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BlackBerry Q10 Review

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Michael Fisher

It’s been six years since the popularization of the touchscreen keyboard began in earnest, an eternity in the fast-paced world of mobile technology. But in contrast to -and maybe in defiance of- that breakneck pace, many less-cutting-edge consumers still cling to the more tactile artifacts of yesteryear. Even in 2013, these folks will settle for nothing less than a true physical keyboard on their smartphone. And though the options in that space have dwindled dramatically in recent years, some solid contenders remain. The BlackBerry Q10 is one of them. We glimpsed it briefly during ...

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Would you use a smartphone with a physical keyboard again?

Posted on May 31, 2013 by admin

I got my start in the tech industry with BlackBerry. I was a fiend. I’ve owned dozens of different models, and I knew my way around the software like the back of my hand. I made my own themes in my free time, and was constantly flashing unofficial software and on the prowl for new apps and games. Above all, when BlackBerry failed to innovate and change direction with the rest of the smartphone market, there was one feature that I found unbelievably difficult to give up: the physical keyboards. BlackBerry was – and ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 043: The Post-Galaxy S 4 Tech Podcast You’ve Been Waiting For

Posted on May 8, 2013 by admin

At Pocketnow, we have a responsibility to try the new, the fresh, and the weird – and that latter swamp is exactly the one Managing Editor Anton D. Nagy waded into with his recent review of the ASUS Fonepad – the tablet with an earpiece. Or the phone with a tablet screen. Whatever you want to call it, we’ve covered it – and Tony has some thoughts about using a seven-inch smartphone in this edition of one of your favorite tech podcasts. After we clear the giant-phone convo, we’ve ...

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The Pocketnow Weekly Podcast, Episode 038

Posted on April 4, 2013 by admin

Sometimes you just have to schedule a podcast a few hours before a major news event, and as a result you’ve got to scramble to come up with some valid-sounding speculation about just how useful a Facebook Phone could really be. It’s not like we haven’t tossed this notion around before, but doing it on the air, off-the-cuff, imbues our lives with a certain energy, a certain je ne sais quoi, if you will. Or even if you won’t. Whatever; we have a good time riffing. You’ll listen and like it! Ahem. All that, plus some chat on just how big a copycat LG’s ...

Not Even BlackBerry Can Save Hardware Keyboards

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Stephen Schenck

If you’ve been using a smartphone for long enough, there’s a decent chance that you’ve crossed paths with a handset featuring a hardware QWERTY keyboard at one point or another. Especially back in the early days of tiny, resistive screens, when using a virtual on-screen keyboard meant tapping away with your stylus like a tiny icepick, hardware keyboards seemed like the luxurious alternative. With the advent of larger, more sensitive screens and smarter keyboard software, QWERTY keyboards have had their fight cut out for them. ...