A near-final version of BlackBerry 10. Steve Kovach, Business Insider We just got a very nice report from RBC Capital regarding RIM's next mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10.

BB10 will officially launch January 30 at a big press event in New York, and RBC says it's increasingly optimistic about the platform's chances of success. It expects the new BlackBerry phone to cost $149 with a carrier contract. RBC predicts RIM will sell about 500,000 of them in the first quarter.

RBC predicts more BB10 devices will launch throughout the year, and RIM could sell as many as 10 million of them in 2013.

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Here are some bullet points from RBC's report: