A sad day...

[the_boon]

I long for the days when physicql keyboard phones were a thing! I loved my BlackBerry Q10. Touchscreen + keyboard.

To quote Hannah Montana: "You get the beeeeeest of both worlds..."

I think I'm gonna be on my LE for a long time, waiting for something else with plastic to type on

 

[Kayza]

Besides, isn't BBAndroid supposed to be "sooo secure"

Not when the company is not going to support is any more.

 

[the_boon]

Not when the company is not going to support is any more.

Right but it's probably a bit ahead compared to a random "vanilla" Android device

 

[Kayza]

Right but it's probably a bit ahead compared to a random "vanilla" Android device

Not really. They've fallen behind on updates in a big way.

 

[Chuck Finley69]

I really wish that would happen! To this day, I miss the physical QWERTY keyboard!

But nobody really missed them enough to buy them.

 

[Elky64]

But nobody really missed them enough to buy them.

It was a double edge sword. TCL/BBMo needed more than the PKB diehard crowd to make it work... Their business model simply failed.

 

[the_boon]

It was a double edge sword. TCL/BBMo needed more than the PKB diehard crowd to make it work... Their business model simply failed.

Their sales numbers didn't make it worth it for them and BBL apparently, but it doesn't mean that those same numbers wouldn't be good enough for a smaller manufacturer.

 

[anon(50597)]

It was a double edge sword. TCL/BBMo needed more than the PKB diehard crowd to make it work... Their business model simply failed.

It all comes down to that, sales. It doesn’t matter what product it is or what market, a company has to make money to continue to produce a product.

 

[anon(50597)]

Their sales numbers didn't make it worth it for them and BBL apparently, but it doesn't mean that those same numbers wouldn't be good enough for a smaller manufacturer.

It’s probably even harder for a small company. Their costs are higher and they don’t have anything to counter losses.

 

[Morty2264]

But nobody really missed them enough to buy them.

Yeah... That's another sad thing to think about.

 

[dangerousfen]

No input from Conite yet I see?

About time he jumped over the hedge.

 

[conite]

No input from Conite yet I see?

About time he jumped over the hedge.

Well, I've commented extensively on CB.

This official statement is nothing we haven't suspected since early 2019, and known since Sep 2019.

 

[anon(50597)]

Maybe we can finally have a funeral and move on.

 

[Elky64]

Maybe we can finally have a funeral and move on.

Nope no funeral needed to move on, mourning a day more definitely ain't gonna help.