This means all of its older devices not running on Android software will no longer be able to use data, send text messages, access the internet or make calls, even to While most mobile users have moved on from BlackBerry — the last version of its operating system launched in — the move to discontinue support for its phones represents the end of what was once considered bleeding-edge technology.
The company originally announced the news in September as part of its efforts to focus on providing security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world under the name BlackBerry Limited. BlackBerry has been mostly out of the phone business since , but over the years it continued to license its brand to phone manufacturers, including TCL and more recently OnwardMobility, an Austin, Texas-based security startup, for a 5G Blackberry device running on Android software.
The devices became a status symbol and fixture for people on Wall Street, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, and even President Barack Obama, thanks in part to its great reputation for security. At its peak in , BlackBerry had more than 80 million active users. The company got its start in as Research In Motion with what it called two-way pagers.
Eventually, BlackBerry phones gained support for email, apps, web browsing and BBM, an encrypted text messaging platform that predated WhatsApp and survived long after BlackBerry was surpassed by its rivals. It tried touch screens and slide-out keyboard models, with little success. Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of light snow. Lows 6 to 8. Highs in the lower 20s. Lows 10 below to 12 below zero. Highs zero to 2 above. Lows around 18 below.
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