Yesterday we learned that RIM's first BlackBerry 10 L-series phone might make its retail debut as the BlackBerry Z10. Today we get to see what may just be the first confirmation of that rumor, as well as get a look at some N-series hardware in the flesh. Carphone Warehouse appears to have already added the Z10 to its inventory system, as revealed through a leaked photo. The system has entries for both the white and black versions of the Z10, but we're a little suspicious of the timing. After all, might the company have heard about the same leak we did and could be basing these entries off ...

It's that time again when we slowly need to get used to writing a new number when mentioning dates; luckily thanks to our smart devices we don't need to go out and look for a 2013 wallet calendar, unless we really want to. It's that time when we look back at what happened this year, with all the goods and bads, and anxiously look forward to what next year might bring. As usual here at Pocketnow we're happy to tell you what we think, and we're excitedly waiting to hear your opinions, in our upcoming series which will contain both 2012 recaps and 2013 predictions. We'll have something for ...

It's that time again when we slowly need to get used to writing a new number when mentioning dates; luckily thanks to our smart devices we don't need to go out and look for a 2013 wallet calendar, unless we really want to. It's that time when we look back at what happened this year, with all the goods and bads, and anxiously look forward to what next year might bring. As usual here at Pocketnow we're happy to tell you what we think, and we're excitedly waiting to hear your opinions, in our upcoming series which will contain both 2012 recaps and 2013 predictions. We'll have something for ...

When it comes to comparing smartphones, synthetic benchmarks may be well and good for what they are, but there's still something reassuring about seeing handsets being put to the test with some real-world tasks. When we're dealing with phones running different platforms, one of the most convenient ways to do that sort of comparison is by looking at how devices measure up with their web browsing. That's just what the guys over at GadgetMasters recently did, putting a RIM Dev Alpha B handset running BlackBerry 10 up against some of its competition, and the results are pretty impressive. ...

2012 is nearly over, and its departure will signal the end of RIM's year of doing... well... nothing much interesting. While we didn't see any existing new hardware released commercially, RIM's been busy behind the scenes working to finalize the release of BlackBerry 10 and its associated hardware. Last month, the company revealed plans for a January 30 launch event, and as that date nears, RIM has begun distributing invitations, revealing the global nature of the launch. The big BlackBerry 10 US launch will take place in New York City on January 30, but that's only one component of RIM's ...

Over the past several months, we've fielded a lot of rumors regarding just when RIM's BlackBerry 10 hardware might come out of hiding and finally hit stores. We started to narrow-in on a window after RIM announced the platform itself would launch right at the end of January, with the first phones arriving sometime after that but before we got into Q2. Most recently, some comments from a RIM exec that the hardware would land "not too long after" the platform launch had us hoping we'd see the new BlackBerrys go up for sale in February. Now some analysts are claiming that March is the best we ...

We only just got done telling you about a couple of the latest topics in Blackberry news and rumors, and now we've already got one more for you. Earlier this week we got to see what appeared to be the hardware keyboard that's going to go in the upcoming BlackBerry 10 N-series handset. So far, we haven't had a good look at a BlackBerry 10 phone with a keyboard outside of renders. That may be about to change, with news that RIM has some new development hardware ready for distribution, and this model finally sports a hardware keyboard. RIM's calling the phone the Dev Alpha C, and while it may ...

RIM's upcoming BB10 hardware has been popping-up all over the place lately. We've recently had our first real look at some of the N-series components, while the L-series continues to show its face in pic after pic. The latest to arrive gives us a nice comparison between the L-series hardware and a few other popular smartphones on the rest of the major platforms. We've got what appears to be a first-gen Galaxy Note, the Lumia 820, and an iPhone 5, next to the L-series hardware. From the looks of things, the screen size falls between the iPhone 5 and Lumia 820, likely somewhere around 4.2 or ...