When Phones Were Fun – BlackBerry’s Flip (Before The Flop)

May 18, 2023 ebookreaders

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[WHEN PHONES WERE FUN: BLACKBERRY STYLE 9670]

Phone addiction. Screen time. Digital de-tox. In 2023 we’re well-acquainted with the narcotic effect smartphones have on our brains. But what if I told you that the first seeds of our mobile digital dependence weren’t planted by Google, or Apple – but by a Canadian company called Research in Motion, that made a little device called the “BlackBerry?”

Jump back in time to 2010 with me, Michael Fisher, as we take a look back at one of only two flip phones to bear the name “BlackBerry” – the BlackBerry Style 9670 – and on the journey, we’ll learn about the rise and fall of one of the world’s first, best smartphone manufacturers. Welcome back to “When Phones Were Fun!”

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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN – BLACKBERRY STYLE 9670]

This is the 22nd in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world’s most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2013.

When Phones Were Fun: Episode 22 was made better by a pre-screening of “BlackBerry” by IFC Films, arranged by Qualcomm; and this video was made possible by bevy of BlackBerries purchased from eBay, loaned from fellow tech folks – or left over from the days when I still did BlackBerry reviews.

Special Thanks:

KEVIN MICHALUK
AVI GREENGART
ADAM DOUD
TIM AKA DRACO10
CHRISTIAN VETTER
QUALCOMM
IFC FILMS

MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither BlackBerry nor IFC FIlms provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is Surfshark.

[LINKS]

Losing The Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry [Amazon]:
https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Signal-Extraordinary-Spectacular-BlackBerry/dp/1250096065

“BlackBerry” [IFC Films]:
https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/blackberry

[MUSIC]

“Advance” by Daniele Musto [Soundstripe]:
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15780

“Arcade Fire Red” by Reel Life [Soundstripe]:
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/12869

“New Roman Empire” by The Europa Protoharmonic Symphony Orchestra [Soundstripe]:
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13445

“System 6” by Fairlight [Soundstripe]:
https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8754

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 The original addictive smartphone
00:38 The “company phone”
02:04 BlackBerry 7100t
03:23 BlackBerry Pearl
05:44 Over the hill
06:43 BlackBerry Style 9670
08:40 “BlackBerry” – the movie (camera samples)
09:13 Product of its time

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