A New BlackBerry 5G Phone Is on the Way, but Who Needs a Physical Keyboard in 2022?

The BlackBerry smartphone brand has been through several RIPs. Thanks to its resilience, though, it has always managed to bounce back. However, the brand has not yet managed to draw more users back, unlike in the early days. MUO – Feed
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The 3 Reasons BlackBerry Failed Spectacularly—and Why They Might Rise Again

Once upon a time, it was hard to look beyond BlackBerry in the smartphone market. At the beginning of the 2010s, its dominance in this area was undisputed, but things soon changed. Today, BlackBerry has fallen almost entirely off the smartphone radar. Even introducing its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) platform to the App Store after the
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RIP BBM: BlackBerry Messenger Shuts Down

BlackBerry Messenger is no more. The long-lived and once-popular messaging service just couldn’t compete in a word filled with Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, and all of the other messaging apps consumers can choose to use instead. RIP BBM. BlackBerry Messenger Is No More Emtek, which acquired the licensing rights to BlackBerry Messenger, has shut BBM down
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WhatsApp Ends Support for Windows Phone & BlackBerry

If you still have a phone running an old operating system then it’s time to consider upgrading. Because WhatsApp is no longer supporting BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone 8.0. Which is entirely understandable given the small number of people still using them. Android and iOS now power 99.6 percent of new smartphones. And
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The One Reason To Get A BlackBerry In 2016: Security

The tragic decline of BlackBerry Limited has been swift and unstoppable. This Canadian icon, which once literally defined the smartphone, is a shell of its former self. Over the past six years, consumers have gradually ditched the clunky phones for svelte and sleek Android and iOS devices. But there’s a category of user that’s less
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Facebook Drops BlackBerry, Uber Begs to Be Hacked.. [Tech News Digest]

BlackBerry loses another supporter, Uber pays you to hack it, Toonz animation software goes open-source, Microsoft tweets like a teenager, and proof that Apple fans will believe any old crap. Facebook Drops Support for BlackBerry Facebook is pulling their app from Blackberry phones.No big deal, Blackberry users are still on MySpace. — Erik Bransteen (@erikbransteen)
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