{"id":37,"date":"2011-12-31T13:19:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T13:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.tellmetxt.com\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:31:21","slug":"why-im-ditching-my-blackberry-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flinca.com\/blog\/why-im-ditching-my-blackberry-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;m Ditching My BlackBerry in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tellmetxt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/blackberry.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tellmetxt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/blackberry.jpg?resize=240%2C173\" alt=\"BlackBerry Smartphone Closeup\" class=\"wp-image-32\" title=\"BlackBerry Smartphone Closeup\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flinca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackberry.jpg?resize=240%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BlackBerry Smartphone Closeup\" class=\"wp-image-32\"\/><figcaption>Image supplied by www.flickr.com\/people\/indraw\/<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve always loved the fact that my BlackBerry has a real keyboard, I don&#8217;t feel an on-screen equivalent can compete. 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If the developer community has abandoned your platform, your days are numbered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RIM&#8217;s centralised network through which&nbsp;a lot of your&nbsp;data passes appeared to be revolutionary when it was devised all those years ago, but it now seems antiquated, and dare I say it flaky. An outage lasting for a week in 2011 showed the inherent flaws in such a system and left millions of BlackBerry owners worldwide with a mobile no better than what the sort of clunky green&nbsp;screen Nokia device we lusted after when Matrix hit the big screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite us all contributing to RIM&#8217;s bank balance via our friendly operators for this service &#8211; even when we weren&#8217;t getting it, all we received in exchange was some free apps that no-one asked for. Thanks a bunch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it&#8217;ll be&nbsp;goodbye BlackBerry and hello Android! Why Android rather than Apple? 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