down earning the nickname crackberry. the founders of the revolutionary device were dismissive of the iphone and said users would not abandon the hard keys in favor of a keyboardless touchscreen. they were wrong, very long. blackberry discontinued service fors it classic devices. the "washington post" explained devices running on blackberry's legacy operating systems and software will no longer reliably function. the company which pivoted to enterprise software and cyber security reminded users in late december old devices won't be able to send a text message or 9-1-1 placing them in the realm of the arcane in the realm of floppy disks and rotary phones. i remain a loyal blackberry user and i enjoy using the keyboard