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Do people really not remember the fairly large business adoption of Black berries pre-iphone? They remained the standard issue government smart phone even into
by time_to_smile 4y ago
Do people really not remember the fairly large business adoption of Black berries pre-iphone? They remained the standard issue government smart phone even into the 2010s (DC at that time was very much like House of Cards in the usage of the device).
The iPhone completely changed the game, no doubt, but there were a lot of non-techies that had smart phones and used them heavily prior to the iphone's release.
- scyzoryk_xyz 4y agoThis is true. Hard to call them “smartphones” by the current definition though. Blackberries were internet communicators, useful for work, calls and e-mails. Beloved by professionals for their utility, tactility. Apple made a successful bet that multi-touch screens/UI done with sufficient discipline could be not an enormous pain in the ass to use. And that a well groomed AppStore would create a plethora of opportunities for change. Without Android quickly following that model we wouldn’t then have the arms race of functionalities. This is probably something Meta is hoping for - that this time around they will have a better seat at the table than they got in that smartphone arms race. I’m looking forward to all of it.