????首先，我承認：本人用的就是黑莓（BlackBerry）手機。

????實際上，我用一臺黑莓Bold 9930來收發工作郵件（我的選擇），而用一臺iPhone 5來干其他事情。你知道嗎？這種安排一直很奏效。我很喜歡iPhone的許多特點，比如工業設計、應用選擇等等，但有一點我一直不太喜歡——就是它的觸屏輸入。我現在已經熟練掌握了在屏幕上編寫短信，更新Facebook狀態，上Twitter，以及在路上時記錄郵件的摘要，但有時候我還是會打出一些錯別字。

????而使用黑莓手機同樣有利有弊。我使用黑莓手機已經有一年多時間。用黑莓撰寫郵件非常輕松，很少出現因為按錯鍵導致的錯誤。但我喜歡用它來收發郵件，卻不喜歡用它做其他事情。iPhone上的許多應用，比如流媒體音樂服務Spotify、Nike+Runing、租車服務Uber等在運行黑莓系統7.0的黑莓手機上都用不了。而能用的應用也慘不忍睹——Facebook就是最好的例子。按照如今的標準，2.8寸觸摸屏實在是太小了。就連打開和瀏覽最基本的PDF文件都令人難以忍受。要知道，PDF這種文件類型已經有20年歷史了。

????對于每天通過手機處理幾十封甚至幾百封郵件的黑莓忠實用戶來說，黑莓公司希望Q10能讓他們認為值得進行一次升級。上周，美國電話電報公司AT&T推出了黑莓Q10，威瑞森（Verizon）和T-Mobile在本月早些時候就已經推出了Q10。黑莓希望能將它頗受歡迎的物理鍵盤和更新的智能手機標準相結合。黑莓Q10采用更大更清晰的3.1寸觸摸屏，分辨率為720 x 720，使用1.5千兆赫雙核處理器，2GB RAM，16GB內置內存和800萬像素攝像頭，并可連接4G網絡。此外，這也是第二款運行新黑莓10操作系統的黑莓手機——第一款是無鍵盤的Z10。

????那么，這款手機表現如何呢？

????黑莓的忠實用戶會喜歡Q10更大的屏幕，更輕便、更耐用的機身，感覺這款手機的機身即便摔上幾次也不會影響手機運行。此外還有它的鍵盤。之前的黑莓手機也提供過非常類似的鍵盤布局，不過按鍵是沿一條輕微的曲線排列。而在Q10上，按鍵則是沿一條完美的橫軸線進行排列——不會影響輸入，用戶很快就能習慣。

????黑莓手機的通話質量一直非常穩定可靠，Q10繼承了這個傳統，在舊金山周圍可以清晰通話，而且用揚聲器通話的質量同樣非常清晰。音量非常適合播放音樂和視頻，雖然低音部分略有不足。應用和屏幕加載非常流暢。此外，Q10還保持了黑莓手機另外一項寶貴資產——電池壽命：在隨意使用的情況下，我一般兩天之后才需要操心充電的事。

????而在軟件方面，公司在黑莓10上做了很大的改進。但有人認為，黑莓只是在追趕，而沒有“創新”。這種觀點在某些方面來說是正確的。

????Confession: I use a BlackBerry.

????Or well, I have a BlackBerry Bold 9930 for my work email (my choice) and an iPhone 5 for everything else. And you know what? It works. I've enjoyed my iPhone's many strengths over the years -- industrial design, app selection, etc. -- but the one thing I've never totally loved is the touch-typing. I've become adept at rapidly tapping texts, Facebook (FB) status updates, tweets, and brief emails on-the-go, but I still make too many typos for my liking.

????The opposite holds true when using my Blackberry (BBRY), which I've had for more than a year now. Typing out emails is easy and brisk, and errors caused by hitting the wrong key are rare. Still, while I love using it for email, I hate using my BlackBerry for everything else. Many of the apps on my iPhone -- Spotify, Nike+ Running, Uber -- aren't available for my BlackBerry, still running BlackBerry OS 7.0. And what is available looks rough: the Facebook app being one prime example -- and that 2.8-inch touchscreen display feels really cramped by today's standards. Even opening and viewing basic PDFs -- a standard file type that turns 20 this year -- is a grinding chore.

????For loyal BlackBerry users who still crank through tens, if not hundreds of emails a day, the company hopes they'll find the Q10 -- available from AT&T (T) last week, and Verizon (VZ) and T-Mobile (TMUS) earlier this month -- worth an upgrade. It tries marrying that trusted BlackBerry physical keyboard with newer smartphone luxuries-turned-standard features. There's a larger, brighter 3.1-inch touchscreen with 720 x 720 resolution, a 1.5 gigahertz dual-core processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of built-in storage, an 8-megapixel camera, and 4G network speeds where available. It's also just the second BlackBerry -- the first being the keyboard-less Z10 -- to run the new BlackBerry 10 operating system.

????So how is it?

????Loyal BlackBerry users will appreciate the Q10's expanded screen, and the lighter, but extremely durable body, which feels like it could easy take a few tumbles and still keep going. Then there's the keyboard itself. Previous BlackBerries offered a very similar layout, but the keys were arranged on a slight curve. On the Q10, the keys are arranged on a perfect horizontal axis -- it doesn't affect typing, and users will quickly get used to it.

????BlackBerries have been historically strong when it comes to call quality, and the Q10 keeps the tradition alive with clear calls around San Francisco and calls on speakerphone are also crystal. Volume is also good enough for playing back music and videos, though bass was predictably missing. Apps and screens load pretty smoothly. And battery life, another typical BlackBerry asset, is here, too: With casual use, I went two days before I needed to even think about charging.

????On the software side, the company has also made some big strides with BlackBerry 10, although some would argue it's more BlackBerry playing catch-up than being "innovative." They're sort ofright.