It was a Bright Day at Blackberry on Wednesday as the Waterloo smart phone maker boasted of an order of a million units to a mystery buyer. Blackbery called the purchaser an “established partner” and said delivery was to be immediate. Meantime, chief executive Thorsten Heins said the new BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen phone is selling better than the company expected, while Canadian carrier Bell said last month that pre-orders broke its previous records for BlackBerry. Verizon Wireless says it will begin stocking the BlackBerry Z10 on March 28, with pre-orders starting on Thursday. Earlier this week AT&;T announced it would begin to offer the phone on March 22, while T-Mobile expects to carry the BlackBerry device for its business customers as early as the end of this week, though it did not provide details on the availability for non-business customers. A keypad version of the phone, dubbed the BlackBerry Q10, is expected this spring. Shares in the company closed up $1.21 at $16.04 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
