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RIP Blackberry. The modern day experience just can't compete with this classic. (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The blackberry movie was also surprisingly good

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yes it was, I also like the Tetris movie, seems that they are nailing these historic documentary like movies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

BBM, email and that status light ushered us into a new ‘interconnectedness’. It started the process of making cell phones indispensable parts of our lives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had a Tmobile Dash that was a similar form factor to the BB but ran Windows Mobile 5.x. I used it until the Google G1 came out.