BlackBerry 10 is an upcoming proprietary mobile operating system, developed by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of smartphone and tablet handheld devices. It is based on QNX which was acquired by RIM in April 2010. RIM has claimed that there is no single line of code from the current BlackBerry legacy OS present in the new QNX based OS. The platform was originally called BBX but this was changed when RIM was blocked from using the BBX trademark after legal action from BASIS International, who already uses it for their software. RIM CEO, Thorsten Heins, has said that the company is considering licensing BlackBerry 10 to other OEMs. BlackBerry 10 smartphones are scheduled to be released in Q1 of 2013. On November 12, 2012, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins announced a January 30, 2013 launch of the BB10 system.

User interface:

On 1 May 2012, Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research In Motion officially unveiled the BlackBerry 10 platform. The features shown off at the BlackBerry World conference included a platform-wide flow interface, a new intelligent keyboard, as well as a camera app which allows the user to adjust a portrait by moving through time scale to optimize picture quality.

BlackBerry 10 Prototypes:

A developer prototype known as 'Dev Alpha A' was given out to BlackBerry developers as part of the BlackBerry 10 Jam Conference in Orlando, Florida. This prototype is intended to help boost the ecosystem when BlackBerry 10 launches in Q1 of 2013 by giving developers a physical device on which to test. RIM has clearly indicated that this is in no way the finished product.

A second developer prototype was released in September 2012, known as the 'Dev Alpha B'. It includes a faster processor and a number of internal improvements. Again, this device is not claimed as a finished unit, but is generally considered to be closer to the final BB10 devices than the original Dev unit.

A third developer device, the Dev Alpha C, was announced on 29 November, 2012, and is the first developer prototype to demonstrate the physical keyboard capabilities of BlackBerry 10. Acquisition of a Dev Alpha C device is based around a point system, meaning that developers who have previously developed apps for RIM, or have had the Dev Alpha A/B devices will have a higher chance of receiving a device than a new BlackBerry developer.