September 25th, 2015 at 9:30am. This is the date and time that BlackBerry officially forced me to leave BlackBerry. The writing has been on the wall for quite some time but I had refused to believe that this day would come. I have been an advocate and supporter of BlackBerry, its products and services for a very long time. I have taken the abuse from many, defended the company from trolls and idiots with the up most respect and carried the BlackBerry torch with pride.
I invested my time, real money pokies and my heart into this company and at the end of the day I was slapped in the face. Slapped in the face by the fact that BlackBerry would never truly listen to what the people were saying. Slapped in the face by the fact that BlackBerry NEVER and I mean NEVER took us true die hard supporters serious enough to make the required changes needed to ensure success in the BlackBerry10 OS.
I am angry, hurt, and emotional and straight up mad but what can you do. This company has to do what it feels is best and that is call on Android to save them. They asked for a life line and they took it. I guess it’s ok as the great or not so great Steve Jobs also was provided a life line once and made his company a dominate factor in the smart phone game.
What will this life line do for BlackBerry? We shall see and I can only hope for the best for that company. The hardest decision I’ve had to make in a very long time, was to walk into Sprint today and turnover my heart and soul which was the BlackBerry Q10. A symbol of hope at once, only be squashed and destroyed on this day.
I write this article with passion and mixed emotions about BlackBerry. I can say one thing, I love BlackBerry because they took me places that I may have never been blessed to see in my lifetime. I was treated like a king in the good days and respected like a champ by those who had the same passion as I did.
Thank you BlackBerry for all that you have done for me and I will truly miss you from the bottom of my heart. I wish you the best and hope that you will make the necessary moves in order to keep your company relevant moving forward.
This is truly one of the saddest days that I have experienced in a very long time.
The final sign off,
Blackberry Hank
Please don’t leave the boat
Dang, that was a tough read Hank. I’m still holding on to my passport and bb10 for as long as I can! It’s been a great trip though for sure 🙁
Truly a sad day.
I had to leave the BB platform several years ago, but cannot escape th eloss of the simplicity and pure ease of use.
On my iPhone I am far less productive, as my needs haven’t changed, just the platform, and IOS just doesn’t cut it for composing lengthy documents or messages.
Again, a sad day that I never expected to see, with you leaving the camp.
Your efforts and passion will be remembered.
Keith
Fool you’re not going anywhere, lol. This is BB10 we are talking about, not android. John Chen clearly is on some other stuff right now, but we need to keep the BB10 movement on the road. All I can say is this. If the new android slider sells, it WILL be a sad day for true Blackberry fans! Until then we need to ride on as long as we can.
However, I’ve sold my Passport so I can get the Silver Edition!!!
Ha!
No need to panic. Let’s wait and see if BlackBerry will make money with a phone with android.
BB10 will be supported in future, core is based on QNX that’s secure layer used in power plants systems, medicine, etc.
🙂
Hey Hank,
Why not just wait to see what happens? I love BB10 too, but BlackBerry needs to survive and they still need BB10 for their end to end security.
The Priv is so they can keep their handset business. I get it. Why abandon so soon.
It’s simply a new alternative to keep them viable.
C’mom Hank.. you’ve stuck it out this longer.. what’s a bit longer to see what happens?
It makes life interesting 🙂
Typed with my Awesome BlackBerry Passport
Please believe my main driving devices are BlackBerry’s
Thanks for the feedback Ed. 🙂