Even with being an iPhone user since the 3GS, my favorite all-time phone was my Blackberry Curve with the roller ball.
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Texas Company Promises to Release 5G BlackBerry With Physical QWERTY Keyboard in 2021
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GeoStructural
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MAKE BLACKBERRY GREAT AGAIN!
No, but seriously, why? Is there really a market for it?
No, but seriously, why? Is there really a market for it?
cmaier
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The problem is that carrying around the joystick is a pain.
Blu-ray1972
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techpr
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Steve Jobs, October 10th 2010:
"We’ve now passed RIM. And I don’t see them catching up with us in the foreseeable future. They must move beyond their area of strength and comfort, into the unfamiliar territory of trying to become a software platform company. I think it’s going to be a challenge for them to create a competitive platform and to convince developers to create apps for yet a third software platform after iOS and Android.”
"We’ve now passed RIM. And I don’t see them catching up with us in the foreseeable future. They must move beyond their area of strength and comfort, into the unfamiliar territory of trying to become a software platform company. I think it’s going to be a challenge for them to create a competitive platform and to convince developers to create apps for yet a third software platform after iOS and Android.”
mrr
macrumors 65816
Meh. I am holding out for the 6G Palm Treo.
I loved their keyboard and keyboard gestures. They had very integrated designs. Color me interested.
Stromos
macrumors 65816
Been saying for years I am waiting for someone to bring back Motorola Two way pagers. I think it would be the perfect option for kids. They can text all they want. No pictures no apps no worries.
I bet they could be super small now too with an e-ink screen. Bet carriers would never let it happen because texting is so cheap now.
I bet they could be super small now too with an e-ink screen. Bet carriers would never let it happen because texting is so cheap now.
cmaier
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Truckondo
macrumors 6502
There are dozens who want this. Dozens! Most people have moved on from these devices. Who approves these things?
cmaier
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cocky jeremy
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alexandr
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Swift
macrumors 68000
Texas is moving to the forefront of small handphone technology in the world. Imagine! Having small physical keys to push that magically send communications to others on a postage stamp screen. And to move icons, you scream at them! The heck with this touch business. Scream commands!
zorinlynx
macrumors G3
I used to have a Treo 650 back in the day, which had one of the best physical keyboards on a smartphone at a time when most smartphones had physical keyboards.
I wasn't much faster, if any faster at all, typing on that keyboard than I am typing on my iPhone's virtual keyboard today.
I also had a Palm Pre for a bit, with its physical slide out keyboard. I was actually a bit slower on that than the Treo 650.
Maybe some people are much faster on a physical keyboard, but I know I wasn't. At this point in time I prefer the simplicity of a virtual keyboard over having a physical keyboard.
I don’t think you know what its original meaning is lol
ingik
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They had a Commodore phone
Commodore Is Back, Baby, With a … Smartphone?
The new Commodore Pet smartphone is arriving in Europe this week.
If it had a great mobile app ecosystem and wasn't based on Android, I'd switch. We need more choice in the mobile space and not a day goes by that I don't miss a physical keyboard.