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On messaging, word of mouth, and hidden features

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Colin Nagy
Jan 12, 2023
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Re-running from the archives today. Back tomorrow.

Colin here. Join me for a quick trip back to the recent past. The time is 2006 and BlackBerry, the must-have phone, released the Pearl, its slim replacement to the blue brick of yesteryear. This was two years before the iPhone, and your choices for a smartphone essentially boiled down to a Sidekick (des…

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