BlackBerry Q10 Coming to Canada on May 1

BlackBerry has announced that its long-awaited keyboard phone running BlackBerry 10 software, the Q10, will launch on May 1 in Canada.

Canadian carriers Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility and Telus will all offer the Q10. As is the norm in Canada, customers will need to sign a three-year contract to buy the phone for the subsidized price of $199. Customers will also be able to buy the phone from several retailers, including Future Shop and Walmart Canada.

The Q10 is the second handset from the company to run BlackBerry 10, the first being the Z10, a touchscreen device that launched in early February. The Q10 runs the same operating system but includes a physical QWERTY keyboard — the form factor most closely associated with BlackBerry. Read more...