• @[email protected]
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    -94 days ago

    Tiny keyboards were a nightmare. There’s a reason why the Blackberry failed. You might like it, but then you’re part of a minority.

      • @[email protected]
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        -44 days ago

        Yeah they did. It was a pretty major factor. The moment touchscreen phones began to exist, Blackberry became past-tense.

        • kadup
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          64 days ago

          I’d say their software limitations are the reason they failed, not the keyboard. In fact, people really liked the final BlackBerry devices with Android and a keyboard, but at that point the company was already gone.

          But while iPhones were at the boom of Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, iBeer and using Skype, and Google’s Android looked like ass but already had ad-infested versions of the same titles, BlackBerry had… corporate messaging? A really robust email app, I guess?

        • @[email protected]
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          44 days ago

          It was them sticking with proprietary software instead of going with Android. I’m sticking to those guns.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 days ago

      Wide display: perfect for reading A4 documents

      keyboard: nicer to type. Also, the passport was as wide as, well … , a passport so it is a pretty decently sized keyboard which isn’t comparable to the tiny Q10.

      The passport was never meant to be a generic for the masses device. It is a beautiful specialized tool.