📺 🎂 August 1, 2008: One of the most memorable fights and awkward moments in "Big Brother" history occurred on "Big Brother 10" #BB10

Jessie Godderz listened in on Libra and Keesha's anti-April Dowling discussion in a nearby bedroom, which led him to rat on them to April Dowling (the Head of Household that week).

When Libra Thompson and Keesha Smith found out what Jessie had done, a full-out lengthy yelling exchange ensued — until everyone paused to sing “Happy Birthday” to Keesha.

I’m back looking for work after the end of my latest contract. As I always do at these times, I get myself a cheap PAYG SIM card to handle recruiter/client interviews so that I don’t have to share my personal number.

This time around, I decided to pop it into my old #BlackBerry Classic running #BB10 OS.

I’d forgotten just how lovely this thing is. The joy of a physical keyboard and a minimalist gesture UI. Sigh. What might have been if they had not fluffed getting BB10 to market.

Most apps no longer work but the key phone/SMS/contacts/email do. Just what I need.

And those BB ringtones!

@JessTheUnstill One of the big fuckups for BlackBerry was just the delays in getting BlackBerry 10, plus the Z10 and Q10, to market.

I got to use BB10 for a couple of months, and it was nice. It was built on QNX, with a modern swipe/gesture based UI built with Qt.

Arguably a better OS than the iOS and Android releases at that same time.

There was a feature called the Hub, which wax a unified inbox for your email messages, social posts, and text messages. Plus a modern app store, and separate personal/work profiles built into the OS.

There was a version without a physical keyboard (Z10) and with (Q10).

The problem is they didn't start working on it until 2010, and BB10 wasn't released until 2013.

For about two years before BB10 came out, BlackBerry didn't release any new phones.

Had BB10 come out earlier, it *might* have saved the company.

#Blackberry #Crackberry #phones #RetroComputing #smartphones #CellPhones #Android #iOS #BB10 #blackberry10

📺 🎂 August 1, 2008: One of the most memorable fights and awkward moments in "Big Brother" history occurred on "Big Brother 10" #BB10

An eavesdropping Jessie Godderz listened in on Libra and Keesha's anti-April Dowling discussion in a nearby bedroom, which led him to rat on them to April Dowling (the Head of Household that week).

When Libra Thompson and Keesha Smith found out what Jessie had said and done, a full-out lengthy yelling exchange ensued — until everyone… https://www.facebook.com/862930575843089/posts/999070752229070?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon