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  • "Blackberry" the drama about the rise and demise of the smartphone make

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 1 21:52:25 2023
    Not a bad film. Not crazy about the off-kilter camera work with its zooming and free-hand effects. However, it did capture the basics of what happened to the company that failed to see changes in the market. Though a film about Nokia would have been
    equally welcomed to show what happens when a company goes from dominance to almost nothing. Interestingly, more advanced Blackberry's still sell on Ebay for actual money.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21867434/?ref_=tt_urv

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  • From Ed Stasiak@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 3 14:18:17 2023
    RichA

    Not a bad film. Not crazy about the off-kilter camera work with its zooming and free-hand effects.

    Shaky cam is aannoying as hell.

    However, it did capture the basics of what happened to the company that failed to see changes in the market.
    Though a film about Nokia would have been equally welcomed to show what happens when a company goes
    from dominance to almost nothing. Interestingly, more advanced Blackberry's still sell on Ebay for actual money.

    Odds are I'll never see this movie, so what happened to Blackberry and Nokia?

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Ed Stasiak on Tue Jul 4 01:09:09 2023
    On Monday, 3 July 2023 at 17:18:20 UTC-4, Ed Stasiak wrote:
    RichA

    Not a bad film. Not crazy about the off-kilter camera work with its zooming and free-hand effects.
    Shaky cam is aannoying as hell.
    However, it did capture the basics of what happened to the company that failed to see changes in the market.
    Though a film about Nokia would have been equally welcomed to show what happens when a company goes
    from dominance to almost nothing. Interestingly, more advanced Blackberry's still sell on Ebay for actual money.
    Odds are I'll never see this movie, so what happened to Blackberry and Nokia?

    Blackberry was mismanaged and missed the development of the iPhone and Samsung. By the time they brought out an all screen phone "The Storm" it was too late and the phone was flawed Nokia suffered a similar fate. Interesting notes; U.S. Robotics
    tried to screw Blackberry early on by pretending modems they build for them were defective and stock fraud cost Blackberry its CEO. Blackberry survived and now makes security software, high-level stuff.

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