I have to agree with Canadian Tire CTO, Eugene Roman, when he gushes about the BlackBerry Q10. Canadian Tire announced in mid April that they were outfitting all of their 3,000+ corporate team members with BlackBerry 10. That was a big win for BlackBerry and now Roman is sharing more info as the rollout progresses in an interview with Computer World. The overwhelming majority of users are asking for the BlackBerry Q10 to replace their previous Bold and Curve devices though some are using the Z10. Canadian Tire is not doing BYOD but they do offer Balance for employees to have their own separate personal info on the corporate owned devices.
Roman said that the biggest draw to BlackBerry 10 has been the battery life stating that:
"With 10 to 12 hours of battery life, that’s double of every other device we’ve tried," he said. "It’s efficient on the network and still has good security. The battery life is the winner. I have a couple of iPhones, but I can’t live on them."
He also shared his reluctance to leave a QWERTY keyboard:
"I told them you’d have to pry the Bold from my cold dead hands, since it has served me extremely well, but the Q10 does it one better," he said. The Q10’s 35 keys are each "just a shade bigger" than on the Bold "and I have big, fat thumbs."
Along with enjoying the Hub:
"The Q10 is all about the user experience, and I find that the Hub is extremely useful, that it organizes my life and is like the old PDA, but the Q10 plays that role on steroids,"
Canadian Tire has also launched an app for BlackBerry 10 customers to view their products. Check out the full details in the ComputerWorld interview.
Jay Harker ( View Profile) - Posts: 1465
Posted: May 8, 2013 at 11:26 AM EST
Battery life has been one of those closet features that no one likes to talk about because they don’t want to admit that their wireless device has become a tethered prisoner to outlets.
I love that BlackBerry has put such a beast in the Q10. It was made for keyboard fans and will appeal to many more because it lasts twice as long or longer than other devices on the market.
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 4128
Posted: May 8, 2013 at 12:02 PM EST
Yeah it is pretty impressive on the Q10. The Z10 is not shabby but the Q10 really does a beautiful job of lasting a full day of hard use
Amir Saad ( View Profile) - Posts: 1049
Posted: May 8, 2013 at 1:03 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9810 | OS 7.1.0.825
Ronen, could you give an example of how you use it and how much battery life is available by the end of the day?
Also, when hdmi is used to play movies, is it stuck in 1:1 ratio or does it go full screen on a 16:9 TV?
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 4128
Posted: May 8, 2013 at 1:04 PM EST
Well take Sunday. I was toting it around all day using it all day and still had 20% remaining. I was also carrying around a Galaxy S3 that day and it died around 1-2PM and I was barely using it.
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 4128
Posted: May 8, 2013 at 1:05 PM EST
in terms of the HDMI I sadly have not tried it on on Q10 yet
Mike Kay Not Registered
Posted: May 8, 2013 at 11:52 AM EST
CT APP! GAS+
at least a port!