There's a viral quality to emails from BlackBerry devices as well. Didn't they add "Sent from my BlackBerry" to the end of emails by default? And then Apple famously added "Sent from my iPhone" by default to emails from iPhones.
Re:Vision Pro
by alexwasserman on Friday June 16, 2023 @12:00AM
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Yes, that "Sent from my Blackberry" was the default, AFAIK. A very obvious signal that you're a smart important person with a Blackberry.
That's when the "Please excuse the typos, sent from my mobile device" became popular too.
In the UK Blackberry and BBM remained very popular for a long time.
That Blackberry was additively used for email (even in a business setting) implies a lot of use for friends. The crackberry addicts were emailing their friends, who were likely also work colleagues, fellow execs, etc.