{"id":27854,"date":"2013-03-18T16:51:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T06:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=27854"},"modified":"2013-03-18T16:51:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T06:51:52","slug":"blackberry-10-re-designed-re-engineered-and-re-invented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=27854","title":{"rendered":"BlackBerry 10: Re-designed, Re-engineered, and Re-invented"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><i>BlackBerry launches the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone in Australia <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 BlackBerry\u00ae (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today launched the BlackBerry\u00ae Z10 smartphone running on the re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry\u00ae 10 platform, in Australia. The BlackBerry Z10, which is also LTE-enabled, offers you a faster, smarter and smoother experience that constantly adapts to you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that Australians will love the new BlackBerry Z10, running on the new BlackBerry 10 platform, because it offers users something they will have never experienced before,\u201d said Thorsten Heins, President &amp; CEO, BlackBerry, in Australia for the launch. \u201cThis revolutionary new platform continuously adapts to you. Every feature, every gesture, and every detail is designed to keep you moving, whether at work or at play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Re-engineered: The BlackBerry Z10 Smartphone<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The new BlackBerry 10 smartphones are elegant and distinctive, and the fastest, most advanced BlackBerry smartphones yet. They feature 1.5 Ghz dual core processors with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and an expandable memory card slot.<\/p>\n<p>The latest enhancements in high density pixel and screen technology display clear, sharp, and incredibly vivid images. Both feature a micro HDMI out port for presentations, and advanced sensors such NFC (near field communications) to support mobile payments and the exchange of information with a tap of the smartphone. They also have a removable battery.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nHighlights of BlackBerry 10<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18228672,%5bCUSTOMER%20ID%5d,338139,0?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fglobal.blackberry.com%2Fblackberry-10.html\">BlackBerry 10<\/a> is a robust and reliable platform that is smooth and responsive. It has a modern design and a gesture-based interface that is highly discoverable. It is designed to support, learn, and adapt to the way you work and share, with features including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ever present BlackBerry\u00ae Hub, which is a single place to manage all your \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 conversations whether personal or work email, BBM\u2122 messages, social media \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 updates or notifications, and the ability to \u201cpeek\u201d into the BlackBerry \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hub from anywhere, so you\u2019re always only one swipe away from what matters \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to you.<\/li>\n<li>BlackBerry\u00ae \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Flow, where the BlackBerry 10 experience excels by enabling features and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 apps to flow seamlessly together, helping you complete the task at hand \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 effortlessly and efficiently. For example, you can tap on an attendee \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 listed for a meeting to see their latest tweet or LinkedIn profile. Or tap \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the thumbnail of a picture you just took to launch the Picture editor and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 quickly apply a transformation or filter, then instantly share it with \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 your contacts.<\/li>\n<li>A \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 keyboard that understands and adapts to you, that learns what words you \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 use and how you use them, then offers them up to you so you can type \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 faster and more accurately.<\/li>\n<li>BBM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (BlackBerry\u00ae Messenger), which allows you to share things with the people \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that matter to you in an instant. BBM in BlackBerry 10 includes voice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 calling and video chat, and introduces the ability to share your screen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with another BlackBerry 10 contact.<\/li>\n<li>BlackBerry\u00ae \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Balance\u2122 technology, which elegantly separates and secures work \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 applications and data from personal content on BlackBerry devices.<\/li>\n<li>Time \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shift, an astonishing camera feature that lets you capture a group shot \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 where everyone is smiling with their eyes wide open. Story Maker, which \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lets you bring a collection of photos and videos together, along with \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 music and effects, to produce an HD movie that you can instantly share.<\/li>\n<li>The \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 new BlackBerry 10 browser, which sets the industry benchmark for HTML5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 support on smartphones, is incredibly fast. Scrolling or zooming is fluid \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and responsive. The browser includes many advanced features, supports \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 multiple tabs, lets you browse sites privately, includes a reader mode, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and integrates with the platform for easily sharing content.<\/li>\n<li>BlackBerry\u00ae \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remember, which combines memos, tasks and much more into a single \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 experience. It helps you organise and manage information you have on your \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 smartphone around projects or ideas, letting you collect content such as \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 websites, emails, photos, documents, and other files, and then, like a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To-Do list, lets you create tasks, assign due dates, and track your \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 progress. If your BlackBerry 10 smartphone is set up with a work account, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 your Microsoft\u00ae Outlook\u00ae Tasks will automatically be wirelessly synced \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with BlackBerry Remember.<\/li>\n<li>BlackBerry\u00ae \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Safeguard technology that helps protect what is important to you, and the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 business you work for.<\/li>\n<li>Built-in \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync\u00ae so your BlackBerry Z10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 smartphone can be simply connected and managed as other ActiveSync devices \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in a company, or enabled with BlackBerry\u00ae Enterprise Service 10 to gain \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 secure access to work email, \u201cbehind the firewall\u201d applications and data, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and benefit from other security and enterprise mobility management \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 features.<\/li>\n<li>The \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BlackBerry\u00ae World\u2122 storefront, which now includes 70,000 BlackBerry 10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 apps and one of the most robust music and video catalogues in mobile today \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 with most movies coming to the store the same day they are released on \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DVD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>BlackBerry 10 in Australia<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nBlackBerry 10 has gained support from carriers and retailers in Australia. The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone will be available through retailers including Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi and Fone Zone, or can be purchased with competitive pricing plans from carrier partners Optus and Telstra from March 25 and 26, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Ball, Managing Director, Australia &amp; New Zealand, BlackBerry, said: \u201cAfter the global announcement of BlackBerry 10 on January 30th, we are delighted customers here in Australia will be able to purchase the BlackBerry Z10 this month. We know how important full-touch devices running on high-speed networks are in this market, and based on early feedback from our customers, we are confident Australian users will love the new BlackBerry 10 user experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackBerry launches the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone in Australia Sydney, Australia \u2013 BlackBerry\u00ae (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today launched the BlackBerry\u00ae Z10 smartphone running on the re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry\u00ae 10 platform, in Australia. The BlackBerry Z10, which is also LTE-enabled, offers you a faster, smarter and smoother experience that constantly adapts to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=27854\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27856,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27854\/revisions\/27856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}