http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/blackberry-maker-unveils-its-new-line.html
"Analysts are concerned about how long it will take for the phones to go on sale in the United States. BlackBerry said the Z10 would be available in Canada on Feb. 5 and in the United States in March. Verizon Wireless announced that it would sell the Z10 for $200 with a two-year contract. BlackBerry 10 phones will also be carried by AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, but those companies said they would announce prices later. "
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/30/rim_bb10_launch_event/
Posted in Mobile, 30th January 2013 17:22 GMT
Pic As expected, RIM today unveiled
its much-delayed QNX-powered smartphone operating system, BlackBerry OS
10, along with two new handsets. The Canadian company also changed its
name from Research In Motion to BlackBerry along the way.
(It's quite a drastic way of evading our double entendres, but needs must.)
The first device out of the blocks is a Z10 touchscreen phone with no front buttons, a 1280x768 4.2inch screen at 356ppi, 8MP and 2MP cameras, and a 1800mAh removable battery promising 10 hours of talk time. It supports 4G mobile broadband (such as that provided by EE in the UK), NFC, n-spec Wi-Fi, a microSD card slot and mini-HDMI output. Weighing 135g it won't tear a hole in your trouser pocket.
The second handset revealed at today's launch event, the Q10, has a conventional physical QWERTY keyboard with a 720x720 pixel 3.1in screen at 330pi.
TheRIM BlackBerry comeback is predicated on
software, built on the embedded microkernel OS QNX that's been in cars,
nuclear power plants and elsewhere; it's a very strong design we
described as "brutally utilitarian" when we saw it last year.
The new BlackBerrys sport a card-based user-interface design, similar to WebOS, that's based around a messaging hub. BB10 has an iPhone-Android-like grid of applications, but the system is so well thought-out it's rarely needed. In your humble writer's opinion, it all works rather well, and is allied to a clever onscreen keyboard that provides probably the best messaging and keyboard combination on a mobile.
One feature not seen until today was BlackBerry Messenger video-calling with screen sharing. Another is system-wide metadata, so any application can access Evernote's tags or Outlook notes.
BlackBerry has worked hard to fill in the gaps in BB OS 10's third-party software catalogue. Some notable absentees - such as Angry Birds, Skype, Amazon Kindle, and SAP - are promised to turn up eventually as developers are said to be "committed" to the platform.
RIM BlackBerry said the Z10 will be available right away.
There's strong carrier support for BlackBerry; operators are fearful of an Apple-Android duopoly but nervous about the lack of demand for Windows Phone. The Z10 gets support from all four major US carriers and all five UK networks; Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U have stock available in the UK tomorrow. Canada is a week behind.
There's no word on availability and pricing of the Q10. We'll update you with a hands-on review as soon as possible. ®
(It's quite a drastic way of evading our double entendres, but needs must.)
The first device out of the blocks is a Z10 touchscreen phone with no front buttons, a 1280x768 4.2inch screen at 356ppi, 8MP and 2MP cameras, and a 1800mAh removable battery promising 10 hours of talk time. It supports 4G mobile broadband (such as that provided by EE in the UK), NFC, n-spec Wi-Fi, a microSD card slot and mini-HDMI output. Weighing 135g it won't tear a hole in your trouser pocket.
The second handset revealed at today's launch event, the Q10, has a conventional physical QWERTY keyboard with a 720x720 pixel 3.1in screen at 330pi.
The
The new BlackBerrys sport a card-based user-interface design, similar to WebOS, that's based around a messaging hub. BB10 has an iPhone-Android-like grid of applications, but the system is so well thought-out it's rarely needed. In your humble writer's opinion, it all works rather well, and is allied to a clever onscreen keyboard that provides probably the best messaging and keyboard combination on a mobile.
One feature not seen until today was BlackBerry Messenger video-calling with screen sharing. Another is system-wide metadata, so any application can access Evernote's tags or Outlook notes.
A round-up of the Z10's specifications BlackBerry has worked hard to fill in the gaps in BB OS 10's third-party software catalogue. Some notable absentees - such as Angry Birds, Skype, Amazon Kindle, and SAP - are promised to turn up eventually as developers are said to be "committed" to the platform.
There's strong carrier support for BlackBerry; operators are fearful of an Apple-Android duopoly but nervous about the lack of demand for Windows Phone. The Z10 gets support from all four major US carriers and all five UK networks; Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U have stock available in the UK tomorrow. Canada is a week behind.
There's no word on availability and pricing of the Q10. We'll update you with a hands-on review as soon as possible. ®
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