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Why is Blackberry a desktop equivalent? It preceded iPhone by many years, with unique workflows that varied by model.
by walterbell 2y ago
Why is Blackberry a desktop equivalent? It preceded iPhone by many years, with unique workflows that varied by model.
- eviks 2y agoBecause it's literally a physical=desktop keyboard, just smaller in size while almost all current mobile interfaces are touch based?(also, the question wasn't about uniqueness, but productivity levels of a desktop productivity app, think about code editors with extensions, keyboard and mouse gesture customization. What did they have in their touch interfaces?
- walterbell 2y agoFor most of their existence, Blackberry had no touch interface. One appeared in later versions as they tried to compete with Android and iPhone. One example of a "mobile keyboard" shortcut was long pressing a physical key to launch a specific function. It might be hard to understand now, but Blackberry power users could be much more productive with email/texting than any phone that exists today. But they were special purpose 2-way radio (initially, pager) devices that lacked the flexibility of modern apps with full internet data access.