Blackberry phones: ahead of times

I have been using a Blackberry phone since quite some time now. I dint realise until recently when I was fretting over a replacement that how ahead of its times Blackberry was until the likes of Samsung and other copyservice handset companies came into picture.

1. Blackberry had an LED blink facility on its front top right corner to indicate messages or missed calls or even more. These features in other phones are not more than 2 years older in recent phones. BB had it much prior to that. In fact I don't know a BB model that does not have this feature.
2. The BB desktop software is impressive because of its swiftness in backing up data, pictures or videos as per your convenience. I realised this as a a Nokia WIndows phone user mentioned how she has to CtrlA+Ctrl C to copy her vacation photos from her phone to Dekstop.

BB is no doubt minimalistic and classy. No fuss. No gimmicks. Neat, classic yet robust as a bull