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RIM offers Blackberry 10 prototypes to developers




Mobile phone maker Research in Motion has kicked off its annual conference by handing out thousands of prototypes for its next line of smartphones.

The devices - dubbed Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha - also offer a sneak preview of RIM's new operating system.

Both the OS and the new range of handsets are seen as hugely important as RIM struggles to compete with Google's Android and Apple's iOS.

RIM hopes it will inspire developers to create much-needed apps.

The prototype bears more of a resemblance to smartphones from competitors than many of its previous handsets.

The device comes without a keyboard, a feature which had previously set RIM apart from its rivals.

It is not the first time the company has relied on an on-screen keyboard, but a previous effort - in the Torch 9850 - was criticised in some reviews for being too cramped.

The firm was keen to stress that neither the hardware nor software released was a final version.

"The Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha is not a Blackberry 10 smartphone for end users nor does it run the final Blackberry 10 software - it's been created just for our developer partners to help them prepare for the launch of Blackberry 10," RIM said on its official blog.

"It's important to get this prototype into the hands of our partners now so that you can help us deliver the type of high-quality content that will make Blackberry 10 so special," it added.


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logicboy: Still no sympathy.

Are you a christian?

A BBM PIN-to-PIN message sent by a user is sent to the cellular service provider’s network.
The cellular service provider then forwards the message to the Research in Motion (RIM) relay station in Canada.
The RIM relay station then relays the message to the receiving BlackBerry’s cellular service provider.
The (receiving) cellular service provider then transmits the message to the intended recipient.

The Achilles’ heel of BBM is that while PIN-to-PIN messages are encrypted using Triple DES, RIM adds a global cryptographic “key”, which is shared between every BlackBerry device manufactured. This automatically allows a situation (in theory, at least) where, if the messages can be intercepted at the cellular service provider’s network and the hacker party manages to spoof the intended recipient’s PIN, any BlackBerry device can be used to decrypt all PIN-to-PIN messages sent by any other BlackBerry device.While this has never happened as yet, or at least has not been brought to our attention, the scenario lies entirely within the realm of possibility.

The same key, used by all BlackBerry devices to be able to decrypt PIN-to-PIN messages, can be used by RIM at their relay station to decrypt any user’s messages. Again, this is not to suggest that RIM is in the business of reading their users’ content. However, if legally put to the task, RIM can provide decrypted PIN-to-PIN messages in clear-text to law enforcement authorities.

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