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The Playbook clearly not marketed as an accessory to the BlackBerry ^ Details. Actually that just so happens to not only be in order of severity, but also chronological. Shit it really did just kept getting worse. The Storm: 2008/2009, BBM Plan: 2011, Playbook: 2011, Z10: 2013 (way late)
UPDATE AUGUST 2: RIM has officially launched its 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in New Zealand today. Three wi-fi-only models – with 16GB ($799), 32GB ($949) or 64GB ($1049) of memory – have been released through retailers Noel Leeming, JB Hi-Fi andHarvey Norman as well as Telecom New Zealand and Vodafone (although it has yet to ...
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By James Peckham
published 31 December 2021
Losing support for phone calls and more
BlackBerry Key2 LE in a hand, which won't lose support (Image credit: Future)
Own an older BlackBerry phone? You will likely soon find your handset unusable as certain devices from the company won't be able to make phone calls, send SMS messages and complete other functions from January 4.
Older BlackBerry devices losing support isn't a huge surprise, and it's unlikely many of these devices are still in use. Nevertheless, it is a sad turn of events for those who like using these unique devices.
2015 was the last time we saw a BlackBerry OS device, and while that is a long time in the world of smartphones it isn't a huge amount of time for those who want to remain with the same smartphone for a long time.
It would have been feasible to buy a BlackBerry OS device in 2017 or so brand new, so that would only be around four years of use before the phone lost all support for basic functionality.
BlackBerry's message here is also clear that it won't be usable, rather than it just losing access to certain features. It'll mean you can't even reliably phone the emergency services, so this will be unuasable for the average person.
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Jan 5, 2022 · Over the years it's not just Blackberry phone user numbers that have dwindled, but support and functions have dropped away one by one.
The BlackBerry Playbook launch on Vodafone has failure written all over it. It took them 2 days to put something on their website after RIM launched it in NZ. At the moment they are only selling the 16GB version (32GB and 64GB versions were launched as well).
BBM (aka BlackBerry Messenger) support was not included with the 2.0 update, although BlackBerry intends to support BBM in a future update. BBM is still supported through the BlackBerry Bridge software, allowing users to continue to have access to it while bridged to their BlackBerry smartphone.
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Apr 10, 2022 · Old BlackBerry phones will stop working from January 4. By James Peckham published 31 December 21. Older BlackBerry phones will lose support for making phone calls, sending SMS messages and more.
