So… you’ve been hearing all of this talk about the new BlackBerry Z10, and even though it’s designed to deliver the best touchscreen typing experience, you’re a physical keyboard enthusiast at heart. You’ve been holding out, waiting to get your hands on a shiny new BlackBerry 10 smartphone – and you know the BlackBerry Q10 is just right for you.

You’re not alone! The anticipation is mounting around the world for this highly-anticipated smartphone, and we’re getting one step closer to getting it in your hands.

Today, the BlackBerry Q10 is available to pre-order from both Carphone Warehouse and Phones4u across a range of networks, including O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Three, EE, Vodafone and TalkMobile. Plus the handset will be available for purchase from both retailers at the end of April. For those of you in other markets, we’ll have details on availability to follow soon. In the mean time head by our global availability tracker for BlackBerry 10 to see where you can pick up a BlackBerry Z10 today!

UPDATE: The BlackBerry Q10 is now available from select carriers in Canada, as well. Details:

Live in Canada? U may be able to pre-order your #BlackBerryQ10 today! Details from your mobile carrier, right here: blck.by/ZLfKTK

— BlackBerry (@BlackBerry) April 9, 2013

We showed it off originally on January 30th when we officially launched the BlackBerry 10 platform. There, we showed you some of the amazing capabilities built in to BlackBerry 10, like messaging in the BlackBerry Hub, BlackBerry Balance and BlackBerry Remember. In case you need a refresher – watch this video and prepare to start drooling.

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Are you a BlackBerry physical keyboard fanatic? Is this the BlackBerry 10 device you’ve been waiting for – let us know in the comments below.

When it comes to languages on a BlackBerry 10 smartphone, here are a few things you should know, such as how to enable language detection and switch between languages. In addition to languages, check out our post on customizing the BlackBerry 10 touchscreen keyboard so you get the most of your BlackBerry Z10 experience.

Changing your display language

1. On your Home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen
2. Tap Settings followed by Language and Input
3. In the Language drop-down list, tap the language that you want to use.

Changing your text input language

To select which languages you use for text input, complete the following steps to enable up to three languages at one time.

1. On your Home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen
2. Tap Settings followed by Language and Input
3. Tap Input Languages > Add/Remove Languages
4. Select the checkbox beside the languages that you want to enable.

Read more at the Inside BlackBerry Help Blog »