What has been going on with Blackberry these past few weeks? It seems like all I heard about for days was blackberry and their lack of service. I know all about black berry messenger shutting down, as well as emails and of course lack of internet. I know all about the painstaking few days which people had to endure without their phones ‘pinging’ every five minutes. I even know all about the lack of helpful information given to customers who rang up. That may sound all very well, but the ironic thing is, I don’t even own a blackberry! Thanks to Facebook and the constant bravado on the news I can only imagine that everyone else’s head is spinning with the thought of these techno-berries too!
I’ve never owned a blackberry myself but I can definitely see the appeal when every single one of my friends has one, with their neat keyboards and the ability to ‘BBM’ each other every few seconds. It’s like a whole world of socialising that I can’t gain access too; the key being the blackberry I don’t have! And I haven’t even gotten started on the range of cute covers that I just can’t seem to find to fit my stupid android. The socialisation and globalisation of these little berries (some of which aren’t even black!) has resulted in me feeling very out of sync. Not quite as cool as the apple Iphone gang, yet not as boring as us mere androids-I found myself asking, why don’t I have a blackberry too?
Ah, until of course last week hit; the cherry on top of a very unhappy cake for blackberry customers apparently. The past week resulted in my friends listing every problem they had with their mobile companions. The apps slowing their phone down, the constant screen freezing, internet and BBM not working for random periods of time. Finally my whines of being left out have been silenced. I think I’ll stick to my trusty little android, bar the few scrapes it’s acquired along the way... well... until I’m rich enough to join the Iphone crew anyway!
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