In the first week of my trial, I had become so accustomed to BB10's gesture-based UI that I started trying to wake Android devices by swiping up on the screen.

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As a user I prized the big icons on the UI and the rest I kept in a black sleeve.

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Its controllers are certainly better, and I prefer the UI on the Xbox.

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Right now the UI remains unintuitive and a bit, dare I say, garish.

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Then I put Metro (i.e. the new UI which officially has no distinct name) on the right-side display, where it deals with all incoming information -- email, calendars, Twitter and other glance-worthy stuff that shouldn't require any mouse activity.

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From now until March 3rd, I'll experience nearly every aspect of BB10: the UI and its learning curve, its performance and battery life, BlackBerry World, the highly praised virtual keyboard and how well it can handle my work load.

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