so went to the telus store today
 

and came home with a new BBerry. I mist say I was on the fence on buying a Galaxy S3 but in the end the Bberry Z10 won out.

so far I am really impressed, fast, stable, real easy to pick up on, and a real cool way of navigating the phone.

in my opinion this phone is enough to get back people who went to iphone and android because they weren't getting the versatility from BBerry, but it won't steal any die hard fans away from apple (cuz we know real apple people are just weird anyways :mrgreen:) or android.

mind you you can side load android apps onto the Z10. this also offsets the low number of apps (only 100 000 as of yesterday). and every day more big names are jumping in with there designed for BB10 apps instead of just porting the android ones.

not saying its the best phone in the world but I am saying it is the best blackberry on the planet and one that was long overdue.

Also the fact that I can have a decent phone while "buying Canadian" is cool to.

Steve

I replaced my mobile last year some time too, but I'm old school. I like me phone to be a phone, not much more. I hardly ever use it for internet access, I don't text so my needs are simple. I have a bright yellow Samsung Rugby. It can take a drop or two without falling apart & does what I need to do, talk to people & take calls. For everything else, I use a desktop or notebook. I don't get the tablet thing either. On the fence for a new notebook soon, hopefully something with a solid state drive.

I'm pretty die hard android (both tablets and phones) but I run a BB too as I don't find either of the others can really handle work related use nearly as well. My company tested moving us to Apple but in the end every tester agreed, the technology just wasn't as good or reliable. That new Z10 seems to be really built well. I found the "feel" of the phone was superior to any others I tried. I'm not yet due for an upgrade but will surely consider it when the time comes.

I like the new BB10 but I have both an Iphone4 and Ipad2(64) and love the ease that they are to use my biggest complaint is the proprietary issue with apple no flash.

But I know several people who have the new BB and love it easy to use and very user friendly.

I too have a z10 and I like it a lot..
Have had I phones before. But there is just something about the z10 that feels great.

Can you side load the apex app?

Download Puffin. Problem solved =)

https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/puff...406239138?mt=8

I got the Z10 a little while ago for work after I drove over my bold 9900. Im a little old school BB user I guess cause I was missing my keyboard at first although Im getting used to it. BB is coming out with a Q10 with keyboard next month.

On a side note.....what is the deal with so many apps any way. I've tried some and ya there ok but do we really need a million apps that 95% are useless.

Used it before not overly happy with it when I had it spotty tended to crash a lot, kill my battery super fast and at the time $1.99 I paid for it I was not worth the price very leery to touch it again

I currently have the S3, and I do love it.... But man do I ever miss having a keyboard. My old blackberry torch was the best combo between touch screen and keyboard. I kinda miss its cumbersome booty. Something about big fingers and a touch screen are just annoying lol.

Haven't heard much about the Z10, but good to hear that people are enjoying it. I would hate to see a canadian company go under.

I was like that till I got my first BBerry, then e-mail was all on the cell phone, I like be able to have my e-mail with me all the time.

as for tablets, I got a samsung galaxy note 10.1 for christmas, I can totaly see the tablet thing now, I find myself useing the lap top less and less and it stays home on trips now as I take the tablet.

Steve

I still have to read up on the requirements for side loading, I know they were for an older version of android apps, but there was supposed to be up to jelly bean support on an update coming soon.

One thing I really have been impressed with is how fast BlackBerry (no more RIM) has come out with fixes. there were no major problems but a lot of little things, and a lot of things that came from people saying "I would really like to see it do this, or that" so it shows BlackBerry is making good on support and listening to the users.

Steve

see I never got into the Bberry till the storm, so I never used the physical keyboard phones and even with my torch I never used the pop out phone pad.

One of the strong points on the z 10 is the keyboard, the reviews all have it as the best onscrean keyboard implementation on the market, and after using it for one day I do agree. (i have big fingers, and my torch would pee me off, but this one is heaven)

to give you an idea on how the Z10 is doing, in three weeks it had out sold any other blackberry model and that was before the release in the USA. there stock before the release was about 6 bucks, now is close to 22, and with the American release could go higher fast.

Steve

This kinda makes me wanna try it out! lol

I WAS THINKING OF UPGRADING TO A Z10 FROM MY CURVE BUT I LIKE
THE REAL KEYBOARD AND ONSCREEN CHOISE. SEEMS YOU LIKE THE ON-
SCREEN SO MY OTHER CONCERN WAS THE SPEED. I HATE WAITING AND
I DO A LOT OF IT ONLINE ON MY CURRENT PHONE. DO YOU FIND IT ANY
FASTER?
BARB
:question:

WHY ARE YOU YELLING??????!!!

Is the curve even 4g? This thing is LTE 4G so the connection is fast and the hardware is fast too....

The thing I found funny is when BB released BB10 in Canada first the Americans were hella upset they had to wait a month for the US release a lot of of my American friends had lots to say about that. Most didn't even know it was a Canadian company.

had to wait more than a month :mrgreen:, today is the release date in some markets in the US, there are reports of some americans paying 2600 bucks to get a canadian one over a month ago. the thing that peed me off is england got it a week befor us LOL.

Steve

speed is no comparison, I have been bogging it down like crazy today, remember the hour glass, "leave me along I am thinking" symbol, no more of that, the new QNX software is built for true multitasking and it does it with out even trying. as for phone speed, the fastest blackberry was a 3G, the new ones are LTE so capable of much much faster downloads.

if you have to have the physical keyboard I think the Blackberry Q10 is being released in April but it is more like the blackberry bold in style. smaller screen (still high def though) I sugest going and trying the Z10 and type on it in the store for a bit, if your getting older like me the bigger screen is nice :wink:

Steve

sorry fishyfishy, i use caps because when i look at canreef on my bb
the screen is so small it makes it easier to read, im 56 and can see close up:sad:

i'll do that, check them out first. others have said they like the touchscreen even men. im glad to hear its faster i havent got a lot
of time to waste being one of the older ones