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by edanm 4411 days ago
Not sure if I buy this history.

Most BB users I know absolutely loved the keyboard, and thought it worked much better than a touchscreen. It was also considered by many business users to be the only phone useable for business use because you could actually type quickly on it.

Those users also abandoned the phone, but I don't know if it was because of the touchscreen.
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aestra 4411 days ago
You can have a keyboard and a touchscreen at the same time. I actually loved my keyboard/touchscreen android phone. I still want a real keyboard. I miss it.

I think the reason they failed was "app store." Also they had a really crappy interface compared to iPhone and Android.

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sospep 4411 days ago
>> You can have a keyboard and a touchscreen at the same time. I actually loved my keyboard/touchscreen android phone. I still want a real keyboard. I miss it.

I can't imagine that a BBRY Q10 running BB 10.2.1 would not have more appeal than the android keyboard/touchscreen that you had.

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aestra 4410 days ago
Right. Which is what I meant. I meant the problem wasn't "touchscreen" but "interface" in general as well as lack of "apps."
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