BlackBerry Q10- a review

Doing at what they are best in, BB challenges the business by its qwerty baby. However, the Canadians are still lacking at what they were, as business is not the same anymore. Even BlackBerry has gone under hectic revolutions. The new OS10 is all new gesture loaded OS, coming out of the conventional cage.  However talking to the new Q10, here we are..

Key features

• Four-row hardware QWERTY keyboard
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri/quad-band UMTS/HSPA, 100 Mbps LTE
• 3.1" 16M-color 720p (720 x 720 pixels) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
• Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, 2GB RAM, Adreno 225 (LTE version) /Dual-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A9, 2GB RAM, PowerVR SGX544 (non-LTE)
• BlackBerry 10.1 OS; Office document editor
• BlackBerry Hub is a unified inbox of all your communication and social networking accounts
• BBM with video chat and screen sharing
• Impressively good 8 MP auto-focus camera with face detection and Time Shift; LED flash
• Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps; 720p on the front-facing camera
• 2MP front facing camera
• 16GB of storage, microSD card slot; Dropbox and Box.NET integration
• Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot; Wi-Fi sync
• Bluetooth 4.0
• NFC
• standard microUSB port, microHDMI
• 3.5mm audio jack
• GPS receiver with A-GPS

Main disadvantages

• Brand new UI has a steep learning curve
• BlackBerry Maps may be even worse than Apple Maps
• No FM radio
• BlackBerry World is still missing key apps
• Screen size is too small by today's standards and the 1:1 aspect is awkward for video watching  
  

BlackBerry 10.1 update, showtime this month

The recent launch of the BlackBerry 10 platform, alongside its flagship Z10 smartphone is yet to make a significant impact, but the Canada-based company is busy preparing the new OS for the Z10's QWERTY-based sibling, the BlackBerry Q10. We just heard that the first major update for BlackBerry 10 is almost ready and will launch alongside the second smartphone running the new OS.

The Q10 is expected to go on sale later this month, and while the update will apply to both devices, BlackBerry OS 10.1 is slated to be chock-full of optimizations created specifically for the Q10's hardware keyboard.

Recently, we've learned that the new update will also bring significant updates to the camera including faster performance and HDR picture mode for better low-light performance.

There's also hints of an update for BlackBerry Link that allows you to access your PC and its files.

The rest of the BlackBerry 10.1 changelog reportedly goes like this:

• Mnemonic Phone Dialing
• BlackBerry Mobile Voice System Support
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• BlackBerry Balance
• Word Prediction
• Type N Go
• Corporate Liable Feature
• Cross Domain Email Warnings
• Dark Theme Support
• Out-of-Box-Experience
• Smartcard Support

The BlackBerry Q10 is rumored to hit shelves in Canada on the 30th of this month, so expect to see the update go live around that time.