Nokia Made Too Many Phones

Re:Nokia Made Too Many Phones by ifwinterco on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @05:35AM (#39356382)

In the UK there was a brief period from 2009-2011 where everyone seemed to replace their Nokia with a Blackberry before iPhones became common (BBM was a big thing)

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Re:Nokia Made Too Many Phones by midasuni on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @05:55AM (#39356520)

BBM was big and blamed for the london riots in 2011

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/aug/08/london-riots-f...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/blackberry/8688651/Lo...

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Re:Nokia Made Too Many Phones by HeckFeck on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @03:33PM (#39362465)

I can remember one Christmas, perhaps 2010, where my Facebook feed was just folks posting their BBM pins. Ah, what a throwback.

In retrospect, a better idea than giving out your phone number as WhatsApp requires. And indeed, people were more willing to share BBM pins than phone numbers.

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