BBM, email and that status light ushered us into a new ‘interconnectedness’. It started the process of making cell phones indispensable parts of our lives.
I maintained a website devoted to keeping Blackberry OS devices (which predate Blackberry 10) functioning without Blackberry Internet Services (The Bold Explorer). It was an odd thing for an open source enthusiast to do, but the old devices had a simplicity that was satisfying.
The major email services recently stopped supporting TLS 1.0, which killed the last working email client. Adios, BBOS!
that’s awesome!
The Blackberry Bold was probably my favorite line of phones
RIP
Mine too. I moved to a Pixel 5 with CalyxOS. It’s nice, but it occupies the same space in my life as my refrigerator. I use it when necessary and that’s it, which is probably more healthy!
