So I got my Z10 a month ago :dancing: and I knew there was a price to pay for being an early adopter. After suffering, like most, syncing with Link or trying to move my data from my old blackberry (9780) to my Z10, I finally settled into the thought that all frustrating glitches will get ironed out with upcoming firmware updates and that eventually, Blackberry Link will work like it should (even on a mac). This was a small price to pay for having this amazing phone.
It's 2 firmware updates and one month later and I'm realizing that the price I'm paying is bigger than I first assumed. The more I used the phone, the more the UI just felt extremely counter-intuitive. I got exposed to options that I no longer had and 'compound glitches' that appear only when I did things in a certain order.
Here are some of my unfortunate discoveries/frustrations:
I assumed, when I first got the Z10 that I would have a hard time going back to my old blackberry. Sadly, to date I still find the 9780 has a more intuitive user inter-face.
It's 2 firmware updates and one month later and I'm realizing that the price I'm paying is bigger than I first assumed. The more I used the phone, the more the UI just felt extremely counter-intuitive. I got exposed to options that I no longer had and 'compound glitches' that appear only when I did things in a certain order.
Here are some of my unfortunate discoveries/frustrations:
- The 'Return' key disappears from the keypad when replying to a message.
- No Delete button in the dialpad during a call.
- You cannot send an SMS from contacts directly.
- You cannot edit a contact directly from the dialed list or contacts tab.
- No quick way to get the bottom or top of a list (like 't' and 'b').
- Remember doesn't have an alarm.
- Text selection is a b!@($*. If you tap anywhere inside the selection circle it just moves the cursor one character in the direction of the tap.
- Backspace continues to erase forwards as soon as it's done erasing backwards.
- Extremely annoying disappearing-reappearing keypad during text selection/editing.
- No screen capture.
- No visual signifier for refreshing.
- No option to SMS a number directly from received calls or hub if it is not in the contact list.
- No option to paste a number in the dial-pad.
- Keypad does not push up the options, it hides them.
- BBM does not recognize phone numbers.
- No customizable dock.
I assumed, when I first got the Z10 that I would have a hard time going back to my old blackberry. Sadly, to date I still find the 9780 has a more intuitive user inter-face.