TORONTO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Canadian smartphone pioneer Research In Motion said it was changing its name as it launched its new BlackBerry 10 smartphone Wednesday.
RIM, as it was sometimes called, produced the first wildly popular cell phone, called the BlackBerry, which has struggled to get out from under a wave of rivals that followed, most notably Apple with its iconic iPhone and a host of phones that use Google's Android operating system.