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BlackBerry device and services end of life January 4, 2022
- amaccuish 5y agoMaybe this? https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/support/devices/end-of-life https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/support/devices/end-of-life If so, end of an era. BIS and BES was a cool architecture for the time.
- kingcharles 5y agoThere was a time when it seemed like BlackBerry was going to take over the world. Now you can't even use the phone to make a 911 call?
- MrRadar 5y agoThe article link doesn't appear to be a valid Internet URL? Why is this being upvoted?
- dang 5y agoHN changed the submitted url to http://rcom-brw.browse-prod1.svc.cluster.local/support/mobility/blackberry-phones-discontinue?icid=ba-supotcon-strcsup-12032060 http://rcom-brw.browse-prod1.svc.cluster.local/support/mobil... because the latter was listed as the canonical URL and our software uses those now. I've changed it back to the submitted URL now.
- MrRadar 5y agoThank you for addressing the problem.
- imchillyb 5y agoBad URL Here's a link directly to Blackberry's site: https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/support/devices/end-of-life https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/support/devices/end-of-life > Updated December 22, 2021: As a reminder, the legacy services for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10 software, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier versions, will no longer be available after January 4, 2022. As of this date, devices running these legacy services and software through either carrier or Wi-Fi connections will no longer reliably function, including for data, phone calls, SMS and 9-1-1 functionality. _____ Why is this being upvoted? Can't reach the server, so...
- Shadonototra 5y agogreat phones, killed by shitty software, and lack of proper reaction to growing competition
- dr_kiszonka 5y agoI had a BB Curve 8300 [0] and loved it. The keyboard, the screen, and Google Maps made it wonderful to use. 0. https://m.gsmarena.com/blackberry_curve_8300-1979.php https://m.gsmarena.com/blackberry_curve_8300-1979.php
- albertopv 5y agoIt says a lot of today HN if an unreachable URL is upvoted
- kingcharles 5y agoI think this proves that a significant portion of the population are upvoting based only on the headline. Which I am occasionally guilty of.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoActually, I want to know how that URL was submitted; is that an internal BB URL that an employee submitted on accident?
- dang 5y agoExplained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29729105 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29729105