BlackBerry 10 Phones Should Hit Stores Soon After January 30 Launch

When Will BlackBerry 10 Devices Hit Shelves?
Thorsten Heins, President and CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), speaks at the company's Annual General Meeting, less than two weeks after announcing disappointing financial results, deep job cuts and the latest delay in its BlackBerry 10 software, in Waterloo, Ontario, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Analysts believe RIM is running out of time to turn itself around. Sales of the once-pioneering BlackBerry phones fell 41 percent in the latest quarter and likely won't pick up again until new phones come out next year. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley)
Thorsten Heins, President and CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), speaks at the company's Annual General Meeting, less than two weeks after announcing disappointing financial results, deep job cuts and the latest delay in its BlackBerry 10 software, in Waterloo, Ontario, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Analysts believe RIM is running out of time to turn itself around. Sales of the once-pioneering BlackBerry phones fell 41 percent in the latest quarter and likely won't pick up again until new phones come out next year. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley)

WATERLOO (Reuters) - Research In Motion is confident that its new BlackBerry 10 devices will be 100 percent ready for the January 30 launch, and available in stores "not too long after" that, Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear said on Tuesday.

"We're working hard right now to make sure all the bits and pieces and all the details are in place for the date, when the devices will be available for consumers and enterprises," Tear told Reuters in an interview with Reuters.

Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM announced the January 30 launch date on Monday. RIM is betting that the new smartphones will help it regain its lost luster and stem market share losses to the likes of Apple Inc's and devices powered by Google's Android operating system.

(Reporting by Euan Rocha; Editing by Janet Guttsman)

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