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BlackBerry’s newest bid to appease old-school users: Bring back trackpads

25
Feb
2014

The vast majority of smartphone buyers out there have long ago given up their desire for physical keyboards and trackpads… but not the remaining BlackBerry diehards. The Globe and Mail reports that BlackBerry will announce on Tuesday that it will bring back the trackpad and other command keys to its new devices in a bid to “to win back once-devoted customers.” The Globe and Mail’s sources say that many of BlackBerry’s business and government customers were apparently dismayed that BlackBerry had axed the trackpad and command keys with the launch of its BlackBerry 10 line of devices. While killing off the command keys freed up more screen real estate than on older BlackBerry phones, having a large display has never

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