A man holds the new touchscreen BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, during a launch event for the new phone in London, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
The specs: how new BlackBerry 10 models stack up
A man holds the new touchscreen BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, during a launch event for the new phone in London, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
By The Associated Press
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January 30, 2013
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— Operating system: Ice Cream Sandwich version of Google’s Android (at release).
— Near-field communications: A chip lets the phone act as a credit card at some payment terminals and share data wirelessly when tapped against some other phones.
— Availability: Worldwide, including U.S. in June 2012 and Europe in May 2012.![]()
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