BlackBerry Z10 review Easier to use than Android more difficult than iPhone It s the first phone to run the new BlackBerry 10 operating system The Z10 looks like every other smartphone on the shelf It s a flat black slab with a touch screen nearly indistinguishable at 15 feet from the iPhone 5 or a bevy of Android smartphones The screen measures 4 2 inches diagonally a bit bigger than the iPhone but smaller than most Android phones The Z10 is easier to use than an Android phone It is more difficult to use than the iPhone but it is also more powerful giving you faster access to your email tweets Facebook status updates and text messages BlackBerry diehards will lament the lack of a physical keyboard they ll have to wait for the Q10 a model in the more traditional BlackBerry form That s due this spring But before writing off the Z10 these loyalists should try its on screen keyboard It s really very good

BlackBerry Z10 review: Easier to use than Android, more difficult than iPhone

It's the first phone to run the new BlackBerry 10 operating system. The Z10 looks like every other smartphone on the shelf. It's a flat black slab with a touch screen, nearly indistinguishable at 15 feet from the iPhone 5 or a bevy of Android smartphones. The screen measures 4.2 inches diagonally, a bit bigger than the iPhone but smaller than most Android phones.

The Z10 is easier to use than an Android phone. It is more difficult to use than the iPhone, but it is also more powerful, giving you faster access to your email, tweets, Facebook status updates and text messages. BlackBerry diehards will lament the lack of a physical keyboard - they'll have to wait for the Q10, a model in the more traditional BlackBerry form. That's due this spring. But before writing off the Z10, these loyalists should try its on-screen keyboard. It's really very good.