Obviously, a BlackBerry isn't a BlackBerry with out few leather holsters to keep it strapped to your hip.
ENGADGET: BlackBerry Z10 gets clip-on speakerphone, charger bundle and cases galore
On his next trip to Tokyo in mid-July, Kozarsky found his Blackberry wouldn't get a signal.
Blackberry didn't hit its stride until it became available from major U.S. carriers.
In addition, it will charge the Blackberry Playbook, T-Mobile G-Slate, Samsung Galaxy Tab, the ASUS Transformer and most handheld electronics.
ENGADGET: Voltaic Spark Tablet Case powers your pad with the Sun's rays
But the BlackBerry doesn't handle lengthy e-mail any better than the Palm VII--its smaller screen transforms even medium-length messages into marathon scrolling exercises.
Todd Heiner, who owns more than 100 T-Mobile stores across the western U.S., said posters featuring BlackBerry 10 wouldn't arrive in his stores until April 11.
The launch of BlackBerry 10 isn't just the test of a software redesign, then.
ENGADGET: RIM: A brief history from Budgie to BlackBerry 10 Mobile
Features that do not help customers do the job that they hire the BlackBerry for wouldn't be viewed as improvements at all.
"The current situation with the Blackberry outages couldn't come at a worse time for RIM, following some harsh criticism in recent months, " he said.
If you only need to receive emails then T-Mobile Blackberry is the best carrier.
FORBES: How to Save Money on Mobile While Traveling in Canada
But it's inevitable that the iPhone will have apps you want but can't get on BlackBerry 10.
In order to get my emails, I carry a T-Mobile Blackberry that works everywhere and on virtually all cruise ships.
This isn't quite the BlackBerry earnings story you're waiting for -- after all, the US figures covering the success (or otherwise) of the Z10 won't arrive until the next quarter.
Most users won't know or care to sideload apps, so BlackBerry has to work hard to make sure those users don't have to in order to get the best possible experience.
It infamously didn't do email unless it was connected to a BlackBerry phone -- a feature, among others, that didn't become available until a software update was released in late-February of 2012.
ENGADGET: Editorial: BlackBerry 10, the waiting and the damage done
We wouldn't have had the BlackBerry Storm without the iPhone popularizing touchscreens first, for example.
ENGADGET: RIM: A brief history from Budgie to BlackBerry 10 Mobile
Popular service such as Instagram and Netflix won't have apps on BlackBerry 10.
BlackBerry and Windows Phone weren't quite so rosy, although they also didn't have full quarters with new devices to offer.
The Z10 isn't the first time BlackBerry has tried a keyboard-free device.
CNN: In BlackBerry's future, keyboards may be an afterthought
It won't be easy: BlackBerry's App World, Palm's App Catalog, Microsoft's Windows Mobile Catalog and Google's Android Market have only a fraction of Apple's offerings.
This is a solid competitive advantage for BlackBerry, even though I can't envision many people switching to a different OS just for Flash support.
It doesn't mean that Facebook and Blackberry Messenger have caused the drop in crime, but I do wonder whether the two may be linked.
It also highlights the promise of 70, 000 QNX apps in the re-named BlackBerry World, although we don't know how many of those are totally new, ported or perhaps cross-compatible with older QNX devices.
ENGADGET: Leaked BB 10 sales training manual reveals a few more specs, promises 70K apps at launch
Walt's also high on the inclusion of WiFi and the portrait-mode keyboard, but ain't nothing gonna make that BlackBerry browser any good, and the big guy says the touch interface still feels tacked to the rapidly-aging BlackBerry OS. So Walt -- now that you've confirmed RIM and Verizon's big holiday launch, what can you tell us about pricing and availability?
The new OS, which is the most important part of the product, isn't an evolution of the old BlackBerry platform.
WSJ: BlackBerry Z10 Review: BlackBerry Reinvents Itself to Compete With All-Touch Smartphones
Many Chinese who wouldn't be caught dead without a BlackBerry think nothing of adding ancient herbal treatments to a regimen of Western drugs.
Retailers selling phones and service plans on behalf of T-Mobile USA, which launches the Z10 on Tuesday, said they weren't planning to push the new BlackBerry as aggressively as they expect to push Apple Inc.
"We didn't go out and try to make BlackBerry a consumer device, " he said.
The comparison is obvious: BlackBerry's already-infamous "Can't Do" commercial in this year's Super Bowl vs.
ENGADGET: Editorial: BlackBerry slumps into history of Super Bowl tech ads
应用推荐