{"id":122211,"date":"2022-01-03T19:42:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T00:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/?p=122211"},"modified":"2022-07-09T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T21:13:53","slug":"the-end-of-the-original-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/the-end-of-the-original-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of the Original Smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rip-bbos.png?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-122222 size-medium\" title=\"The End of the Original Smartphone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rip-bbos.png?resize=150%2C147&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The End of the Original Smartphone\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rip-bbos.png?resize=150%2C147&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rip-bbos.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rip-bbos.png?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s time to bid goodbye to that old <strong>BlackBerry smartphone<\/strong> sitting in your junk drawer. The <strong>original smartphone company, initially known as <b>Research In Motion<\/b> (<b>RIM<\/b>)<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackberry.com\/us\/en\/support\/devices\/end-of-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> that it is <strong>ending support for BlackBerry OS<\/strong> on January 4, 2022. The former Canadian tech powerhouse will be end support for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10 software, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1. This means all non-Android based BlackBerry\u2019s will useful. The last version of BlackBerry OS was launched in 2013.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackberry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-122219 size-thumbnail\" title=\"BlackBerry logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_bb.jpg?resize=75%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BlackBerry logo\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_bb.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_bb.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_bb.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackberry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BlackBerry<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-BB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BB<\/a>), was the most popular smartphone brand before the iPhone. It was an icon beloved by wall-street types as they clutched the <strong>smartphone with a keyboard and trackball<\/strong>. It was dubbed <strong>CrackBerry<\/strong> hinting at how dependent people were on them. POTUS Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220506170320\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/23\/us\/politics\/23berry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">refused<\/a> to give his up when he entered the White House in 2009. BlackBerry&#8217;s appealed to professionals who wanted the flexibility of <strong>work from anywhere<\/strong> before the pandemic.<\/p>\r\n<h3>The last BlackBerry original smartphone<\/h3>\r\n<p>BlackBerry stopped shipping phones and tablets with its own software years ago. The <strong>last device to run BlackBerry OS<\/strong> was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015-05-11-blackberry-leap-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BlackBerry Leap<\/a>, <strong>introduced in 2015<\/strong>. BB jumped on the Android bandwagon in 2015. The firm continued to l<strong>icense its brand to phone manufacturers. <\/strong>Licensees included <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220212070027\/https:\/\/www.tcl.com\/global\/en\/mobile-devices-list.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TCL<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/the-5g-blackberry-is-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OnwardMobility<\/a>, an Austin, TX-based startup, for a 5G Blackberry device running on Android software. It has previously promised a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.blackberry.com\/en\/2020\/08\/onwardmobility-announces-licensing-agreement-with-blackberry-to-deliver-blackberry-5g-smartphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">5G BlackBerry device<\/a> in 2021, but it&#8217;s now since it&#8217;s 2022 &#8211; there are <strong>doubts it will ever be released<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/>Until now <strong>you could hack an older BlackBerry phone<\/strong> running BlackBerry OS to maintain limited capabilities. With some work <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-112901\" title=\"BlackBerry Curve\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackberry-curve-8320.gif?resize=76%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BlackBerry Curve\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackberry-curve-8320.gif?resize=57%2C75&amp;ssl=1 57w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackberry-curve-8320.gif?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\" \/>you With some work you could:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Connect to the internet over Wi-Fi and mobile data;<\/li>\r\n<li>Make phone calls, Including 9-1-1 emergency calls; and<\/li>\r\n<li>Send SMS.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>All that is over. BlackBerry says Wi-Fi and mobile data might become unreliable. The <strong>apps that really made the BlackBerry unique<\/strong> including BlackBerry Link, BlackBerry Desktop Manager, BlackBerry World, BlackBerry Protect, BlackBerry Messenger, and BlackBerry Blend \u201cwill also have limited functionality.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_122215\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toptal.com\/finance\/management-consultants\/what-happened-to-blackberry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122215\" class=\"wp-image-122215\" title=\"Market Share of BlackBerrry Globally\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB_history.jpg?resize=350%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Market Share of BlackBerrry Globally\" width=\"350\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB_history.jpg?w=1011&amp;ssl=1 1011w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB_history.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB_history.jpg?resize=75%2C41&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB_history.jpg?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BB_history.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-122215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/www.toptal.com\/<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>The company has rebranded itself as BlackBerry Limited to focus on providing security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240728154520\/https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/prevention.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprepare%2Fprevention.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stay safe out there!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Related article<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a title=\"BlackBerry Launches New Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Service\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/attacks-breaches\/blackberry-launches-new-managed-extended-detection-and-response-xdr-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BlackBerry Launches New Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Service<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"Dark Reading\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DarkReading<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a>\u00a0about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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