BB10 devices not likely until March 2013, says analyst

The launch of devices running BlackBerry 10 is unlikely till March 2013, according to Jefferies analyst Peter Misek. Misek adds, “We still believe a third ecosystem [in addition to iOS and Android> will emerge, but the probability of BB10 filling the role is wholly dependent on whether RIM can convince Samsung, Huawei, and ZTE to license. We RIM has been very secretive about its new crop of devices that will run on its new operating system BB OS 10, but a specifications sheet of one of its upcoming smartphones, an L-series touchscreen device dubbed Laguna was leaked recently. At the Canadian company’s mobile app developers’ conference held in San Jose, California recently, a glimpse of the upcoming OS was shared.