Missing My Blackberry - Thursday!
Thursday, yo! What’s up, everyone? Hope you’re all having a dope week. So, the other day I was at the mall, popped into one of those phone stores. I wanted to see the Pixel Fold, you know, the flip phone with the double screens. Looked kinda cool, but that wasn’t even the main reason I was there.
Afterward, I was just browsing, and man, phones are so boring these days! My kid picks up one of those classic flip phones, on sale for like 30 bucks, and he’s like, “Papa, what’s this?” I told him, “This is what we used to rock back in the day!”
Then this morning, out of nowhere, I saw a picture of a Blackberry Bold 9900. That phone, man, that was perfection. My absolute favorite. Yeah, Android was blowing up and the Blackberry lacked most of the features everyone was raving about – the internet browser wasn’t great and the camera was sub-par. But the design, the feel, the size…hardware-wise, it was just amazing.
It got me thinking about old phones. I have a bunch of old Android phones now since we upgrade every couple of years. But Blackberries back in the day? Those things were built tough! The 9900 was the last of them, a beautiful piece of hardware. Back then, there was so much more diversity in devices than there is now. Now it’s just a slab of glass where they try to cram as many pixels as possible into the camera.
I kinda want that 9900 form factor back. I want a good camera and all the modern features, too, like with Android OS. Someone needs to grab that patent for the design or just DIY it – pull out the old hardware and plug in new stuff. I think there’s something there, you know? Maybe I’m wrong.
What about you guys? Any old tech you think was perfect? Like, peak tech that you’d love to see upgraded? Probably a few things, right? Phones for sure, maybe gaming consoles… Anyway, have a dope day, everyone! Peace!
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