Current Blackberry Phones Won't Get OS 10, According to RIM

 BlackBerry 10 device

Research In Motion (RIM) officially launched BlackBerry 10 operating system earlier this week and estimated that the first devices powered by the new platform would hit shelves in October.

The announcement was made at the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, Florida where RIM confirmed it would offer each developer attending the event a BlackBerry 10 prototype device for free.

The bad news for BlackBerry fans as RIM has recently announced that existing phones won’t receive an upgrade to BlackBerry 10 OS.

Although the announcement doesn’t come as a surprise, BlackBerry owners will surely be disappointed that RIM forces them to upgrade to a new BlackBerry 10 device, though most of them will do it gladly.

On the positive side of things, RIM mentioned that all developers would be able to turn in their BlackBerry 10 prototype device for a brand new smartphone when it launches.