{"id":964,"date":"2013-02-06T11:53:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=964"},"modified":"2013-02-06T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:53:06","slug":"blackberry-z10-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/02\/06\/blackberry-z10-review\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackBerry Z10 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The BlackBerry Z10 is everything to BlackBerry – and I don’t just mean for the platform or the rechristened company that has adopted the brand for which it is most known. The Z10, the first smartphone to run the BlackBerry 10 OS, is a sink or swim device that will likely determine if the company will manage to hold on to its dwindling market share and right the ship that sent it from first to worst in smartphone relevance.
\nThe days of a BlackBerry being the definitive smartphone are gone. The BlackBerry Z10 debuts at a time when smartphones are as much about play as they are productivity, and this phone can thrive in this era only if it can strike a balance between entertainment and enterprise. Can the BlackBerry Z10 be the savior that BlackBerry – the company and operating system – so desperately needs?<\/p>\n

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Hardware & Design
\nThe BlackBerry Z10 has what many might consider a generic appearance. There are no eye-popping colors like we’ve seen with Windows Phone 8 devices, nor any bold curves to elicit the clich\u00e9 labeling of a phone being “sexy.” It’s an all-business box, rectangular and overwhelmingly black except for the silver-colored buttons that appear in limited areas. That’s not to say that being all business is boring; the Z10 just so happens to have a design that favors minimalism. The 130mm x 65.6mm x 9mm (5.11in x 2.58in x 0.35in) frame is basically the “Little Black Dress” of smartphones.<\/p>\n

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A large bezel and lines along the edges make the BlackBerry Z10 subtly catch the eye, but a user’s senses will quickly gravitate to touch. Hard plastic is used for the front and sides of the phone, but a lusciously soft rubber-like material is used for the back of the phone. It has dozens of tiny dimples similar to the Google Nexus 7, and it’s definitely one of the most comfortable smartphone materials to rest gently in your palm.
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