• @CrowAirbrush
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    265 months ago

    This reminds me of the blackberry ping days, everyone and their mom acting like a diva for having a sidekick blackberry just to use ping.

    Those were better days financially.

    • WashedOver
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      55 months ago

      BBM was the jam back in the days before iPhone. If you wanted to be in on the group chats you needed a blackberry. In the last little bit they opened it up to more devices but the gig was up.

      I still miss their icons.

      • @TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com
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        45 months ago

        They were never popular over here outside of business users, I always liked the tiny red LED. Sure, I can make the flag on my iPhone blink on new messages, but it’s not the same

        • WashedOver
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          45 months ago

          Yes the light was the best. Some of the early android devices tried to carry on with this practice but screen time attention I suspect won the day

          • lemmyvore
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            35 months ago

            But Android phones still have multicolor notification led. In fact it blows my mind that iPhones don’t, I wouldn’t even consider a phone without it anymore.