Who does not remember the keyboard, practically taken from the computer, and the Pin that popularized the fashion of chatting?
BlackBerry It was one of the most talked about cell phone companies since mobile technology began to develop. But the arrival of the touch mobile devices He gradually extinguished the flame that the Canadian company had lit with its innovative model.
Now, after more than 20 years of the birth of these phones that changed the world, the company will stop supporting its classic devices with BlackBerry 10, 7.1 OS and belonging to previous ranges.
We thank our many loyal customers and partners over the years
As of Tuesday, January 4, the mobiles developed by this company that do not work with Android system they will not be able to even perform such simple and fundamental tasks as making calls to the emergency line.
“As of this date, devices running these legacy software and services through an operator or Wi-Fi connections they will no longer work reliably, including for data, phone calls, SMS, and functionality“, you can read on the official website of the company.
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“We thank our many loyal customers and partners over the years“, closes the statement.
The fall of a technology great
The company fell dramatically during the late 2000s due to the arrival of innovations from Apple, which launched the iPhone, in 2007.
According to ‘Portfolio’, while BlackBerry viewed the newcomer as little more than a toy, far from the reputation for security of its devices, the market turned to innovation and ignored security.
A Canadian company stock, which was in its glory days above $ 100, no longer trades above $ 6.
Currently, less than one percent of the market, dominated by Apple and Android devices, belongs to BlackBerry, according to consultancy Gartner.
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Despite this steep decline, it continues to mark with systems like Jarvis, which can automatically scan large amounts of code for vulnerabilities, a job that would traditionally be done manually by computer experts.
The truth is that, for now, in the field of smartphones this brand that one day marked the stop is not present.
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