Touchscreen BlackBerry 10 phone to be called the Z10?

More clues are emerging by the day pointing to what we can expect from BlackBerry 10 handsets when the touchscreen and QWERTY variants arrive next year, and Thursday was not different.

Some slipped-out marketing material gave us a possible glimpse at the colors and name of the touchscreen device, known up until now as the L-Series.

According to the picture provided to UnwiredView, the all-touch handset is called the BlackBerry Z10 and will come in both black and white.

Z10 is a departure from the company's traditional 4-numbered names, such as the BlackBerry Curve 9350 and BlackBerry Bold 9790.

Zo nice to meet you (Credit: UnwiredView)

Credit: UnwiredView

10, 10, 10

RIM is preparing both a touch handset and a QWERTY device that falls in line with its typical offerings.

Rumor has it that the keyboard-packing phone will be called the BlackBerry X10, keeping in tune with its touchscreen brethren's zippy descriptor.

The company just posted financials for the last fiscal quarter and while the numbers weren't awful, RIM has to be thinking it's BB10 or bust.