Your BlackBerry dies today: End of an era for iconic handset


BlackBerry said handsets running its in-house software ‘will no longer be expected to reliably function’ after Jan 4, according to its end-of-life page. — By Alejandro Mendoza on Unsplash

BlackBerry devices running the original operating system and services will no longer be supported after Jan 4, marking the end of an era for the storied device that catapulted work into the mobile era.

Ontario-based BlackBerry Ltd, the company formerly known as Research In Motion whose signature handset in the 1990s came to embody working on the move, said handsets running its in-house software “will no longer be expected to reliably function” after Jan 4, according to its end-of-life page.

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