Gadgetory

hi this is Brian Bennett for cnet.com and blackberry fans listen up feast your eyes on BlackBerry's latest creation that's right we're now taking a first look at the long-anticipated blackberry q10 so what's so special about the blackberry q10 well if you love BlackBerry devices and I know there are many of you out there who do this gadget promises to meld all the comfort and speed of a superb fiscal keyboard with the new blackberry 10 operating system the q10 uses a shape reminiscent of previous blackberry bold and other curved models it's flat has rounded edges that are comfortable to cradle even one-handed and sports that iconic QWERTY keyboard plenty of people can't live without in fact the cute ends keyboard has been pumped up and expanded up to thirty percent larger than earlier blackberry keyboards that's possible says blackberry since the layout isn't curved but rather straight there are four rows of keys separated by handsome steel frets to above the keyboard is the cute ends 3.1 inch OLED touchscreen which features a resolution of 720 x 720 pixels it lacks the Christmas brightness and impact of today's super phones with much larger screens still blacks are deep and viewing angles are wide above the display is the large notification light a blackberry staple along with a 2-megapixel front-facing camera on the left edge is a micro USB port plus a micro-hdmi port on the right is a thin volume rocker and play pause key up top is a power button and 3.5 millimeter headphone jack the phone's back side houses an 8 megapixel main camera and LED flash also placed here is the removable back cover that hides a removable battery microSD card slot and SIM card slot I definitely like the covers rubbery soft touch coding in addition to the q10 sturdy black aluminum ring that encircles the device a dual-core 1.5 gigahertz processor supported by two gigabytes of ram drive the cute ends blackberry 10.1 operating system with it come blackberry 10 features such as the blackberry hub to see all your messages in one place and we plow through them faster multitasking and special keyboard shortcuts called instant action you can say type tweet and the phone will smartly begin gearing up to send an update via Twitter the same works for emails to the phone's camera is the most advanced to grace a blackberry device yet with an eight megapixel sensor the camera app now has an HDR mode something the z10 lacked at launch there's a Time Shift Feature as well which takes multiple shots at once and lets you choose the best image I'm Brian Bennett for cnet.com and this has been a first look at the blackberry q10 does it have what you're looking for in a smartphone be sure to check back soon for a full review