BlackBerry Z10 Release Set for March 22 on AT&T

By Vincent Funaro, Christian Post Reporter Friday, March 08, 2013

The BlackBerry Z10 release is set for March 22 on AT&T, according to reports.

The Z10 is BlackBerry's new, all-touch smartphone created by the company to compete with market juggernauts such as the Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5. It has already been released in other countries such as Canada. BlackBerry, formally known as Research in Motion, announced that the Z10 would be available in March in the U.S. during the unveiling.

The company is also expected to release the BlackBerry Q10 that will feature a full physical keyboard with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system.

The BlackBerry Z10 will be released on all four major carriers in the U.S. including AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon.

T-Mobile's rumored release date for the smartphone is March 27.

Specifications on the handset include a 4.2-inch 1280 x 768 display, an 8-megapixel camera, 16GB of internal memory, microSD slot, LTE connectivity, and a removable battery. The display on the device has a higher resolution than the iPhone 5.

BlackBerry also promised 70,000 apps for the new Z10 when it launches. These apps include Facebook, Twitter, Angry Birds, MLB, and more. However, other popular ones such as Pandora, Spotify and Netflix were not mentioned by the company.

The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg praised the Z10's virtual keyboard, stating that it was faster and more accurate than either of the native keyboards found on the iPhone or Android phones. Its predictive typing allows it to be much more precise, according to Mossberg.

He also said that he believes it will give newly-branded Blackberry a chance to better compete with Android and Apple and once again become a major player in the smartphone market.