We have got to know from the Tweets sent out Friday by Steve Cistulli, President and GM of TCL Communication, how much the BlackBerry KEYone is anticipated in Canada (at least). The KEYone set a new record for the number of pre-orders received by Canadian carrier Rogers for any BlackBerry device the executive noted.

BlackBerry KEYone Sets New Record.

He had a message for US consumers interested in the BlackBerry KEYone as well. He said that when the device unveils in the US on 31 May, it will be in stock and available via various retail channels.

There are couple of features of the BlackBerry KEYone that the world has been waiting for long period of time. These include the physical QWERTY keyboard, which is the most noteworthy development over the one on the BlackBerry Priv slider. Long battery life is the other one that is as a result of the energy sipping Snapdragon 625 chipset together with the 3505mAh battery.