But in one of the great rise and falls of our time, the BlackBerry went out of fashion just as quickly as it seemed to enter the mainstream.And now, the last remaining ones out there in the wild will be brought to an end, after the company announced that it would be pulling the plug on all its software support for devices this week.This means that the devices will"no longer reliably function" and will be unable to make phone calls, send texts, receive data or contact emergency numbers.
"We have chosen to extend our service until then as an expression of thanks to our loyal partners and customers." A failure to adapt, a lack of consumer insight and poor design have all arguably contributed to its demise, and in 2016 the company announced it had transitioned into making software and providing security tools to companies and governments.
Whilst the phones have effectively been dead for some time now, any remaining BlackBerrys out there in the world will finally die for good on Tuesday.So if you still own one of these QWERTY-keyboard flaunting devices, say your goodbyes.🎧 LISTEN: Darren Cave joins Jason Hennessy and Greg O'Shea to discuss Connacht's win over Munster, give their 2021 highlights and top rugby prospects for 2022.
Still got a Blackberry Playbook. If they're going to decommission the things, least they could do is provide some kind of software to unlock the bootloader.