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Blackberries will continue to exist for the same reason Okidata dot matrix printers exist: they have a niche. If you need to print with carbon copies, you need a dot matrix printer. If you need a hardened text messenger for push in secure or HIPAA environments, you need Blackberry. They still have the patents, they still have the platform. The article could have been better. Really, it predicted the death in 2016 of things predicted in 2006 (many of which are effectively dead).