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BlackBerry recently confirmed that as of January 4, 2022, it will no longer support the operating system for its once-popular devices.
黑莓最近证实，从2022年1月4日起，它一度受欢迎的手机不再支持黑莓操作系统。
In its "end of life" announcement, the Canadian-based company said older BlackBerry devices would no longer work effectively for phone calls or data services.
这家总部位于加拿大的公司在其“停用”声明中表示，较旧的黑莓手机将不再有效地处理电话或数据服务。
The company did note that some BlackBerry devices using the Android operating system will still work.
该公司确实指出，一些使用安卓操作系统的黑莓手机仍然可以使用。
These include models launched from 2015 to 2018, starting with the BlackBerry Priv to the BlackBerry Evolve X.
其中包括2015年至2018年推出的机型，从黑莓Priv到黑莓EvolveX。
The decision to end BlackBerry support was first made public in September 2020.
终止黑莓操作系统使用的决定是在2020年9月首次公开的。
That is when company chief John Chen announced that BlackBerry had officially moved from being a device manufacturer to a software developer.
就在那时，黑莓首席执行官程守宗宣布，黑莓已正式从手机制造商转变为软件开发商。
The company, Chen said, was now centered on providing "security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world."
程守宗说，该公司现在的重心是“向世界各地的企业和政府提供安全软件和服务”。
That decision followed years of struggles by the company to keep selling BlackBerry devices as competition intensified in the worldwide smartphone market.
在做出这一决定之前，随着全球智能手机市场竞争的加剧，该公司多年来一直在努力销售黑莓手机。
At the height of its popularity, the BlackBerry--with its built-in keyboard--enjoyed a huge market share of the mobile phone market.
在最受欢迎的时候，拥有内置键盘的黑莓在手机市场占据了巨大的市场份额。
The BlackBerry began to rise in 1999, eight years before Apple launched its first iPhone.
黑莓从1999年开始崛起，比苹果推出第一款iPhone早了八年。
At the time, the new BlackBerry 850 offered email, wireless data and a traditional keyboard.
当时，新款黑莓850提供电子邮件、无线数据和传统键盘。
Demand for the new combination devices started to expand.
对新型组合设备的需求开始扩大。
They became especially popular with businesspeople and government officials.
它们特别受商人和政府官员的欢迎。
BlackBerry kept adding services and launching new devices through the early 2000s.
在21世纪初，黑莓一直在增加服务并推出新手机。
By 2010, the devices held a market share of more than 40 percent, internet data company Comscore reported at the time.
据互联网数据公司Comscore当时的报告称，到2010年，黑莓手机占据了超过40%的市场份额。
The company was the leader in the smartphone market, above Apple, Google, Microsoft and Palm.
该公司是智能手机市场的领先者，领先于苹果、谷歌、微软和Palm。
The ability of the BlackBerry to keep people connected at all hours even led to the term "crackberry."
黑莓手机能够让人们时刻保持联系，这甚至导致了“crackberry”这个词的出现。
The term was used to describe the dependence and addictive nature of the devices for many individuals.
这个词表示许多人对黑莓手机的依赖和上瘾。
But over the next several years, BlackBerry began to experience major drops in sales.
但在接下来的几年里，黑莓的销量开始大幅下滑。
It was forced to repeatedly delay new product launches.
它被迫一再推迟新产品的发布。
By 2016, Comscore reported that BlackBerry's market share had shrunk to just 1 percent.
到了2016年，Comscore报告称，黑莓的市场份额已经缩水到只有1%。
At the time, Android-based phones had a share of about 53 percent, while Apple held 43 percent.
当时，使用安卓系统的手机的市场份额约为53%，而苹果的份额为43%。
The smartphones offered by Android and Apple appealed to many users who favored the touchscreen designs and an unlimited number of apps.
使用安卓系统和苹果系统的智能手机吸引了许多喜欢触摸屏设计和无限量应用程序的用户。
The huge fall in popularity was noted in 2016 by one of the biggest fans of the BlackBerry, then-President Barack Obama.
2016年，黑莓的最忠实的粉丝之一、时任美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马注意到了黑莓人气的大幅下降。
He pushed for the ability to keep his BlackBerry in the White House after his 2008 election.
2008年当选总统后，他极力争取让自己的黑莓手机留在白宫。
During his presidency, Obama spoke openly about his dependence on his BlackBerry device.
在担任总统期间，奥巴马曾公开谈到他对黑莓手机的依赖。
While speaking with American talk show host Jimmy Fallon in June 2016, Obama said, "I was this cool, high-tech guy when I got in… the White House.
2016年6月，奥巴马在接受美国脱口秀主持人吉米·法伦的采访时说：“当我进入白宫时，我是一个很酷、很高科技的家伙。
And I was the first president to have a BlackBerry."
我是第一个拥有黑莓手机的总统。”
But he then added, "So years pass, and no one else has BlackBerries."
但他接着说，“这么多年过去了，其他人都不用黑莓手机了。”
Obama admitted that although he still loved the device and wanted to keep carrying it, he was advised to give it up for a new smartphone.
奥巴马承认，尽管他仍然喜欢这款手机，并希望继续携带它，但有人建议他放弃它，换一部新的智能手机。
In recent years, Chinese electronics company TCL entered a partnership with BlackBerry that permitted it to manufacture and sell the latest BlackBerry-licensed devices.
近年来，中国电子公司TCL与黑莓建立了合作关系，允许其生产和销售黑莓授权的最新手机。
Those devices use the Android operating system.
这些手机使用的是安卓操作系统。
In early 2020, an American startup company called OnwardMobility announced a plan to launch a 5G BlackBerry device powered by Android.
2020年初，一家名为OnwardMobility的美国初创公司宣布计划推出一款使用安卓系统的5G黑莓手机。
The company's website states that the "new BlackBerry 5G smartphones" were expected to be available in 2021.
该公司官网称，“新款黑莓5G智能手机”预计于2021年面市。
The website provides no other details but offers interested parties the chance to sign up to stay informed.
该网站没有提供其他细节，但为感兴趣的人提供了注册的机会，以获得最新消息。
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