▲ -7 ▼ Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem (www.androidpolice.com) submitted 2 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments IMHO the "blue bubble exceptionalism" is the elephant in the room.
[–] Lord_Logjam@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Blackberry used to be all the rage with teenagers too. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago Haha yes BBM messenger! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Blackberry was all the rage in business. I have never seen anything official about it being the rage among teens. Nokia phones were in Europe, because using the Nokia writing system for SMS was blazing fast compared to the competition. But at that time USA didn't have SMS AFAIK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lord_Logjam@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Blackberry was huge in the teen age group in the UK at least. BBM being the big selling point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago OK the only place I really heard it was the "rave", was among politicians. I don't quite get how they could be so popular among teens, as they were quite expensive for a phone for the time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago Haha yes BBM messenger! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Blackberry was all the rage in business. I have never seen anything official about it being the rage among teens. Nokia phones were in Europe, because using the Nokia writing system for SMS was blazing fast compared to the competition. But at that time USA didn't have SMS AFAIK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lord_Logjam@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Blackberry was huge in the teen age group in the UK at least. BBM being the big selling point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago OK the only place I really heard it was the "rave", was among politicians. I don't quite get how they could be so popular among teens, as they were quite expensive for a phone for the time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lord_Logjam@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Blackberry was huge in the teen age group in the UK at least. BBM being the big selling point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago OK the only place I really heard it was the "rave", was among politicians. I don't quite get how they could be so popular among teens, as they were quite expensive for a phone for the time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago OK the only place I really heard it was the "rave", was among politicians. I don't quite get how they could be so popular among teens, as they were quite expensive for a phone for the time. permalink fedilink source parent