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I remember how excited I was when I got my first blackberry.  It was thick, black with a monochrome screen, but it was beautiful.  Finally I could get emails, contacts, and a phone all in one.  Goodbye abandoned and gently used palm pilots, and hello thumbs.

The first few blackberries I had were fantastic.  They did what they were supposed to do really well.  The other bells and whistles were slightly useful, like mobile web browsing or the music player, but they could be ignored.  Then something happened that changed mobile phones, arguably forever – the iPhone.  It did a lot of things really well.  It did the basics (phone, email, calendar), and it also made mobile browsing functional.  What changed it all was consolidation of media (songs, videos) that people already had and the already legendary app store. (more…)