No More OS4

The end has come for our little Blackberry OS4 device.  Eight or nine months ago it was still relevant, it had a solid user base which was slowly shrinking.  However, the pressure for Blackberry juicers to upgrade seems to have become too much, mostly bowing to Android and iOS.  

While many of you will have given up testing on OS4, or perhaps not even started….It remained a more highly used OS than Windows Phone 7 until the last couple of months, so ensuring this user group remained happy was still important to me.  

Finally though, this 6 year old OS with terrible browser support is nearly dead.  It joins the ranks of webOS, Meego, Windows Mobile, Android 1.x and early versions of iOS.  We salute your Blackberry OS4, the first real “smartphone” OS is put to bed.  

Here is a question, are you still supporting BB OS4?

Notes

  1. aalaap answered: I’ll always have an ultra-basic mobile version of a website for super old phones as well as non-smartphones…
  2. taotsu answered: nope
  3. alexkinsella answered: 2% of paid apps purchased and 6% of free apps downloaded were on OS 4. Here are the stats - developer.blackberry.co…
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