Blackberry 10 is coming, with the first new device expected shortly after RIM’s early 2013 Blackberry 10 launch event. There are said to be two devices, one will have a full touchscreen and the other will stick to a more traditional physical keyboard approach.

According to an earlier report by Forbes, it was believed that RIM would not be releasing the QWERTY keyboard variant until around June of 2013– instead planning to focus on full-screen touch.

RIM has now chimed in with a response of their own.

Details of the commercial availability for BlackBerry 10 will be announced at the global launch events on January 30. Our executives have made it clear that the touch screen device will be available shortly after launch with the physical keyboard version to follow shortly after that.

From the sounds of the statement, the January RIM event will show off details for both the touch and physical version. If this is true, it seems unlikely that RIM will wait all the way until June to release the N-Series.

Which new Blackberry 10 handset are you more interested in, the full-touchscreen L-Series or the keyboard-wielding N-Series?

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RIM Blackberry was once the leader of the smartphone world, seems like a very long time ago doesn’t? In the tech world, things change rapidly. Giants fall and are easily replaced. The question though, is if this once-giant can get back up again. RIM likely hopes that Blackberry 10 will be its savior, but the jury is still out. We don’t know what the future will hold for RIM, but at least we now have a few leaked photo of the L-Series that can give us a glimpse of what to expect starting in early 2013.

The photo was first sent to Berry Review. The picture is a bit blurry but falls in line with some of things we’ve seen before. The device also indicates a few apps that it will be able to run. In the picture you can clearly see Dropbox, Maps, YouTube, Skydrive and Box.

There is a lot of ground for Blackberry to catch up to, and it is hard to say if they are up for the job or not. New competitors like Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 and Mozilla’s Firefox OS also mean that Blackberry 10 isn’t the only new mobile OS making the rounds soon.

What do you think? Is Blackberry worth considering at this point or not?

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