Best Buy Mobile launches BlackBerry Z10 smartphone powered by BlackBerry 10

Best Buy Mobile launches BlackBerry Z10 smartphone powered by BlackBerry 10

Announcement highlights:

1. BlackBerry Z10 smartphone and accessories available February 5

across Canada at all Best Buy Mobile stores 2. The new all touch BlackBerry Z10 will be available on Bell,

Rogers, TELUS, Fido and Virgin Mobile networks 3. BlackBerry 10 is a re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented

BlackBerry platform, creating a powerful and unique new mobile

     computing experience

BURNABY, BC, Jan. 30, 2013 /CNW/ - After accepting pre-orders for the 
much-anticipated all touch BlackBerry® 10 smartphone earlier this month, Best 
Buy, Canada's largest retailer and etailer of consumer electronics, today 
announces that the new BlackBerry® Z10 powered by BlackBerry 10, and a 
variety of supporting accessories will be available at all store locations in 
CanadaFebruary 5. The new BlackBerry Z10 is the first smartphone based on the 
re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform, and offers 
customers a powerful and unique mobile computing experience. The BlackBerry 
Z10 smartphone is the fastest and most advanced BlackBerry smartphone yet, 
giving customers a smarter experience that continuously adapts to their needs.

The new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone will be available across all Best Buy Mobile 
stores with wireless counters on the Bell, Rogers, TELUS, Fido and Virgin 
Mobile networks on three-year contracts.

BlackBerry 10 is smooth and responsive, has a modern design and a 
gesture-based interface that's highly discoverable. Every feature, every 
gesture, and every detail is designed to keep customers moving and includes 
advancements such as:
    --  Peek and Flow into the BlackBerry Hub -  A new mobile computing
        paradigm where what matters to customers is always only one
        swipe away
    --  Keyboard -  Understands and adapts to customers, so they can
        type faster and more accurately
    --  BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger) -  Allows customers to share
        things with the people that matter to them in an instant
    --  BlackBerry® Balance™ technology - Protects what is
        important to customers and the businesses they work for

About Best Buy Mobile
Best Buy Mobile is the wireless retail unit of Best Buy Canada Ltd. offering 
the best selection of phones, carriers, and accessories, and run by impartial 
mobile specialists who help customers choose the phone that is right for them. 
In addition, the complimentary Walk-out-Working service ensures each customer 
leaves the store with their phone fully operational including free email setup 
on smart phones, free data transfer from your old phone to your new one, and 
free Bluetooth pairing to your new phone. Best Buy Mobile offers complete, 
end-to-end mobile solutions to enable users to discover and get the most out 
of their mobile experiences, regardless of what phone they use or what network 
it runs on. Look for your mobile phone solution at Best Buy Mobile locations 
in every Best Buy store across Canada as well as in standalone stores in 
select malls across the country.

For more information about Best Buy Mobile, visit www.bestbuymobile.ca

BlackBerry, RIM, Research In Motion and related trademarks, names and logos 
are the property of Research In Motion Limited.

Media contact:

Danielle Jang, Communications Manager Best Buy Canada danjang@bestbuycanada.ca 
604-412-1880 Press room: http://www.bestbuy.ca/pressroom 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BestBuyCanada Twitter: www.twitter.com/BBYCNews

SOURCE: Best Buy Canada

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