It was a good run. But the BlackBerry that you all once knew and loved has passed away.
BlackBerry announced on Tuesday that it would no longer make the BlackBerry Classic -- a model that used the old QWERTY keys and was popular before the age of touchscreen smartphones.
Ralph Pini, chief operating officer and general manager for devices at BlackBerry, wrote in a blog post Tuesday that the Classic and its predecessors were an "incredible workhorse device for customers, exceeding all expectations."
"But, the Classic has long surpassed the average lifespan for a smartphone in today's market. We are ready for this change so we can give our customers something better," Pini wrote ... in what essentially is the device's obituary.
The title of the post was "Change is Only Natural: A Classic Model Makes Way."