Found at the bottom of my drawer - does it count as retro?

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » 07 Apr 2022 15:54

Looking for some other missing component, I found this at the bottom of a drawer earlier today, still charges and powers up :)

Not so sure any of the useful Blackberry bits will still work though.

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viking272 · Post by **viking272** » 23 Sep 2022 16:39

rubber_jonnie wrote: 07 Apr 2022 15:54 Not so sure any of the useful Blackberry bits will still work though.

I believe they switched off the infrastructure last year. Found this:
https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/suppor ... nd-of-life

It certainly looks retro and 10-14 years for a phone age probably drops it in to that category!

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » 23 Sep 2022 16:48

viking272 wrote: 23 Sep 2022 16:39
rubber_jonnie wrote: 07 Apr 2022 15:54 Not so sure any of the useful Blackberry bits will still work though.
I believe they switched off the infrastructure last year. Found this:
https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/suppor ... nd-of-life

It certainly looks retro and 10-14 years for a phone age probably drops it in to that category!

I guess it was time for them to go, hardware is a tough business these days and they didn't play it very well.

alexh · Post by **alexh** » 23 Sep 2022 16:49

I consider my Nokia N-Gage to be retro. That has to be approx the same age?

Post by **derkom** » 24 Sep 2022 08:16

alexh wrote: 23 Sep 2022 16:49 I consider my Nokia N-Gage to be retro. That has to be approx the same age?

Ah yes, the N-Gage, the flaming disaster that was actually designed to look like one of the original internet shock sites. Good times. (Caveat emptor: If you are not familiar with the reference in that thread, be very careful what you google for.)

stephen_usher · Post by **stephen_usher** » 24 Sep 2022 08:24

Would these be retro enough though?

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The last time I tried the Handspring Treo 600 the battery, with the phone radio off, still lasted 10 days on a charge.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » 24 Sep 2022 13:17

stephen_usher wrote: 24 Sep 2022 08:24 Would these be retro enough though?

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The last time I tried the Handspring Treo 600 the battery, with the phone radio off, still lasted 10 days on a charge.

I very nearly went down the Handspring route and had a Visor for a while with a GPS module.

stephen_usher · Post by **stephen_usher** » 24 Sep 2022 23:21

I guess that my original Palm Pilot Pro may be deemed retro by now then.

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Post by **rubber_jonnie** » 25 Sep 2022 10:01

stephen_usher wrote: 24 Sep 2022 23:21 I guess that my original Palm Pilot Pro may be deemed retro by now then.

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