BlackBerry shutting down classic service

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Classic BlackBerrys will no longer work

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You can no longer use that old BlackBerry phone sitting at the bottom of your drawer somewhere.

On Tuesday, the company will stop running support for its classic devices running BlackBerry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier. This means all of its older devices not running on Android software will no longer be able to use data, send text messages, access the internet or make calls, even to 911.

While most mobile users have moved on from BlackBerry -- the last version of its operating system launched in 2013 -- the decision to discontinue support for its phones represents the end of what was once considered bleeding-edge technology.

The company originally announced the news in September 2020 as part of its efforts to focus on providing security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world under the name BlackBerry Limited.

I still have my BlackBerry Storm from 2009 sitting in a desk drawer.  I don't know that it would even power on anymore.  If I had known about Android being on the horizon I would've waited and gotten one of those instead.