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THE DEATH OF BLACKBERRY

Did you know that before the iPhone there was the Blackberry?  Lots of people had them.  People liked them.  Having a Blackberry was cool.  Now, they are basically extinct.  The parent company, Research in Motion, has all but given up on trying to revive the product.

You might be reading this thinking: "I still like my Blackberry".  Well, there are still some people that have America Online e-mail addresses too but that company is a dinosaur and so is the Blackberry.  I had a Blackberry back in the day - for about two weeks!  Then I dropped it in the water and there was not a way to fix it at that time.  Now, we have an entire business model built on repairing smart phones and other products such as iPods and iPads.  Drop your phone in the pool, no problem.

There is a lot of debate over why Blackberry has gone under.  Maybe it was bad management.  Maybe they did not allow enough apps on their product.  Maybe the iPhone and Android are just better products.  Maybe all of that.  Regardless, I just asked one of our techs when was the last time we fixed a Blackberry and the response was: "Are they still in business?"  That is never a good sign.  The Blackberry is dead.