黑莓Q10真机实测报告

    黑莓称自己的新界面为“Flow”，因为在大多数情况下，用户仅需要通过简单的手势便可以完成大部分操作。从不同方向滑动会打开不同的功能。向上滑动可进入“活动框”，或实时更新目前打开应用的快捷方式。向下滑动可查看设置。从左向右滑动可以进入“黑莓中心”（BlackBerry Hub），其中整合了电子邮件、Facebook更新和其他通信的信息，非常方便。而从右向左滑动，用户可以返回之前的任务、应用、屏幕等。用户只需要几分钟就能熟练使用，笔者很快就学会向上滑动屏幕，然后在各种应用间快速、高效地切换。黑莓中心也是对我非常有用的一种功能，我可以一次浏览所有电子邮件、之前通话记录、信息、Twitter和其他内容。

    当然，Q10在有些方面还可以做得更好。我说的并不是它拍摄的效果平平的照片。三星（Samsung ）用越来越大的屏幕提高了传统“智能手机”的分界线，三星手机最大尺寸已经达到5寸。因此，黑莓的小屏幕看起来有些稀奇，尽管在不经意间显得有些落伍。当然，Z10也有4.2英寸屏幕，而且Q10的便携性也值得称道。但在浏览狭窄的网页时，我真心希望黑莓能设计得更大一些。为什么要为键盘牺牲那么多屏幕空间？

    应用选择也是个问题。截至今年五月，黑莓10的应用数量仅有120,000个，其中既有全新设计的程序，也有从谷歌（Google）安卓系统上直接移植的应用。这虽然只略少于Window Phone的 145,000个应用，但与安卓和iOS相比则简直不值一提。安卓与iOS存在的时间更长，能提供更丰富的生态系统。我最喜欢的应用，比如Spotify、Nike+Runing和印象笔记（Evernote）等，还是只能在安卓和iOS上使用。这种状况或许会有所改变，但匮乏的应用数量对黑莓没有任何好处。

    简单来说，对于黑莓的最新产品，人们非爱即恨。希望进行升级的黑莓用户或许认为Q10相比他们现在的设备有很大进步，他们可能不会失望。但对于其他消费者来说，尤其是被竞争宠坏了的智能手机用户，这样小的屏幕和这么少的应用肯定无法说服他们。难道这就是黑莓的“杀手锏”？恐怕不见得。（财富中文网）

    译者：刘进龙/汪皓

    BlackBerry calls the new interface "Flow" because users ought to be able to get around most of the time with simple gestures. Swiping from any one of four directions brings up something different. Swipe up to view "active frames," or real-time updating shortcut tiles to apps that are currently open. Swipe down to check settings. Swipe left to right bring up the "BlackBerry Hub," a sort of master inbox that conveniently merges emails, Facebook updates, and other communications. And swiping from right to left sometimes brings the user back to their previous task, app, screen, etc. It takes a few minutes to get used to it, but soon enough I found myself swiping up and juggling between apps quickly and efficiently. The Hub also proved a nice way for me to scan all my emails, previous calls, messages, Tweets, and other things all at once.

    Still, the Q10 could have been better, and I'm not talking about the average quality photos it snaps. As Samsung pushes the boundaries of what constitutes a traditional "smartphone" with larger and larger screen sizes that top 5 inches, the Q10's still pint-sized screen looks quaint, even unintentionally antiquated. Of course, the Z10 offers a 4.2-inch screen, and there's something to be said for the Q10's portability, but while scrolling through cramped-looking websites, I wished BlackBerry had just designed bigger. Why sacrifice so much screen for that keyboard?

    The app selection is also a real issue. As of this May, there were 120,000 BlackBerry 10 apps, a mix of programs designed from the ground up and ones ported over from Google (GOOG) Android. That's a fraction of what's available on Android and iOS -- though just shy of Windows Phone's 145,000 apps -- which have been around longer, but nonetheless offer far richer ecosystems. My own favorite apps like Spotify, Nike+ (NKE) Running, and Evernote remain nowhere to be found. That may change, but the small app selection doesn't do BlackBerry any favors.

    Put simply, people will either love or hate BlackBerry's latest. BlackBerry users seeking an upgrade will probably see the Q10 as an improvement over what they have now, and they likely won't be disappointed. But most everyone else, particularly smartphone owners spoiled by the nimble competition, just won't be convinced by that small screen or app catalog. BlackBerry's silver bullet? Not quite.