Yesterday the a staff of RIM Nigeria called at my house and was with his Blackberry Z10 device so I had the opportunity to have a hands-on pre-launch feel of the Z10 and I must say the device was sweeeet!

First off, the looks: it looks on first glance like a Galaxy S2 but with a 355ppi screen the difference is almost immediately sensed as the screen is so crystal clear its amazing. RIM decided to do away with face buttons so there is only the screen to see on the front, on the leftside were two ports, a mini HDMI port and a mini USB port. On the rightside are the volume up and down button and a voice command key in between. Then on the top was the power button which also locks and unlocks the phone.

Using the phone was a breeze as I already knew about the gestures that are required. You swipe up to bring up the recently used programs, swipe right to go through the app icons and at the extreme left is the Hub or as you may choose to call it notifications. Swipe down to bring up quick settings. All this swiping was done with a fluidity and graphical panache that was quite pleasing. Everything happens on the device without a hint of a stutter or slowdown thanks I am sure to the 2GB RAM on the device.

I played a video the staff had made by himself on the device and it was crystal clear without single break or tear. I am sure any HD quality video on the device will look pretty amazing too. I took a look at the new Blackberry Messenger but since it was not properly set up I didn't see much. I used the in built browser and I must say they did very good work this time. Gone is that frustrating old BB browser, this new browser is more akin to using the Chrome browser on Android; its that responsive and fast.

The predictive keyboard was one of my greatest joys on using the on screen keyboard. When you are typing a word the keyboard makes suggestions based on the next likely key you would press and all you have to do is swipe up on the word you want, in fact I practically wrote a whole sentence just by swiping up on the various predictions. When I saw this feature on a video I was like they will mess this up jor but I am pleased to be disappointed as it works exactly as advertised.

All in all I have nothing but praise for the Blackberry Z10 and even though I love my hardware keyboard on my BB Torch I will be getting a Z10 and I won't miss a thing. The only place I have doubts for this phone is in the transitioning from what we are used to, to the new gesture based interface aside that I think Blackberry 10 and the Z10 device are on point!

PS: I was not allowed to take pictures as it was still pre-launch, maybe in the coming weeks I will get some.

Lord_Reed: Yesterday the a staff of RIM Nigeria called at my house and was with his Blackberry Z10 device so I had the opportunity to have a hands-on pre-launch feel of the Z10 and I must say the device was sweeeet!

Some people sure have fun jobs.

Bawss1:

Some people sure have fun jobs.

You can say that again!

From gsmarena reviews & YouTube videos I can confidently say we now have a four horse race i.e android, ios, windows phone & blackberry 10.
More competition; the better for consumers.

2kurupt: From gsmarena reviews & YouTube videos I can confidently say we now have a four horse race i.e android, ios, windows phone & blackberry 10.
More competition; the better for consumers.

I concur!

Places to Buy Blackberry Z10 in Nigeria

Source http://www.iamnigeria.net/2013/01/places-to-buy-blackberry-z10-in-nigeria.html

hehehe.BLACK BERRY OR BLUEBERRY WHATEVER 10 OR 111 IS ALL WHACK ..I THROWN AWAY THOSE BB NONSENSE TO THE THRASH BIN...ANDROID samsung GS3 ALL THE WAY ...NO COMPARISON

puppy2k: hehehe.BLACK BERRY OR BLUEBERRY WHATEVER 10 OR 111 IS ALL WHACK ..I THROWN AWAY THOSE BB NONSENSE TO THE THRASH BIN...ANDROID samsung GS3 ALL THE WAY ...NO COMPARISON

This same GS3 that the battery don't stay long even without using. Its a bad experience for me.

Two pictures...

@ Lord Redd,

Since you have a line of communication to staff of BBRY here in Nigeria, mind passing along a request as to when the Z10 will go on sale in Nigeria. As loyal blackberry fans, we will appreciate any feedback we can get on a timetable. Thanks

samir101ng: @ Lord Redd,

Since you have a line of communication to staff of BBRY here in Nigeria, mind passing along a request as to when the Z10 will go on sale in Nigeria. As loyal blackberry fans, we will appreciate any feedback we can get on a timetable. Thanks

Will do. Last time we spoke he couldn't be definite as the big boys were over in SA discussing things to come. Maybe by the end of this week we can get more concrete information.

Yes really cool phone. I have ordered mine.