From 4 January 2022 an era ends: the old mobile phone that marked an era, loved by Barack Obama, definitively ceases to work
Countdown: from tomorrow 4 January all the 'old' BlackBerry smartphones that turn with the homonymous operating system will stop working.The company will stop support for BlackBerry OS 10 and 7.1, in addition to the previous versions.On these devices, it will no longer be possible to call or receive calls, send or send messages and access the Internet.
BlackBerry, goodbye to the most faithful customers
A block that has been known for some time that it would have happened.That is, since Blackberry had announced it in September 2020.BlackBerry branded mobile phones, with Android on board, will continue to work without problems, up to the support insured by Google.Remembering the decision made over two years ago, Blackberry wanted to thank his customers.“Thanks to our numerous faithful customers and partners who have followed us over the years.We invite you to know more about how BlackBerry provides software and security services to businesses and governments around the world ".
No more mobile telephony
After abandoning the mobile telephony market from the point of view of hardware, the group had focused exclusively on the development and improvement of software for companies and professionals, under the name of BlackBerry Limited.The Smartphone brand, granted to the Chinese TCL license, passed at the end of 2020 to the Indian startup Onwardmobility.This could launch a series of new terminals during the year, at a reduced cost, with 5G connection and mainly dedicated to the internal market.
That Obama interview
The BlackBerry has long been the keyboard mobile phone protagonist of the technological scene at the turn of the ten years of the century.The company did not hold up the competition of Apple, Samsung and the other big brands that soon launched themselves in the context of Touchscreen technology.Among the VIPs and the powerful of the world who loved BlackBerry has been, for years, the then president of the United States, Barack Obama.But in 2016, on the occasion of a television interview, Obama announced that he had replaced his historian BlackBerry with a modern smartphone.It was a moment in its symbolic way.A historical passage that marked the end of an era in which the Canadian company devices, once the market leader, had remained in use only with government employees and high state offices.All for security reasons.After conquering the consumer market, Android, and above all iPhone, had earned increasingly important shares even in companies and in sectors where safety and privacy are fundamental.
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