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When it worked, Voice Control let us successfully update our Facebook status and schedule a lunch meeting. However, the feature had some trouble with certain commands. BlackBerry 10 lets you voice-type, but it needs to feed your dictations to a server before processing.
So, it can take several seconds for the Z10 to translate your utterances. Because Android Jelly Bean phones offer online voice typing, they don't suffer from such delays. After we swiped down on the screen to accept the call, we saw an icon that allowed us to share what was on our display with the other caller.
This BB exclusive feature can really come in handy for giving a quick presentation as we did with Documents to Go. Of course, you'll want to make sure you don't have anything on your screen you wouldn't want others to see. Click to Enlarge We experienced only a brief period of blurriness when switching screens or opening an app.
Just don't expect to share video via screen sharing, as we found out when another Z10 user tried to Rickroll us on YouTube. Thankfully, playback never started. And while that network is capable of fast downloads, uploads are nowhere near LTE territory. The carrier wouldn't provide launch cities, but told us it will cover million customers by mid and reach as many as million by the end of the year. On Speedtest. Upload speeds were much slower, reaching just Kbps. Naturally, we expect those speeds to see a drastic improvement once the carrier's LTE network launches.
Image-heavy sites like Laptopmag. Tapping the menu button to the right of the address bar provides access to several options, including the Add to Home Screen, Add BookMark and Find on Page.
If you tap Settings on this menu, you can turn on private browsing; Chrome for Android makes this easier. Instead, it packs a 1. Overall, the Z10 offered mixed performance. The phone was quick to switch between multiple applications, though we noticed occasional slowdown while playing "Jetpack Joyride".
The phone was also slower than the iPhone 5 when changing screen orientations. In addition, in a few instances. We expect performance to improve as BlackBerry continues to fine tune the software. The biggest turnoff was how long it took for the Z10 to reboot. We spent nearly 2 minutes waiting for the phone to fully restart. Then you need to twiddle your thumbs as the Z10 prepares the BlackBerry Hub for another minute, during which time your emails and other messages are not accessible.
We also noticed that the back of the Z10 became warm during extended use, especially when surfing the Web. Click to Enlarge In order for BlackBerry 10 to be a success, it needs to offer the apps smartphone shoppers are looking for. In fact, whereas the Android app normally breaks down scores by sport, the BlackBerry app lumps all sports scores together in a scrollable list. The shopping experience is fairly straightforward, with the option for credit card, PayPal or carrier billing if supported by your carrier.
We just wish you could launch an app you downloaded right from BlackBerry World itself. You'll see a grayed-out Installed button after an app installs, forcing you to return to the main menu. Since its launch, BlackBerry World has seen its games library increase tremendously.
Whereas the selection was at one time a barren wasteland, you'll now find games including "Angry Birds Star Wars," "N. Flixster pictured made it easy to look up movie times and watch trailers, while Docs to Go lets you view and edit Office documents. The bundled Remember app is more than a task manager that syncs with Outlook.
You can also use it to record audio notes, as well as to scrapbook Web articles, photos and other items. Plus, Remember syncs with Evernote. The Slacker radio app proved disappointing because it forced us to drill down to find our favorite station which should be right up front and because we couldn't skip tracks unless we were in the app.
We could adjust the volume, however. Click to Enlarge T-Mobile doesn't load down the Z10 with bloatware like it does with some Android phones. Instead, the carrier only installs its T-Mobile My Account app, which allows you to check your account information, find featured apps and get device-specific support. You won't find 3D satellite views or fancy fly-overs, nor does BlackBerry Maps include images or ratings of businesses that you search for.
The app doesn't even work in landscape mode yet. The good news is that the spoken, turn-by-turn navigation worked well and included accurate directions and street names. Still, maps were slow to fill in as we panned around the screen. Click to Enlarge BlackBerry is attempting to build BlackBerry World into an ecosystem, complete with more than 22 million songs thanks to 7Digital , along with premium movies and TV shows via Rovi. The content selection was current, with such flicks as "Life of Pi" and "Argo" available to rent or buy.
There doesn't, however, appear to be an option to purchase entire seasons. Click to Enlarge BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers will be pleased to know that the Z10 features BlackBerry Balance, which lets users switch between work and personal profiles.
The Work perimeter protects data with bit AES encryption, and administrators can set up a storefront for corporate-approved apps. You can still access personal info in the Work profile, such as the Hub and your calendar. BlackBerry 10's security extends to locating or wiping a lost smartphone via the BlackBerry Protect feature. Once this is enabled, you'll be able to track down the Z10 online at protect.
Should you decide to wipe your device remotely, you can also remove any data stored on the microSD card. In our testing, the service found our phone traveling down the NJ Turnpike within just a few seconds. The Z10 offers several parental control options. You can disable various core applications and functions, such as the browser and Twitter, as well as the camera and the ability to purchase content.
However, while you can restrict apps and other content based on ratings, you can't drill down on an app basis or white-list specific apps, as you can with Kid's Corner for Windows Phone. The standout feature of the Z10's camera is its TimeShift mode, which can all but do away with shots in which one subject blinks but the others look great.
After taking a shot with the back 8-MP camera, you can drag a nob back and forward in time, then select the version of the subject's face you want. As long as our subject didn't move too much, this feature worked well. If they do, though, be prepared for a head that looks dislocated from person's shoulders. BlackBerry says the speed of its camera was a big focus area for BlackBerry Sure enough, the Z10 fired off shots quickly in our testing, and there's a Burst mode that captures multiple shots in succession.
You'll also find a camera shortcut button on the lock screen. Too bad you have to long-press the button and watch a circle progress bar fill up first. It took 3. Click to Enlarge A shot we took outdoors of a motorcycle exhibited good color accuracy, but it looked slightly fuzzy when we zoomed in on the Honda logo. A shot taken with the iPhone 5 of the same bike turned out clearer.
A shot of a busy New York street appeared sharp, with the yellow of passing cabs standing out nicely against the grey background. Below is a brief video sample recorded with the back-facing camera.
Click to Enlarge We do give BlackBerry a lot of credit for letting you have more fun with your photos and videos after you've captured them. The Pictures app lets you apply all sorts of Instagram-style effects and filters, and you can preview them just by sliding the effect onto the photo.
On the video front, there's Story Maker, which lets you easily combine video with music and various templates. Not only is the app intuitive, it made an otherwise dreary snowy Monday morning look interesting.
The Phone app on the Z10 lets you create a few shortcuts to your favorite people for quick dialing. While in the middle of a call, you can enter a quick note, or, if the person is on BBM, switch to a video call. Over T-Mobile's network, call quality was mostly clear on our end of the line, though we noticed a slight bit of static.
The other caller noticed the same issue.
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