A friend’s much-loved handset.

I moved from RIM to Android in 2011, but gave up on them today. I was a proud BlackBerry evangelist - Canadian technology, robust, trusted by government, easy to type on. I forgave them for screwing up the tablet line (should have been a business machine, not a Playbook). I wanted the new Bold, as they finally combined touch and their great keyboard (I don’t accept the Torch was serious).

But then I remembered my apps and thought of the BlackBerry app marketplace. No contest.

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