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the Blackberry 10......................
« on: January 30, 2013, 06:49:00 PM »
It's camera...
BlackBerry 10 Camera: A Closer Look


interface... BlackBerry 10 Hands-On Demo (Embedding disabled, limit reached)

work verses personal...BlackBerry 10 - Splitting Work and Personal life (Embedding disabled, limit reached)


This going to be a cellphone to beat.  I'm not saying it's perfect... but just damn good....!
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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2013, 07:29:52 PM »
I never cared much about these smartphones but now I want one!  If it was only to piss of Apple while waiting for their patent claims.

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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2013, 09:39:01 PM »
some people are saying that this won't save the company

others are very excited with it

while i highly criticize the phones made by rim(please read that as in i hate all their crap), i find interesting this new offer because it looks like a android implementation with some nice changes

it looks very interesting

however, if they don't bring back lots of developers to port or make new apps, this is a waste of resources and time, this is their last breath



http://www.extremetech.com/computing/147136-blackberry-unveils-bb10-and-z10-and-q10-smartphones-can-rim-beat-out-microsoft-for-third-place
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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2013, 11:35:59 PM »
this is their last breath

You could be wrong ..  ;)

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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2013, 12:19:35 AM »
Well uT6, it is known that I like Blackberry.

If you take the time to look at all the promos, more than I shared here.... it does seem like they might have a winner here.

I like the work & personal side, as one of many good things about it.

...and they do have way more people writing apps for it, than before.

I'm content with Blackberry being number three.  Just as long as they are serious contender.

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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2013, 12:38:19 AM »
- I do not see a physical keyboard in the pictures posted above. A big NO from me for that.
- It is based on / supports Qt. A big YES for that.

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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2013, 01:29:29 AM »
Think (and look) twice....   ;D

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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2013, 01:42:04 AM »
- I do not see a physical keyboard in the pictures posted above. A big NO from me for that.
- It is based on / supports Qt. A big YES for that.

It's coming....
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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2013, 02:08:06 AM »
Looks good, nice to have them back on form.
I hope it all works out for them.

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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2013, 04:00:34 AM »
From a brief look the 10 looks like a 'contender' ......  good to see another option for users!

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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2013, 07:09:58 AM »
It's funny sammy. I just came to post about the new phone and say how much you probably would love it.
I should have know you would be right on top of it. It looks good. Let's see how it does. At least we know you will be happy with it.  :D
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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2013, 09:23:55 AM »
"If you take the time to look at all the promos, more than I shared here.... it does seem like they might have a winner here."

yes, i agreed with you in my post

in fact i already made a couple posts showing videos of the new interface and the device itself in another two posts

still it is unknown if people will react positively as they need them so they can recover market share and earn cash they urgently need, they at the moment, are in the bottom after windows phone afik, and that is really bad

i must say that the phone without the keyboard looks like a iphone clone and the one with the keyboard looks like a bb 9900, a not good at all phone, time will tell
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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2013, 10:28:48 AM »
"If you take the time to look at all the promos, more than I shared here.... it does seem like they might have a winner here."

yes, i agreed with you in my post

in fact i already made a couple posts showing videos of the new interface and the device itself in another two posts

still it is unknown if people will react positively as they need them so they can recover market share and earn cash they urgently need, they at the moment, are in the bottom after windows phone afik, and that is really bad

i must say that the phone without the keyboard looks like a iphone clone and the one with the keyboard looks like a bb 9900, a not good at all phone, time will tell

I'm not a fan of the physical keyboard... but apparently many, many are.
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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2013, 10:31:23 AM »
Nice, the GUI looks like Meego... but sems like the camera sucks: http://gizmodo.com/5980316

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Re: the Blackberry 10......................
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2013, 01:02:42 PM »
a enormous amount of blackberry users buy those phones because it has a physical keyboard

the bb9860 didn't had one, i used it and it was nice but basically nobody bought it

they are king on keyboards and people demand phones with keyboards because those keyboards are supposedly the most ergonomic and better quality keyboards available(don't ask my opinion on those keyboards) so this bb, the Q10 will be popular of the bb10 line succeeds



what i find nice is that they removed the trackpad/touch thing, it is not there anymore and this means that they will support alot the touchscreen and forget that trackpad that is a really bad idea

the gui still looks like a weird marriage between android 4 and ios, but seems to work

i just found this article talking about the good an the bad on the new bbs, worth to read

"I've been using it for about a week, and can say it's competitive with the latest offerings from Apple, Google, and Microsoft. But is it competitive enough? The first new OS from BlackBerry (no longer known as RIM) in years offers better video support than Windows Phone 8, better messaging than Android, and more elegant graphics than Apple's iOS. It's secure and manageable for businesses, and it'll be available on all four major U.S. carriers. But its app library so far lacks some of the major brands you expect on iOS and Android, which will make it difficult for existing smartphone owners to make the jump."

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414753,00.asp

i found the specs of the Z10 and Q10





http://www.tomshardware.com/news/blackberry-bb10-z10-q10-hardware-specs,20819.html

with those very common specs, they rely only on the os and the added services
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