From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 1/2/2022 13:06, Sean Murphy wrote:   
   > By Samantha Murphy Kelly   
   >   
   > (CNN)You soon won't be able to use that old BlackBerry phone sitting   
   > at the bottom of your drawer somewhere.   
   >   
   > Starting Tuesday, January 4, the company will stop running support for   
   > its classic devices running BlackBerry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier. This   
   > means all of its older devices not running on Android software will no   
   > longer be able to use data, send text messages, access the internet or   
   > make calls, even to 911.   
   >   
   > https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/tech/blackberry-end-of-life/index.html   
      
   I've read through that article, but I still do not understand the   
   technical aspects of it.  For instance: I have a Nokia 3390 from 2001   
   here.  It's a 2G only phone, but if I pop the SIM card from my current   
   phone (T-Mobile) into it, it still receives calls and text messages,   
   almost 21 years later.   
      
   I don't understand how "stopping support" can make the basic functions   
   of the phone cease to work.  Do the cellular signals to/from the phone   
   some how relay through Blackberry's data servers?  One would think that   
   calls/texts/data would be direct signals from your wireless carrier to   
   your phone.   
      
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