RIM Reports BB10 Technical Preview Program, Allowing Some Beta Testing

Research In Motion (RIM)

today announced the BlackBerry(R) 10 Technical Preview program, giving selected enterprise and government customers the opportunity to begin beta testing with BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Service 10 and pre-production BlackBerry(R) 10 smartphones. The "by invitation" program starts today, with more than 120 select customers enrolled that span a variety of industries including financial, government, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, media, and distribution. The mix includes 64 Fortune 500 companies. The technical preview program will give organizations early access to RIM's new enterprise mobility management solution, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, along with a limited number of pre-production BlackBerry 10 smartphones for testing within their environment.