Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry—the company previously known as RIM—launched a comeback in the form of two new phones today: a Z10 with touch screen and a Q10 offering a retro tactile QWERTY keyboard, both running on its new BlackBerry 10 operating system.
If technology alone were enough to make the difference, a comeback might be all but assured. The devices impress: they offer a slick way to sweep between multiple running apps without having to shut one or more down, and useful ways to separate work and personal functionality. For avid e-mailers and texters, BlackBerry’s traditional fan base, the operating system includes a novel word-suggestion interface that, among other things, can switch automatically between different languages.
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