Remember BlackBerries?
The devices that were firmly and not-so-clandestinely clutched by self-important
businessmen and college students? Though
they never confirmedly left, their obsolescence and resultant obscurity were
such that it is appropriate to newly sing, “They’re back!”
“RIM is launching BlackBerry 10 in February 2013 with
several devices. Little is known about
these handsets but the pic here shows the touchscreen model next to an
iPhone 5. Tantalizing, I know.
“Draw your own conclusions but what we’re looking at is a
device that looks a lot like a Droid X/X2. It appears to be a little wider than the
iPhone 5, which is encased in a bumper here.
Unfortunately the screen is not turned on so a snap judgment cannot be made
about the future of RIM based on the low resolution picture.”
My current quandary:
Can any device, however unexpectedly inventive or clever or pioneering,
ever sparkle when placed next to a gadget stamped with the trademarked nibbled apple? Will we recognize imaginative genius when it
is offered to us, given our present iProduct mania?
When we permit a few more of the specifically technology-based
droplets to evaporate from this puddle of queries, we recognize that this is
simply a matter of individual pluck and point of view. Is man confident enough to advocate a
contrary concept? To defend an unpopular
option? To embrace the obscure? To trust his preferences and dismiss the
viewpoint of the masses?
I await the release of the BlackBerry 10. My hope is that the device boasts solid hardware
that shifts the loyalties of Apple users.
Why? Not because I wish to hasten
the decline of the iPhone, but rather because I am eager to observe the potentially
original but likely conforming actions of my peers.
As a reader, you’re lucky, as I’m offering you notice of my
impending social experiment (hee hee hee).
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