People Keeping BlackBerry Alive

Re:People Keeping BlackBerry Alive by Spinfusor on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @08:13PM (#26009413)

The N9 was only two years behind the Palm Pre!

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Re:People Keeping BlackBerry Alive by tempest_ on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @08:34PM (#26009566)

Man WebOS was ahead of its time. Palm just couldnt put out a piece of hardware that wasnt riddled with defects.

I guess it lives on in LG TVs but for the year or so before that palm pre broke it was great.

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Re:People Keeping BlackBerry Alive by nwienert on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @01:14AM (#26011091)

So far ahead it’s actually still a better UX than even today’s iOS, just phenomenally well done.

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Re:People Keeping BlackBerry Alive by skinnymuch on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @07:13AM (#26012912)

As a sibling post says - I also still believe its UX and likely current responsiveness is better than anything out there now.

I would probably still use webOS if there was still minimal open source development, some phone to put it on (or I guess I’d be fine getting a Pre 3) and the App Store not being shut down with all apps gone. The homebrew apps weren’t really meant to replace the App Store if I recall.

A world where webOS has 5-10% market share as a stable 3rd place would be amazing.

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Re:People Keeping BlackBerry Alive by dleslie on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:31PM (#26010298)

I've still got a Z22 that I charge once in a while, and it blows me away with how responsive and useful it is.

I'd probably still use it if calendar and notes sync were working. I should investigate...

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