The characteristics of the first BB10 smartphone (BlackBerry Z10)

RIM (Canadian Business editor BlackBerry) is in a very delicate situation at the moment, having missed the turn smartphones. With the PlayBook tablet and its QNX operating system, a first attempt to return to the battle was done, but unfortunately sales were not followed. Among the features of the system, there is the ability to run Android applications via a virtual machine suited (and this is precisely why we increasingly talk about the news of BlackBerry in the coming months).

The future of the company requires BlackBerry 10 (BB10 shortcut), which will be announced on January 30. This version also uses QNX and therefore can run Android desapplications, but also those developed in Adobe Air, HTML5 or C / C + +. The first BlackBerry smartphone that will use the named BlackBerry Z10: you probably noticed, it was not the BlackBerry keyboard and uses the design codes of the iPhone.

It was interesting to see the characteristics of the beast and RIM catch up. The screen will measure 4.2 inches with HD (1280 x 768 pixels) and the processor will be different depending on where you buy it: a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 for the United States and Canada and Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 clocked at 1.7 GHz for the rest of the world that rely on 2GB of RAM! It will carry 16 or 32 GB of internal memory, knowing that a microSD card is integrated.

Two cameras will be present: the 8 megapixel on the back with LED flash and 2 megapixel on the front. Regarding connectivity, this is a no-fault: LTE, NFC, WiFi 802.11 a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS, microUSB and microHDMI. It ends with a 1800 mAh battery.

While all of these characteristics are not official, they are more than tempting. Unfortunately between iOS, Android and now Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry 10 will have to work hard to win, especially as the brand image deteriorates more and pros who so loved this platform are now turning to competition.