RIM (Research In Motion) releases new Blackberry 10

Research In Motion Ltd. revealed its first two phones running the new BlackBerry 10 software on Wednesday. The Z10 will come out in the U.K. and Canada within the week, but not in the U.S. until March. It will have a touch-screen keyboard. A model with a physical keyboard, the Q10, will not be available in the U.S. until at least April, further delaying a long-overdue makeover for the Canadian company and its once-pioneering product.

RIM previously announced delays to its upcoming BlackBerry 10 system, which the company considers crucial to its future. The delay means the phones missed the holiday shopping season and come months after the launch of a new iPhone. The delay could make it even harder for RIM to regain market share lost to Apple’s iPhone and devices running Google’s Android operating software.