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A couple years before that the Blackberry 9900 added a touchscreen to their standard form factor and even without using the touch feature it was more than usabl
by crtasm 3y ago
A couple years before that the Blackberry 9900 added a touchscreen to their standard form factor and even without using the touch feature it was more than usable to browse the web on. The small click/touchpad was a delight to use.
- babypuncher 3y agoAnd it wasn't enough to stop them from hemorrhaging customers. People wanted bigger screens with more rich UX. Dedicating so much real estate to a physical keyboard still harmed a ton of apps considerably compared to the 3.5" screens on iPhones of the time.
- crtasm 3y agoand people wanted the full keyboard, we were just in the minority. Those phones were also the best MP3 players I ever owned - I had an iPod touch at the same time and the UX of copying over/selecting/playing music on that simply didn't compare.