BlackBerry 10 News Comeback with Killer Keyboard & Fed Test Worthy?

BlackBerry 10BlackBerry is trying to make a comeback with BlackBerry 10, new videos show some new features. In fact, all is not lost for BlackBerry because Reuters reports a U.S. Federal Agency has agreed to test the RIM's BlackBerry 10 for use for Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE)

The new BlackBerry 10 keyboard on a touchscreen is shown in video. Many are hoping that BlackBerry can improve the touchscreen upon which typing can be difficult. Software Product Manager Vivek Bhardwaj shows that touchscreen BlackBerry keyboard:

  • Looks and feels like BlackBerry Keyboard.
  • White font, space between keys.
  • Personalized with your own vocabulary, predictions in key.
  • Contextually aware, if you miss tapping the space key, the BlackBerry will add spaces automatically, which he considers the  best feature.
  • BlackBerry 10 is aware of languages, switches languages.
  • Don't fret because there are famous frets between the keys.
RIM has been working on BlackBerry 10 for a while, re-imaging the mobile experience with these features shown in a second video.:
  • BlackBerry Flow- new one handed gestures to control features.
  • BlackBerry  Hub - lets you see everything with one thumb gesture. Facebook, Twitter everything is integrated according to preferences.  The hub also integrates events like a calendar with a single gesture.
  • BlackBerry Calendar - has multiple views.
It has been two years since BlackBerry appeared in the top coolest hottest best smartphones of the year.  Currently for the top best smartphones of 2012 there are few if any smartphones with a keyboard.