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   Hello George Pope!   
      
   ** On Tuesday 04.01.22 - 10:15, George Pope wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    >> Just checking/trying out the BBBS interface   
    >> from my BlackBerry. Not bad but not great.   
    >> It's doable in a pinch though - which is good.   
      
    GP> I'm finding the browser interface better for reading my groups. . .   
      
   The browser interface for The Rusty Mailbox (courtesy BBBS)     
   looks very much the same as the mobile one.  It is a bit tricky     
   to get used to.  I still like solution that RockSolidBBS     
   implements for mobile, the best.   
      
    GP> You've still got a working Blackberry? I thought they killed the brand?   
      
   The brand still lives on. The BB's that operate under Android     
   OS are unaffected by the recent annoucement.   
      
   But I think the whole "shutting down BB devices" debacle is     
   misleading.  Basically, only the BB "services" are what is     
   being shut down and not being served to a subset of devices.      
   But, [1] I don't subscribe to any BB services, and [2] the more     
   recent models that operate under AndroidOS are not affected.   
      
   So far, my Q10 is fine.   
      
    GP> I much miss having the external keyboard. . .   
      
   I looked into some smartphone models offered by other     
   manufacturers with extendable keyboards not long ago.  Those     
   might still be available.  But in the long run, I don't see     
   myself participating on chat-things and message boards     
   extensively with such a device, so... I wouldn't consider a     
   physical keypad like the BB Q10 a critical thing to have.  For     
   the occassional or brief reply or post, a virtual keyboard     
   ought to be good enough for me.   
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