[beachhoppr]

Here is my progression - started with Android

G1 > myTouch 3G > Motorola Charm (don't ask) > myTouch 4G > Galaxy S > JUMP TO WINDOWS PHONE...

... HTC Radar > HTC 8x > Lumia 521 > Lumia 810 (bought on clearance) > JUMP TO BLACKBERRY...

... Z10

I have to say I really dig the Z10. It's a bit "android like" however the Hub is really what is selling it for me - along with the keyboard.

Am I a crazy person??

[ray689]

Not crazy at all. Its the best phone I have used in my opinion. Welcome.

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[beachhoppr]

I even left my beloved wpcentral

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[SDTRMG]

Definitely not crazy, I still can't get over the hub, among many things you'll soon discover. Welcome to Crackberry!!

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[Mic_JP]

Welcome! And remember...CB forums can assist you with any questions you have you are going to love your Z10...it gets even better with time

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[beachhoppr]

I admit I will miss live tiles but so far so good!

Any cool tips??

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[chrispmoto]

In text mode, hold down the period to enable "voice to text" . Works awesome.
To erase a word, just swipe back, two words two fingers, but one is all I use.


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[Chanlion]

There's always active frames to replace your live tiles. And you must know the basic gestures:
Unlocking phone is a upswipe from bezel, two finger swipe up for keyboard and vise versa and the upside down L swipe for perking into hub. Settings are a downs wipe from top. For built for native apps, hold the screen for half a second and swipe to the right instead of using the back button.
But always cool to see another BlackBerry user.

[beachhoppr]

What are active frames?

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[Shumsher]

Welcome to Crackberry!

and no you're not crazy, I would say you've given every operating system a chance and blackberry 10 was the last one to experience!

Posted from Q10 and CB10.

[Undbiter65]

What are active frames?

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When you swipe up in an app the app gets minimized but still runs. It becomes an Active Frame. They appear before the first page of apps if any are running.

Posted via CB 10 on my naked Z10

[Michail Karteros]

Good job man! You made the right decision.

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[lynxs_claw]

Welcome to the site of the crazy people and slightly mentally deranged.

Welcome to Crackberry.. cause we put the crack into berry. (<- Kev you can use that one )

Welcome beachhoppr!! You gonna love your z10.. I love mine!

[beachhoppr]

I am a little slow with this keyboard thing and the little popup words!

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[beachhoppr]

Ok and the active frames rock! Wish there were more than 4

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[Bowlegz]

Go you!

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[Speedygi]

And how did that experience with the Windows Phone go? I betcha not as intuitive as the Z10...

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[lynxs_claw]

I am a little slow with this keyboard thing and the little popup words!

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beachhoppr, use this as some advice about the keyboard:

(i) when you have to use one thumb to type, use the flick words .. in general you can get pretty quick with doing this... not too much typing rhythm and a lot of looking but you can get out a considerable amount of words using one thumb.

(ii) when typing with two thumbs just hammer out the words and let the autocorrect take over.. it works extremely well. I'm not a learned typer and a bit of a hack.. but I can typre pretty quick using this method.

Use the link below to get use to your z10 capabilities:

Setup BlackBerry Z10 Smartphone, Setup Email, BBM, Apps & More. - Canada

[Undbiter65]

Ok and the active frames rock! Wish there were more than 4

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There IS more than four bro. Just scroll up. If you have more than four open at a time they will appear when you scroll. Not sure of the max number. And the keyboard thing gets way easier. That's a promise

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[sgt_snacks-64]

Ok and the active frames rock! Wish there were more than 4

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There are 8 swipe up

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[Korepab]

Welcome! Good to see new users here. things to check out: leaks and sideloading.

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[lynxs_claw]

Ok and the active frames rock! Wish there were more than 4

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You can open as many as you want but only the last 8 will show (you can scroll up to a second page)

[anon(5624621)]

You can open as many as you want but only the last 8 will show (you can scroll up to a second page)

Yup, the "9th" will force your oldest app to close though, so you really only have 8 - sorted by most recent activity.

[lynxs_claw]

Yup, the "9th" will force your oldest app to close though, so you really only have 8 - sorted by most recent activity.

I stand corrected .. thanks emstardeluxe... I did not know it automatically close the 9th open app

[beachhoppr]

Sweet! Just found the other active frames. So cool. Still struggling with selecting words and parts of words I make typing is takes on.

Comparisons so far:
Keyboard goes to BB
Hub goes to BB! Love this
Camera speed goes to BB
Battery life still under test
Screen tied
Intuitiveness gotta give it to WP out of the box
Apps WP wins at the moment
Live tiles vs Active frames...gotta go with live tiles
Style...ooh I dig the utilitarian BlackBerry form factor
Navigation goes to WP...only 2 screens to deal with
Speed...phew...BlackBerry by a hair

More to come!




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