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I believe they switched off the infrastructure last year. Found this:rubber_jonnie wrote: 07 Apr 2022 15:54 Not so sure any of the useful Blackberry bits will still work though.
I guess it was time for them to go, hardware is a tough business these days and they didn't play it very well.viking272 wrote: 23 Sep 2022 16:39I believe they switched off the infrastructure last year. Found this:rubber_jonnie wrote: 07 Apr 2022 15:54 Not so sure any of the useful Blackberry bits will still work though.
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!
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.)alexh wrote: 23 Sep 2022 16:49 I consider my Nokia N-Gage to be retro. That has to be approx the same age?
I very nearly went down the Handspring route and had a Visor for a while with a GPS module.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.
100%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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