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Crackberries were for people who always needed to be connected. There was no TikTok for BlackBerry, people barely used them for talking to their friends. The mo
by FormerBandmate 3y ago
Crackberries were for people who always needed to be connected. There was no TikTok for BlackBerry, people barely used them for talking to their friends. The modern iPhone barely has anything in common with them
- hnbear 3y ago> people barely used them for talking to their friends In the UK Blackberry and BBM remained very popular for a long time. That Blackberry was additively used for email (even in a business setting) implies a lot of use for friends. The crackberry addicts were emailing their friends, who were likely also work colleagues, fellow execs, etc.
- allenu 3y agoThere's a viral quality to emails from BlackBerry devices as well. Didn't they add "Sent from my BlackBerry" to the end of emails by default? And then Apple famously added "Sent from my iPhone" by default to emails from iPhones.
- hnbear 3y agoYes, that "Sent from my Blackberry" was the default, AFAIK. A very obvious signal that you're a smart important person with a Blackberry. That's when the "Please excuse the typos, sent from my mobile device" became popular too.
- NikolaNovak 3y agoI Canada at least and I think in usa too there was a period where blackberries were way cooler among teenagers than iPhone are today. In age where each sms used to cost money, blackberry messenger was uber cool.