RIM announced at a developers conference in Asia that it is officially changing the name of its next-generation mobile platform from BBX to the more pedestrian BlackBerry 10. The name change does not come as much of a surprise, as RIM was sued by a company called BASIS under claims that RIM's use of BBX was in violation of its existing trademarks on the name.
BlackBerry 10 will be the new operating system to follow BlackBerry 7, which was released earlier this year. BlackBerry 10 is expected to show up sometime early next year, but RIM has not committed to a firm release date for it yet. RIM has said the new platform will be used to power both smartphones and tablets, as well as other devices. Why the company decided to skip version 8 and 9 is anybody's guess, but since X is the Roman numeral for 10, and RIM originally wanted to call it BBX, the BlackBerry 10 does make a little sense.
BASIS had sued RIM over the use of the BBX name, and even won a restraining order preventing the Canadian company from using it. Rather than fight a long battle in court, it seems that RIM decided that it was just easier to come up with another name and move forward. Now, how about coming up with a release date for the new platform? [via CrackBerry]
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