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1. packetcat (packetcat@tenforward.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 18:44:00 UTC packetcat

   End of the line finally coming for BlackBerry devices

   "Key services, including network provisioning, will shut down January 4th."

   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/end-of-the-line-finally-coming-for-blackberry-devices/

   • packetcat (packetcat@tenforward.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 18:45:14 UTC packetcat

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     "Unlike the people who developed Android, BlackBerry's leadership was blindsided by the iPhone's popularity. It dismissed on-screen keyboards, and counted on its stranglehold on corporate services to maintain its market. It took over a year after the iPhone's release for the company to come out with its own touch screen phone, and its software remained an awkward mix of old and new for some time after."

   • packetcat (packetcat@tenforward.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 18:45:14 UTC packetcat

     in reply to

     sometimes you drop the ball so hard it morphs forms entirely

     BlackBerry was extremely significant and then in a matter of years only relevant to the history books

   • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 18:45:14 UTC Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     @packetcat ISTR In UK they started chasing the big corporate market but ignored SMEs, then went to making lower build quality devices aimed at a younger customer base, some of whom used BBM rather like a mix of Signal and Encrochat with predictable results - after both drug dealers and political activists widely used the messenger handed over a fuckload of data to feds in about 2011 following riots in England; which killed their appeal with the "yoof" market somewhat...

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   • mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 18:45:20 UTC mhoye

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     @packetcat The Storm - their all-touchscreen thing - remains the only device I've ever heard of having a more-than-100% return rate. _everyone_ who bought one returned it, and when they were resold refurbished, everyone who bought one of _those_ returned them too.

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