BlackBerry Z10: The phoenix phone

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Abhishek Puri:  Mar 07 2013, 00:59 IST
with your old BlackBerry and for backups. Camera is decent with standard bells and whistles with new “Time Shift” mode. Professional enthusiasts would do well to stick to a dedicated SLR instead. The front facing camera is great for video chats; while the rear camera is capable of HD video and pictures. Battery life is decent; this reviewer could get about 10 hours of continuous usage with brightness set to maximum, Wi-Fi connectivity for BBM video chat and screen sharing and extended emails and messaging on the go. However, this is extreme of power usage and your mileage is likely to vary.

For the enterprises, BlackBerry has updated its BES 10 for effective device management although this reviewer could not access BlackBerry Balance. BlackBerry has enterprise security as its DNA baked into the product and hence conforms to the highest encryption standards. BlackBerry recently upgraded it’s application interface to BlackBerry World and customers across geographies can purchase music, videos or applications directly. Skype is confirmed, although it is rumoured to be an Android port. It seems that Microsoft, worth billions, is unable to hire good enough developers for a native client. This reviewer suggests Truphone as a Skype alternative.

Although WhatsApp is due shortly, it is a lousy insecure, buggy application best characterised as a battery drain. Unfortunately, because of its traction, it is the only alternative to stay connected to users of other commodity, ordinary phones based on monolithic platforms. Other top grossing iOS, Android applications are confirmed for BlackBerry as

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