I would like to share with you the broadcast message I
got yesterday that motivated me to write this article:
We the
Blackberry users association of Nigeria have decided not to accept any request
from non- blackberry users. If you like be using iphone5, galaxy S4, Nokia
camry, Tecno G wagon, we won’t accept! If you must ping go and buy a blackberry
and suffer phone hanging and battery problems like us!
Signed:
Bad Belle
Movement (BBM)
Once upon a time a phone was born that could do one
singular thing that other phones couldn’t do…PING. OK let me start from the
very beginning of the transition from one mobile phone to the other. The first
generation of mobile phones way back when was the ‘Thuraya ' , a very big phone
with a short antenna but I won’t dwell
on that because I didn’t really know the phone that well (you can call me a 21st
century child). Then we moved to the Nokia 3310,Samsung blue face, Alcatel ,Bird
flip, Motorola etc. These ones could do just the basics i.e. answer calls and
send messages. Then it didn’t really matter what phone you had, the important
thing was just for you to have one. Along the line camera phones with infrared
ports were introduced on the scene and that was when the discrimination of
phones began. If you didn’t have a phone that could receive or send songs then
you had not arrived. Even though to send a song or picture meant you had to be
stuck with someone for the whole day to ensure your infrared ports were
touching. The cameras of these phones were so hideous; I’m sure they were just
about 0.5 pixels (if there’s anything like that). These phone manufacturers
were probably just having fun playing with colors because once they were done
with infrared they jumped to Bluetooth and eventually the USB port was
introduced. The transition hasn’t just been in the method of transferring files
but in the whole package; the specifications of the phones completely.
I noticed the blackberry 1st in 2009,
it may have come out earlier than that but please pardon my ignorance. The
blackberry came with one attractive feature that got everyone going- BBM. This special
feature has made people anti- social; we no longer call friends or even have
their phone numbers because as long as we have their PIN we are fine. We have
now become more flirtatious, sending pictures and voice notes to people we
barely know. Having constant access to the internet is an added advantage of
the blackberry phone. There’s also the exposure that comes with it; meeting new
people through BB groups. There is no privacy anymore because we often update
our every move, thoughts or feelings as our PM (personal message) so even
without chatting you up, someone still knows how you are faring. Despite all
these, I still love my Blackberry and so do many others out there. Lately
blackberry sold their rights to Android phones and now everyone has access to
BBM and by everyone I mean everyone including the aboki who sells suya, your vulcanizer even the
security guard. Blackberry diehard fans like me are not smiling. What happened
to our Uniqueness, the efizzy that came with using a blackberry? After some
have used their savings to buy the latest blackberry worth hundreds of
thousands just to be told now that even a phone of 20,000.00 can ping. Why
would RIM or whoever is in charge make such a decision without consulting with
us? After our patronage has made them who they are; this is how they have
chosen to repay us? Considering that we stuck with blackberry even in the era of "To go' and 'Whatssap' our loyalty has meant nothing to them. Now these Android users are happy because most of them left
BBM for various reasons to buy Samsung, HTC, iPhone, Tecno etc at the end of
the day they have eaten their cakes and still have it. They have strong battery life, good picture quality, their phones will probably not hang and there is nothing like BIS for them; haba! We will not take it; join me today and say NO to every PIN that begins with 7
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