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06-02-2013, 05:30 PM
Each week Ross Rubin (http://twitter.com/rossrubin) contributes Switched On (http://www.engadget.com/tag/switchedon?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget), a column about consumer technology.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/q10-2013-04-23-619-22.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/02/blackberrys-depressing-keyboard-trends/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) In a March interview, Google chairman Eric Schmidt, whose company's smartphone ambitions led to his vacating a board seat at Apple, claimed that he didn't use either an Android phone or iPhone. Rather, he uses a Blackberry, citing his affinity for its keyboard despite a number of Android models released over the years integrating physical thumb keyboards.
RIM devices had keyboards even before they had email; the feature was part of the BlackBerry's predecessor, the RIM Inter@ctive Pager. Indeed, tactile feedback was so valued by the company that it tried to integrate it into the touchscreen with the BlackBerry Storm (http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/blackberry-storm-review/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget). In reviewing that phone for The New York Times, David Pogue noted, "A BlackBerry without a keyboard is like an iPod without a scroll wheel." Imagine such a thing.
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/q10-2013-04-23-619-22.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/02/blackberrys-depressing-keyboard-trends/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) In a March interview, Google chairman Eric Schmidt, whose company's smartphone ambitions led to his vacating a board seat at Apple, claimed that he didn't use either an Android phone or iPhone. Rather, he uses a Blackberry, citing his affinity for its keyboard despite a number of Android models released over the years integrating physical thumb keyboards.
RIM devices had keyboards even before they had email; the feature was part of the BlackBerry's predecessor, the RIM Inter@ctive Pager. Indeed, tactile feedback was so valued by the company that it tried to integrate it into the touchscreen with the BlackBerry Storm (http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/19/blackberry-storm-review/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget). In reviewing that phone for The New York Times, David Pogue noted, "A BlackBerry without a keyboard is like an iPod without a scroll wheel." Imagine such a thing.
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