because the BB wasn't capable of running apps for most of that period.
They were barely capable of surfing the mobile internet.
They had virtually no onboard memory. and micro sd card were max 2 gb and used for storage, not virtual memory.
They are not app friendly becasue there are simply too many damn variants of the things.
3 years ago, there were 4 or 5 pearls...
4-5 curves
etc etc.
Each had its own software and hardware features. Some curves had gps, some had wifi for example. Some had a better camera, some didn't.
If they made ONE BB, take it or leave it, here it is... they could have a decent app store. If everyone bought one. Increasingly I think you will find that people will switch BB for something else, unless they really do travel on business globally.
My father prefers his, but he is NOT techie.
He likes it because it is a simple (read plain, boring, old looking) interface. Even he admits our iphones are way more useful as they are something more than just a portable rolodex, email device and phone.
BTW: The concept of buying and installing a new app on your phone was barely invented 2 years ago.
The app store was opened on July 10, 2008.
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Came out for Droid today.
Good, now droid users can enjoy service outages and wonky problems also.
I'd never buy this damn thing, not after all the issues, requires cell service be available to work, outages for hours and even days... fuhgeddabowdit.
