RIM has standardized two screen resolutions for its upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices - 720x720 pixels with 1:1 ratio for QWERTY Touch smartphones and 1280x720 pixels with 16:9 aspect ratio for full touch devices.
RIM's blog post, which reported the two fixed screen resolutions of the upcoming devices, also mentioned that the first BlackBerry 10 device has a slightly different resolution of 1280x768. RIM cannot make any changes to the resolution as it may cause significant manufacturing implications and delay the launch of the first BB 10 phone.
RIM, however, offers some solutions to the app developers. The two possible solutions are:
1. Utilize the full resolution of the different BlackBerry 10 device screen resolutions;
2. "Letter box" the apps to 1280 x 720, leaving 24 pixels unused on either sides of the display.
RIM asserted that its community of developers were instrumental in influencing its decision to standardize display resolution. "We are committed to making the BlackBerry platform the absolute best - and easiest - application platform for you develop on in order to innovate and grow your business," reads the blog post.
When asked by reporters in June about the delay in launching BB 10 devices, Thorsten Heins, the newly-appointed CEO, mentioned that the delay was "not due to quality" issues.
"Over the past several weeks, RIM's software development teams have made major progress in the development of key features for the BlackBerry 10 platform; the integration of these features and the associated large volume of code into the platform has proven to be more time consuming than anticipated. RIM's development teams are relentlessly focused on ensuring the quality and reliability of the platform and I will not compromise the product by delivering it before it is ready. I am confident that the first BlackBerry 10 smartphones will provide a ground-breaking next generation smartphone user experience," stated Heins.
