BlackBerry 10 Preview: RIM releases Alpha Version Of  New operating system. BB is  emphasizing the new touch keyboard with predictive typing and a more stylish, interface. Will the new BB 10 knock out Iphone and Android ?

As detailed by TechCrunch,  a cool feature  is the option to let the phone scan through all of your text messages, emails and contacts upon startup in order to build your own personal dictionary before you ever type a text message. This will obviously be helpful for those with a name that is not in a typical English dictionary, or those who use a lot of — ahem — profanity.

Apple plans to launch a new entry-level iPad tablet in the third quarter that will aim to draw attention away from Kindle Fire and Android based tablets. The 7” Ipad mini will run 249.00-299.00. Will you consider buying it?

HTC One S boasts a head-turning design on our thinnest phone yet according to htc.com. With beauty both inside and out, our new display delivers a rich viewing experience like you’ve never seen before. You’ll love the camera that captures every moment (even in low light) with crisp, vivid, beautiful photos. Plus, with Beats Audio™ you hear authentic, deep sound with true, finely-tuned details.

Thoughts?

Facebook copped the widely popular photo-sharing app Instagram Monday, for roughly $1 billion in a combination of cash and stock.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says:

“For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family,” Zuckerberg said in the post. “Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.”

Zuckerberg went on to say that the company will be building on Instagram’s strengths and features and growing the app independently rather than “just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.”

“We will try to learn from Instagram’s experience to build similar features into our other products,” Zuckerberg said. “At the same time, we will try to help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook’s strong engineering team and infrastructure.”

Android came available to Android users last week.

Apple  is recruiting staff to man the iPhone 5 production lines with the product apparently set to ship in June of this year.

Expect a larger screen, better battery, LTE 4g, crack resistant glass and a possible tear drop shape!

Will you be purchasing the new iphone or thinking about  joining team android?

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Instagram is a free photography app for applying custom filters — many of them with a retro aesthetic  and sharing the images on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Systrom said the iOS app now has 27 million registered users.

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom briefly flashed the app on stage at South by Southwest. The Android app is in private beta.  a He says “In some ways, it’s better than our iOS app. It’s crazy”.

Are you android users excited?  Android owns 48.5 percent of the market  and Apple comes in second with 29.5 percent.

Expect faster connection, better camera with 5 megapixel, A5X,  and for the new ipad to run on  4G LTE. Will you be picking up the latest model on March 16?