Comment on Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app
CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee 6 months agoThis reminds me of the blackberry ping days, everyone and their mom acting like a diva for having a sidekick blackberry just to use ping.
Those were better days financially.
WashedOver@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
BBM was the jam back in the days before iPhone. If you wanted to be in on the group chats you needed a blackberry. In the last little bit they opened it up to more devices but the gig was up.
I still miss their icons.
TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com 6 months ago
They were never popular over here outside of business users, I always liked the tiny red LED. Sure, I can make the flag on my iPhone blink on new messages, but it’s not the same
WashedOver@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Yes the light was the best. Some of the early android devices tried to carry on with this practice but screen time attention I suspect won the day
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 months ago
But Android phones still have multicolor notification led. In fact it blows my mind that iPhones don’t, I wouldn’t even consider a phone without it anymore.