Blackberry Aiming for A New Audience With the New Z10

Up until now we have only known Blackberry as mainly a "business" phone, used mostly by men and women involved in the corporate world. With the new Z10 Blackberry is trying to attracts users of all ages, making it more of a smart phone and less of a business phone. Here are we specs before we discuss the phone


Here are a few of the key features:

• Operating System- The operating system is the new BlackBerry 10 operating system. While it is not something many of us are familiar with, the all new "BlackBerry Hub" is fairly easy to learn and pretty convenient as far as keeping up with all your things. It gives you easy access to emails, texts, and social networks. The bad thing about the BlackBerry OS is that it is still light years behind in term of the amount of apps available for their phones.
• Memory- The phone comes with 16GB internal memory, while also allowing you to add a MicroSD card for increased memory.
• Processor- The Z10 has a dual core 1.5GHz processor in it which allows it to run operate so smoothly. While it is not a quad core like most new phones, the dual core is still enough to make the phone do the things that it does.
• Battery- While the battery life is still better than the bigger smart phones such as the Note II and the S4, it is still not as good as the IPhone. This being said, the battery life is still great on it and allows you to run most of the day if you are an average smart phone user.
• Camera- The phone gives you an 8MP back and a 2MP front camera. The back allows you to do 1080P recording and the back allows you to do 720P recording. One feature that I liked about the camera is that it allows you to take a two second picture, allowing you to choose the precise moment that you want the picture to be saved as. This is a great feature because we all know that one person that tends to close their eyes as soon as the picture is about to be taken.
• NFC- This phone does give you NFC, allowing you to share files with a lot of other smart phone users.
• HDMI- The Z10 has a MicroHDMI out port, which is a great thing to have on smart phones these days. It allows us to connect our phones with out TVs for our viewing pleasures.

Overall I believe that the Z10 is a great phone, but I feel as though it is still a generation behind as far as smartphones are concerned. While it is definitely a step in the right direction for Blackberry to attract new users, it still needs some work to be able to compete with all the new phones on the market.