By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business
Updated 5:00 PM ET, Sat January 1, 2022
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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.While most mobile users have moved on from BlackBerry -- the last version of its operating system launched in 2013 -- the move to discontinue support for its phones represents the end of what was once considered bleeding-edge technology.