Kayak drops support for BlackBerry, calls it a “practical decision,” apologizes profusely
From the KAYAK blog:
KAYAK Mobile is dropping active support and maintenance for our BlackBerry application.
We are sincerely sorry to BlackBerry users, but we have regrettably come to this practical decision.
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RIM was a smartphone pioneer and we thank them for what they’ve done, and wish them renewed success. BlackBerry was (and is) an amazing messaging platform. But it’s not working out to be a great channel for consumer mobile applications, which is what leads us to this sad post.
I think Kayak is really, genuinely sorry for BlackBerry users, but there are a lot of subtleties in the language of this post that are kind of funny, like the term “renewed success” instead of “continued success” and saying “BlackBerry was” with the immediate correction of “and is”. Also, the included photo is a hilarious metaphor for the state of BlackBerry and RIM.