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by matwood
2728 days ago
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Was BB ever really mainstream? I know it had loyal following, particularly for business users. But, at its peak it had 80M users globally. Most people still had basic phones then, and many of those with BlackBerries probably had an IT department supporting them. |
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/aug/08/london-riots-f...
from 2010 / 2011
> Using BlackBerry handsets – the smartphone of choice for the majority (37%) of British teens, according to last week's Ofcom study – BBM allows users to send one-to-many messages to their network of contacts, who are connected by "BBM PINs". For many teens armed with a BlackBerry, BBM has replaced text messaging because it is free, instant and more part of a much larger community than regular SMS.