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Watch out iPhone, BlackBerry may be back in a major way. 

RIM has finally unveiled its next generation BlackBerry today with a lineup of smartphones that may put them on a whole new playing field. 

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The company has added some things and dropped some others.

Blackberry dropped the RIM from their company name and is now being known as simply BlackBerry, but they have picked up a second name as their Global Creative Director, Ms. Alicia Keys. The position is one BlackBerry created to help “inspire the future” of the company, which means they are trying to get these young ones back on board!

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President and CEO Thorstein Heins showed off two new phones at simultaneous events across cities around the world, including New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Johannesburg, Jakarta and Dubai and had the following to say about the phones:

The Z10 resembles the smartphones most of us have become accustomed to since the dawn of the iPhone with a large 4.2-inch screen while the Q10 maintains the company’s iconic physical keyboard, an addition that will surely appeal to the BlackBerry faithful. Both run the company’s next generation operating system, BlackBerry 10.

“A good browser, apps, good camera, and fast networking in your smartphone is just expected today,” Heins said. “BlackBerry 10 goes beyond that with secure communications, and a real-time platform.”

U.S. carriers will announce pre-registration today, but although there are no concrete release dates, the new phones are expected to ship in mid-March. The Z10 is expected to cost $199 with a contract and will be available on Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint.

Head over to Fox News for more information about the release. 

SOURCE: Fox News

Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET