Last week we asked what questions you would like to ask Thorsten Heins, President and CEO, BlackBerry, at the BlackBerry 10 launch event. Today I sat down with Thorsten in New York to ask some questions including what he’s excited about most for BlackBerry 10, what’s next for the company, and our community-sourced question: What current perception about BlackBerry do you think changes with BlackBerry 10?

Check out his answers in this exclusive interview below.

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Thorsten (and all of us at BlackBerry) are happy to get BlackBerry 10 into your hands so you can experience it for yourself. Let us know your favorite part of the global BlackBerry 10 launch in the comments below.