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BlackBerry device and services end of life January 4, 2022

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Bad URL

Here's a link directly to Blackberry's site:

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.

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Why is this being upvoted? Can't reach the server, so...

Maybe this? 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.

There 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?

The article link doesn't appear to be a valid Internet URL? Why is this being upvoted?

HN changed the submitted url to 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.

Thank you for addressing the problem.

It says a lot of today HN if an unreachable URL is upvoted

I think this proves that a significant portion of the population are upvoting based only on the headline. Which I am occasionally guilty of.

Actually, I want to know how that URL was submitted; is that an internal BB URL that an employee submitted on accident?

Explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29729105

great phones, killed by shitty software, and lack of proper reaction to growing competition

I 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

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