BlackBerry 10 Vs. Windows Phone 8 (Video)

We’ve already showed you how BlackBerry 10 looks when compared against Android, but for you Windows Phone fans out there, we wanted to highlight just what BB10′s got in common with WP8, and where these two platforms tend to do things differently. Just like we did with Android, we take a function-by-function look at the two operating systems, starting with the first thing you’re exposed to when picking up your phone: its lock screen. From there we check out how notifications work (or don’t), see ...

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BlackBerry 10 Announcements, Nokia’s MWC Event, Surface Pro Issues & More – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Nokia’s MWC 2013 Press event details. We later go through some more Nokia news as we now have Windows Phone 7.8 information for legacy Lumia devices. The white Nexus 4 takes the spotlight next, but with the tough reality of getting the black model, we don’t know if we should celebrate. Microsoft is next as we discover that the Surface Pro can barely provide you with storage if you stick to the 64GB model. We end today’s show by talking about BlackBerry 10, the Z10 and Q10, aside from some bloopers at the end. All this ...

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BlackBerry 10 Vs. Android (Video)

Android’s the most popular smartphone operating system around at the moment, so you’d better believe that BlackBerry is interested in courting more than a few of those Android users and bringing them over to its new platform. Let’s take a look at how BlackBerry 10 stacks up against Android. We put a new BlackBerry Z10 up against a Samsung Galaxy Note II, taking a look at how performing common tasks differs between the two systems. We investigate differences and similarities between their lock screens, how search works ...

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BlackBerry Commits to Screen Sizes, Resolutions: Future Models Will Mirror Z10 and Q10

Dreaming about a big 4.7-inch BlackBerry 10 smartphone? Don’t count it on it showing up anytime soon, as in a follow-up Q&A session to this morning’s BlackBerry 10 launch event, CEO Thorsten Heins confirmed that the screen configurations used on the new Z10 and Q10 models will be those the company sticks with for future BB10 handsets. That means a 4.2-inch widescreen 1280 ...

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Many More White Nexus 4 Shots Arrive

Yesterday, we finally got to take a look at the rumored white version of the Nexus 4, which had been tipped last fall by its appearance in the computer systems of a couple retailers. We had largely forgotten about it, but all of a sudden it seemed like it could be very much real. Today, the floodgates have really opened, and that one pic is joined by a whole bunch of new ones, really showing-off this white Nexus 4 from all angles. Now we can finally see the front of the phone, ...

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BlackBerry 10 Launch Dates Aren’t Good News for Everyone

We were just getting our hopes up about the chance of seeing BlackBerry 10 hardware available immediately after today’s platform kick-off event, but that’s sadly not going to be the case everywhere. Indeed, while the UK gets the Z10 as of tomorrow, and Canada will get it next week, the US will have to wait until mid-March. We had heard that March date rumored earlier, but after having that followed up by all these other rumors of earlier launches elsewhere (now confirmed), we grew optimistic that everyone would ...

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BlackBerry Z10 Goes Official: The Full-Touch BlackBerry 10 Experience

Of all the leaked hardware we’ve seen leading up to today’s BlackBerry 10 launch event, no device has been more clear in our eyes than the Z10. BlackBerry is really embracing the idea of models with no hardware keyboards from the get-go with BB10, and the Z10 is intended to highlight just how far the company has come since its QWERTY roots. The Z10 features a 4.2-inch 1280 x 768 display, for a pixel density of 356 ppi. Around back, there’s a textured surface to give you a secure grip on the phone, which will be arriving in both black and white. The phone runs a dual-core ...

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