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Office workers would eventually want all-screen Android and/or iPhone for personal use, which forced companies to adopt those for office workers. (edit: clarit
by nielsbot 6y ago
Office workers would eventually want all-screen Android and/or iPhone for personal use, which forced companies to adopt those for office workers.
(edit: clarity)
- joshspankit 6y agoBlackberry also started chasing “features” which took them away from reliability. Imo they made a big mistake by doing “what people want” To use an old adage: If Henry Ford had asked people what they wanted, he would have given them a faster horse.
- nielsbot 6y agoYes, of course you must maintain reliability while competing. But I think that analogy proves my point. If Blackberry asked people what they wanted before they saw iPhone, they'd say "better physical keyboard phone" (faster horse). But after the iPhone took off they pointed to that instead (wait.. cars are better).
- joshspankit 6y agoYou’re equating the BB keyboard with horses and the single pane of glass with cars, but I would argue against that quite a bit. Single pane of glass is nice, and has benefits, but it’s a definite tradeoff as the on-screen keyboard is no longer tactile