[HN Gopher] BlackBerry device and services end of life January 4...
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BlackBerry device and services end of life January 4, 2022
Author : throw0101a
Score : 19 points
Date : 2021-12-29 14:20 UTC (8 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.rogers.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.rogers.com)
| amaccuish wrote:
| 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.
| kingcharles wrote:
| 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?
| albertopv wrote:
| It says a lot of today HN if an unreachable URL is upvoted
| kingcharles wrote:
| I 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 wrote:
| Actually, I want to know how that URL was _submitted_ ; is that
| an _internal_ BB URL that an employee submitted on accident?
| dang wrote:
| Explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29729105
| Shadonototra wrote:
| great phones, killed by shitty software, and lack of proper
| reaction to growing competition
| dr_kiszonka wrote:
| 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
| MrRadar wrote:
| The article link doesn't appear to be a valid Internet URL? Why
| is this being upvoted?
| dang wrote:
| 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.
| MrRadar wrote:
| Thank you for addressing the problem.
| imchillyb wrote:
| 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.
|
| _____
|
| Why is this being upvoted? Can't reach the server, so...
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