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> Unlike the people who developed Android, BlackBerry's leadership was blindsided by the iPhone's popularity Android was blindsided by iPhone reveal, but the d

• Zenst 5y ago
  I worked for Blackberry in the period running up to the iPhone launch. Was many tech people in support who saw it as a threat, though upper management did not and IMHO some serious mistakes were made as they were more focused upon shifting towards catering for consumers devices and yet had to keep their business offerings going and kind of ended up miss-managing both. Then the whole business culture did change, the rigid suit brigade was not so much the core business base and form over function seemed to change in balance. Ironically, was many core blackberry users who stuck with earlier models of the phone, shunning the colour screens etc and personally, the jog wheel was brilliant for email navigation one handed and yet to be equaled for me.
  • rbanffy 5y ago
    > the jog wheel was brilliant for email navigation The experience of using one was always great. They took usability very seriously in a market that was easily impressed with 3D accelerated transitions. What I really liked was having all messaging streams converging into a single app. Now I need to keep two Outlook windows (email and calendar) along with another for Teams and monitor stuff happening from all sides, as if I’m NORAD for messages.
    • GranPC 5y ago
      The BlackBerry Hub especially on BB10 is quite possibly one of the best ways to use a mobile device. It's a shame that this concept isn't more popular, but I guess things like Matrix and Beeper [0] are still an option. [0]: https://www.beeper.com/ https://www.beeper.com/