Hasta La Gadget!

As RIM gradually inches towards the eventual launch of its new mobile OS, the company’s now pinned down a concrete date for BlackBerry 10‘s full unveiling. It’s the other side of 2012 and will happen “simultaneously in multiple countries around the world” on January 30th. No specifics on those lucky territories just yet, but RIM’s official blog states that we’ll hear availability (hopefully both prices and dates) for two new BB10 smartphones at the event. There’s no full press release just yet, but you can see what CEO Thorsten Heins has to say about it after the break.

Update: The press release is now out — we’ve added it below.

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BlackBerry 10 launch event to be held on January 30th originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Typically, when OEMs launch the next generation of their mobile wares, we’re treated to painstakingly choreographed industry parties (that we chronicle in great detail). In fact, we can think of a recent one in particular that saw several tech journos corralled into a blue-hued freight elevator and then let loose on three levels of demos. Well, if you thought new product excitement began and ended with select press events or that executive-level enthusiasm was all just a by-product of intense media training, think again. As you can see from the image above, lunch time at Nokia’s glass-walled HQ saw a crowd of curious employees noshing on the assortment of cafeteria delights while also sampling the newly announced Asha 308 and 309. It’s that company-wide, inside-out passion for all things Nokia we’ve seen evidence of again and again throughout our time in Espoo. And because of that, we feel justified in saying there’s clearly something in the Finnish water.

Zach Honig contributed to this report.

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Visualized: Nokia’s Asha 308, 309 in-house lunchtime launch originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nicki Minaj was there to introduce us to the Lumia 900 earlier in the year, and now Green Day has been drafted in to celebrate the launch of Nokia Music. Lumia-toting Americans were granted access to the free music streaming service a couple of days ago without much fuss, but the official party kicks off on September 15th at NYC’s Irving Plaza. AT&T’s also putting its name to the event, and if you head over to Green Day’s Facebook page, you’ll find instructions on how to get your chance to be there. Let’s hope this one goes well for Nokia’s marketing team, because if it’s anything like that Lumia 920 embarrassment, they’ll probably just want waking up when September ends.

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Nokia, AT&T and Green Day join forces for Nokia Music launch event in NYC originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 10:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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