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If you are a BlackBerry Fan, the wait is finally over! As expected, the Canadian giant has todayannounced the launch of its much-awaited BlackBerry Z10 smartphone running on the latestBlackBerry 10 OS. The BlackBerry Z10 packs in a 4.2-inch capacitive display with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels which gives us a pixel density of 356PPI while being powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-coreprocessor coupled with 2 GB RAM and internal memory pegged at 16 GB which can be expanded. There is an 8 MP camera with LED Flash on the BlackBerry Z10 for capturing all the moments which you experience while the front facing 2 MP camera will let you enjoy Video calls on the BBM with your friends and family. The smartphone arrives with a host of connectivity options which include MicroUSB port, MicroHDMI port, LTE (in select countries), Bluetooth, NFC andWi-Fi. The BlackBerry Z10 gets all its juice from a powerful 1800 mAh battery Specifications of the BlackBerry Z10: 4.2-inch capacitive dis...

T he BlackBerry Z10 was announced last week and is slated to be officially launched in India in the near future. However, being available in the UK means the device will definitely sneak into the grey market.  We have learnt from our sources that the Z10 is available in the grey market and comes with an appropriately stratospheric price tag. We spoke to three grey market retailers and at least two of them have confirmed selling units of the Z10. They informed us that more handsets will be in stock tomorrow and they will each cost Rs 80,000, excluding bill and warranty. In fact, the price has only increased since the handset first became available. Yesterday, the retailers claimed to have sold phones for Rs 75,000. Another retailer we spoke to confirmed availability of new stock at his shop from Friday onwards. A handsome looker, but will you fork out Rs 80,000 for it? Of course, these prices are in line with prices of other highly-anticipated handsets that haven’t be...

W ith the launch of BlackBerry 10 just a month away, we have already seen the images of the firstsmartphone, which is reported to be called Z10. BBin is reporting that the Z10 will have a TI OMAP 4470 dual-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, a 4.2-inch display with a resolution of 1280×768 pixels, 2GB of RAM, 16GB and 32GB memory options, a 8-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 1,800 mAh battery. Notably, the US variant of the device is expected to dump the Texas Instruments chipset in favor of the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chip to get LTE conectivity. It will be the same one as the one we are seeing in the current crop of Windows Phone 8 smartphones like the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC Windows Phone 8X. Other frills expected in the Z10 include, NFC, micro-HDMI connectivity, dual-band Wi-Fi, micro-USB and Bluetooth 4.0. RIM will unveil BlackBerry 10 along with the new smartphone at a global launch event on January 30.