BlackBerry 10 OS Files Reveal Upcoming Devices: Nevada, Winchester, London and More

RIM’s BlackBerry World 2012 has just closed its gates and developers who attended are still getting acquainted with their newly received BlackBerry 10 prototype devices.

For those who don’t know yet, RIM promised that each developer attending this year’s BlackBerry World event will receive a prototype device that will run a modified version of PlayBook OS.

Although this is not the final product, the Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha device is a useful tool for developers who wish to start creating apps for the latest operating system announced by RIM last week.

Even though RIM officially introduced the BlackBerry 10 SDK, the company mentioned that the first BlackBerry 10 devices won’t hit shelves until October 2012.

However, until RIM gets it together and announces the names and specs sheet its next Blackberry 10 devices, here are some interesting details on the Canadian company’s roadmap.

It appears that the folks at OSBB discovered the names of some of RIM’s BlackBerry 10 upcoming devices. According to them, these names are hidden in the Dev Alpha’s viewable file system.

The following names have been found within BlackBerry 10 OS files: Nevada, Winchester2 LTE, Winchester2 HSPA, Winchester2 LTE HSPA, Colt, London, Blackforest, Nashville, and Naples.

Developers who received the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha can verify the information on their device by typing file:///radio/etc/sv.numbers in the browser.

We already heard about BlackBerry Colt and London, but we don’t know anything about the rest of the devices mentioned on this list.

Rumor has it that Winchester is in fact the Blackberry PlayBook 3G and 4G, while the Blackforest might be the 10-inch PlayBook.

This is the first time we hear about Naples and Nashville, which will probably be the first Blackberry 10 devices that are expected to be officially released in Q4 2012. Stay tuned for more updates on the matter.

via n4bb

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