Subj : We used Blackberries for serveral years
To   : Mike Powell
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jul 06 2025 10:59 am

Hello Mike!

** On Friday 27.06.25 - 10:23, Mike Powell wrote to KURT WEISKE:

 >> Obama used a hardened, sanctioned Blackberry. Trump 45 was
 >> seen with a Samsung S3 that I hope ran a third party OS
 >> without Google Services -but I doubt it.

 MP> We used Blackberries for serveral years.  Sometime before
 MP> 2015, they switched over to a choice between Apple and
 MP> Android and phased out the last Blackberries in 2015.

Still using a BB Q10.  Supports LTE, so.. the phone company is  
fine with that.   I don't need it for data or mms when I can  
help it.  Infact, the battery lasts for a really long time if  
the BB is only on cellular.  Simple sms doesn't need data.

Aftershock works just fine on it too.

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  ../|ug

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