Facebook and Whatsapp Discontinue Support For Blackberry (canadajournal.net)

Meshach writes with a link to news that as of yesterday, Facebook and WhatsApp have both discontinued support for Blackberry smartphones including BlackBerry 10 and BBOS platforms. Apparently Blackberry fought to have the support continue but in the end they were not successful. BlackBerry has had to replaced their official Facebook App with a native app that uses a simple web interface. If you're still using a Blackberry, it would be interesting to know why. (You like the interface? Business requirement? Just being contrarian?)

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BlackBerry user

[Anonymous Coward]

The BlackBerry interface makes more sense to me, the OS allows for true multi-tasking, The Hub aggregates all communication streams (email, SMS, MSS, social app notification, etc.) into one place, and yes...the physical keyboard.

Dear eds

[Anonymous Coward]

No chance you could have linked to the original blog post, from which TFA scrapes its quotes?

blogs.blackberry.com/2016/03/great-apps-on-blackberry-a-strong-commitment-to-the-blackberry-developer-community/

canadajournal.net looks rather sketchy and full of clickbait

I use a Z10. It does what I need extremely well.

[gweihir]

Reasons? I need email, calender, hot-spot, occasional maps and excellent telephony. That is it. All there. Add an extremely snappy UI (as it is QNX), removable battery, good keyboard and overall excellent hardware. And I recently got a spare new one for around $100 off Ebay. As long as BB supplies security-patches, I am not moving.

Facebook? Whatsapp? If I want time-sinks, I play real games on a real computer.

Blackberry and QNX

[Archfeld]

Whether or not blackberry devices survive is very much in the balance, but Blackberry the company is making a bundle on their QNX OS, which is quietly powering a huge number of devices in very diverse markets.

http://www.qnx.com/products/ne...
http://www.qnx.com/partners/pa...
http://www.zdnet.com/article/b...

Why I use my BlackBerry still

[nerdyalien]

First and foremost, this is old news!
https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

Former developer and operations (DevOps) guy here, worked for many financial and media outlets; now working as a consultant for remote clients in Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. By nature of my work, I handle thousands of e-mails, hundreds of voice calls, text messages, WhatsApp, Skype etc on the go.

As for why I still use a BlackBerry:
1. Solid communication device - There is nothing like a BB when it comes to holy trinity (E-mail, voice, text). BlackBerry Hub is an unique app that aggregates all communication details into one place, haven't seen anything like it in other devices.
2. Keyboard - Do I need say more ?
3. Sturdy design - I drop it everyday, still it is working without a hitch
4. Long battery life - Easily a day, if I push, about day-and-half on a single charge
5. Stable OS - It has QNX with proper multi tasking
6. Basic useful/stable apps

I always get slagged off by colleagues, friends and pretty much everybody else for carrying a BB. Fact of the matter is, I am an old geezer with sausage fingers, suffering from early stages of rheumatoid arthritis. As a result, I can't type on touch screens like others. I am not big into social media stuff or any young & hip trends that require all these fancy apps. I am comfortable with the basic & stable apps comes with the OS.

There is nothing like writing a typo free e-mail/text (especially to a client), and ensure intended message is communicated correctly. In that respect, BB is a godsend !

I use Telegram

[blind biker]

Telegram is an open-source version of Whatsapp - it imitates it very well, and it works like a charm. Telegram for Blackberry is still maintained. And of course, being open-source, in theory one can do the maintenance him/herself if they find a bug they want squashed.