January, revealed some BlackBerry 10 features at the companys BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday. He provided no update on a launch date.Heins says each developer will go home with the prototype. Heins stressed in a speech that was broadcast on the companys BlackBerry World website that the prototype is not the final device.The once iconic company has had difficulty competing with flashier, consumer-oriented phones such as Apples iPhone and models that run Googles Android software.RIMs stock fell 33 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $13.98 in morning trading on the Nasdaq.