From 'The Street': RIM BlackBerry 10: Initial Impressions Positive

**W Hoa** · 12-07-2012, 11:31 AM

To put this in context The Street (Cramer) has been notoriously negative on RIM and, as of yesterday, still had a sell rating on RIM shares.

TheStreet got a sneak peek of BlackBerry 10 running on a prototype of one of RIM's new devices this week, and was quietly impressed with the new OS.
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A sophisticated operating system, clearly geared towards tech-savvy gadget users, BlackBerry 10 is designed "for an audience that enjoys multi-tasking," according to RIM.

One of the best parts of the OS is the new BlackBerry Keyboard, a touchscreen version of the physical keyboard found on the company's existing devices. The keyboard offers impressive next word prediction, letting users "flick" words to the screen with a single gesture, something which will be useful for one-handed typing. Impressively, Keyboard can both auto correct and predict in three languages -- English, French and Spanish.

Overall, despite my initial misgivings, BlackBerry Keyboard was both easy to use and aesthetically pleasing.
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There was heated debate about the potential impact of BlackBerry 10 during TheStreet's live blog of RIM's second-quarter results, with commenters clashing over whether the new OS can turn RIM's fortunes around.

Some 57.42% of respondents to TheStreet's recent poll on the subject said that RIM will find salvation in BlackBerry 10. Just over 33% of respondents believe that this is unlikely, noting that the company's problems are too big.

RIM BlackBerry 10: Initial Impressions Positive - TheStreet

**Rello** · 12-07-2012, 11:48 AM

Almost 60%.....that's pretty darn good.

Let's see what happens when RIM unveils the bigger secrets of BB10...

**BThunderW** · 12-07-2012, 12:20 PM

Considering TheStreet has been extremely negative towards RIM/BB10 since they're Apple fanboys. This is actually very good news.

**timmy t** · 12-07-2012, 12:34 PM

If 60% give it a chance, that means 60% of consumers might too and that is good at this point in time.

**Lehomer** · 12-07-2012, 12:37 PM

More good news !

**BB_Bmore** · 12-07-2012, 12:57 PM

THIS!!>>>>>

Originally Posted by Rello

Almost 60%.....that's pretty darn good.

Let's see what happens when RIM unveils the bigger secrets of BB10...

The best has yet to be seen and im betting its gonna be huge!!

**BBThemes** · 12-07-2012, 01:05 PM

`we got a sneak peek this week` erm, guess you missed the gazillion videos on youtube over the last few months then lmao. i know having `hands on` time is better than watching a video, but to make out like you`ve only just seen it is either foolish or naive imo