O FIM DE UMA ERA!!! - End of an era as Blackberry stops making phones

End of an era as Blackberry stops making phones

First of all I remember being in a computer meeting of friends back on 2002 and this guy suddenly pulls up this device and turns on the TV and the STEREO with it as it was his remote control!!! But in fact was a PAGER!!! If recall right it was the PAGER 900 one of the first BLACKBERRIES and I GOT ASTONISHED! Woooww oh my god i want one of these!!! But it happened the owner was a very fancy playboy and had lots of money to spare.. And I didnt... So It only got in my dreams, to one day be able to turn on my stereo with a Pager!! How cool it would be!!! If we could only see the future right ? I thought back than that maybe i would never have one of those...

Years later I entered the INTERNATIONAL TRADE BUSINESS, and its Funny, Because I vividly remember, as if it was today, the first time I saw this business man holding a Blackberry... I think this was way back in 2004, and the era of the smartphones where recently starting... I remember that the sensations back on those times where the NEW MOTOROLLA RAZORS, that sure didn't have almost anything to call it a smartphone, and everybody was still used with the old ERICSSON BIG PHONES and recently going out from the FIRST BRICK BIG MOTOROLLA PHONES... Also the NOKIAS where another big player of the market.

As a complete enthusiast of technology, and one that started with the old 386 MS-DOS and WINDOWS 3.11 based computers, you can imagine how my eyes grow when I first saw this business man, back in 2004, holding this BRAND NEW PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY that was able to receive his E-MAILS in his cell phone and reply on the go!! CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT ? OHH MY GOD, It was black and white screen, but it didnt matter, IT WAS AWSOME!!!! I coudnt believe it.... I said to myself, I want one of these.. but how can I get it ? And internet in phones was not even starting to roll out in BRAZIL back in those days yet...

I remember the indifference of the AMERICAN BUSINESS man.. For him that was already a NORMAL day to day gadget, that he frequently used and made it possible for him be always on the GO! And quickly reply emails and be always in touch with everybody, without the need of logging into his computer all the time!!

IT WAS REMARKABLE!!!

And again I could only dream in having one of those one day!!!

My phone life was a succession of phones that can be resumed probably to the following devices:

First was NOKIA 6610:

THAN: NOKIA 3310

THAN:  NOKIA 2100

Remember the one from the FIRST MATRIX ? That NEO opens in that scene at the office: OH MY GOD I wanted one of those back than kkk... never got one unfortunately or forunately :)

THAN: The motorola STARTAC: Because the flip opening was so cool:

 

THAN The RAZOR ONE:

OF COURSE The WORLD CHANGED IN 2007 when STEVE JOBS introduced the IPHONE!! But MAN ALIVE... until the Iphone 4, 4 years later... it was only a dream to have an IPHONE... so expensive it was to us! 3 times the price in USA like 2000 USD. Crazy right ?

An Finally the Razor Silver:

Woowww that was back in 2010 and we finally thought that we where being COOL!!! with those phones... and maybe we where...

Finally Back than the Blackberries where finally entering (6 years later...) the Brazil market... in a very shy way... and very expensive! But back than my income also was greater and I already could afford more expensive phones!! 

I Finally stroke a deal with my Cell phone operator TIM and got a Brand new BLACKBERRY!

THE ALL MIGHTY BLACKBERRY CURVE 8320!!!

MAN ALIVE WAS I HAPPY ?!??!!

YOU CAN BET SO!!

Finally emails on my phone!!! Photos I could take anytime, a full qwerty keyboard!!!

That was awesome and I loved that phone!! 6 years, full 6 years after having saw one of the first blackberries, I finally got one!!! And it was great! IT started a new era with the BB PIN NUMBER (remember that ?) with the BB Messenger, that you could locate anyone with a blackberry and it was fast messaging.. (maybe the prelude of the whatsapp..) the pitty it was only for Blackberry users... maybe this was a mistake they made...

It had a ball roller in the center of the device that allowed everything to be accessed smother... man alive!!!

Anyway it was great! I carried it all around stuck in this full body leather case: 

And as the models start to get fancier I eventually changed to my second one:

 Bold 8530

And finally my last one:

BlackBerry Bold 9790  

Its funny, because all this time, I also vividly remember that my real dream changed, and it was not having Blackberries anymore (of course I already have had...) but instead, was having of course: IPHONES...

Seeing this business man and all fancy and wealthy people being able to afford IPHONES was something that I was dreaming of have.. but back than, until this last blackberry above.. I haven't toke the courage... because, NUMBER ONE: Was still TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE, NUMBER TWO: Back those times, all the international business man where still using the blackberries all over, Brazil, China, USA... and I didnt want to get disconnected from them by starting using iphones....

Well.... than by 2011 all of that changed, I took the courage and finally went in the shopping mall and bought my FIRST IPHONE 4.... directly from a competitor from my mobile phone company that the name was OI! I even got a new phone number that I got rid after, just to buy this phone... and I have to pay it in like 3 or 4 months...

But from than on... i never got rid of the Iphones... I stayed with my 4 until end of 2012 and bought an Iphone 5... I bought the 4 for like 1200 USD and was still able to sell it for USD 500 one year later... amazing! 

The same thing happened with the 5, that I have moved to the 5S and than from the 5S to the 6, and finally from the 6 16GB, that was not enough... to a 6 128GB....

I stayed with the 6 128 GB until last month when finally my brand new IPHONE 7 arrived, and I have already ordered the new IPHONE 7 PLUS JET BLACK...

Isnt it amazing ? how the trends change ??! 

FIRST WAS ALL ABOUT BLACKBERRY! 

And NOW is ALL ABOUT IPHONES... and the BlackBerry is GONE!

Doesn't it makes you wonder if someday the Iphones will be gone too ?! who knows right ?

Good Bye Blackberry! You left us some good memories!!! Maybe you will be missed... maybe not... But surely you made the sensation back in your days!!! Congratulations RIM and Blackberry! Maybe we see you guys again in the future!!!! .... or maybe not.... 

WHO KNOWS ?!?!......      

IVAN C. POSSAMAI

09/29/16 - Orlando Florida

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28 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 1:51PM

After 14 years in the mobile phone business, embattled maker Blackberry has announced that it is no longer going to design its own smartphones. 

The company, which is famed for its "Qwerty" keyboard mobile phones that were the choice handset for professionals, has been struggling to keep up with market leaders Apple and Samsung as the world has moved to touchscreens. 

As a result, the loss-making business said it is going to focus on creating software for mobile phones, rather than the devices themselves. Instead, it will outsource the brand to other manufacturers.

"The company plans to end all internal hardware development and will outsource that function to our partners," said John Chen, chief executive and executive chairman of Blackberry. "We are focusing on software development, including security and applications." 

The news comes as Blackberry reported losses of $372m (£286m) in the last quarter, compared with a profit of $51m in the same period last year. Blackberry's sales so far this year have fallen to $734m down from $1.1bn in the first six months of 2015. 

The demise of Blackberry's handset making division follows efforts to compete with other smartphones. The Canadian company released its first Android smartphone last year, which was followed with the  Dtek50 this summer, billed as "the world's most secure Android smartphone".

However, it has failed to reverse a trend of falling revenues since 2010, when the company was at its peak. The popularity of BlackBerry Messenger and its high-tech email system made its phones a smash hit among young users and professionals alike, but Apple's iPhone and Google's Android software, with millions of apps and full touchscreens, rendered them obsolete.

BlackBerry's response, its BlackBerry 10 software, was released late and was poorly received, and the company's market share continued to dwindle despite a core of dedicated users.

The BlackBerry Priv, which failed to wow customers

The company's revenues continued to decline and under Chen, who took charge in 2013, it has focused on developing secure software for smartphones. It also launched BBM on Android and iOS.

Its last great effort was the Priv, which ran Android but featured the famous BlackBerry keyboard. It was well received but sales continued to disappoint.