If you're clinging to an old BlackBerry, it will officially stop working on Jan. 4

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If you're clinging to an old BlackBerry, it will officially stop working on Jan. 4
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It was beautiful while it lasted, Blackberry users:

Thorsten Heins, then the CEO of BlackBerry, introduces the BlackBerry Z10 on Jan. 30, 2013, in New York.

That old BlackBerry buried in the bottom drawer along with loose batteries and forgotten chargers won't work anymore starting on Tuesday.that on Jan. 4 it will stop running legacy services for its BlackBerry 7.1 operating system and earlier BlackBerry 10 software, as well as its Playbook OS 2.1 and earlier versions. This means devices using this old software will no longer reliably function, including for data, text messaging and phone calls, including to 911, BlackBerry said.

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