Canadian firm BlackBerry said it would give away 12,000 special edition Z10 smartphones to application developers who stuck by the company.
Formerly known as Research In Motion, BlackBerry changed its name last week as it launched two new phones, including the all touch-screen Z10.
BlackBerry, once a pioneering company in the smartphone market, is now playing catch up to the likes of Apple and other companies that have eclipsed BlackBerry in sales.
The new phones will be carried by Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and AT&T, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The Z10 is expected to go on sale in March.
In an online posting, BlackBerry said “thank you” to developers “for all of the outstanding applications you have developed for BlackBerry 10.”
“Thank you for all of the long hours, late nights and early mornings you‘ve spent coding,” the posting said. (UPI)
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블랙베리 新모델 공짜로 나눠주나
캐나다 블랙베리는 새로 출시되는 z10스마트폰 12,000대를 회사와 함께 일해준 어플리케이션 개발자들에게 선물할 예정이라고 전했다.
블랙베리 제조사인 RIM은 신제품 2개를 발표하면서 창사 아래 사용해 오던 RIM이라는 사명을 자사의 대표 제품명이자 브랜드인 블랙베리로 바꾼다고 발표했다.
한때 스마트폰의 선두자 역할을 했던 블랙베리는 이제 애플과 타 제조사를 따라가고 있는 실정이다.
