Senate is stepping away from the troubled handset manufacturer. The real surprise may have been a line in the letter stating that BlackBerry has notified AT&T and Verizon that it has discontinued all production of BlackBerry OS 10 devices.
The letter indicated that there were still about 610 BlackBerry 10 devices still in the hands of Senate staffers and announced that there is no guarantee future carrier orders will be fulfilled, "due to limited remaining stock."
"Once we have exhausted our current in-house stock, new device procurements will be limited, while supplies last, to warranty exchanges only," the letter stated.
The letter also stated that BlackBerry will continue to support the Senate's BlackBerry devices "for the foreseeable future." The problem BlackBerry had was the line stating that it told AT&T and Verizon that it has discontinued the Classic, Passport, Z10, Z30 and Q10.
After a great run, "we have informed our US carriers that the manufacturing cycle of only our BlackBerry Classic will cease," BlackBerry retorted in a statement shared with CrackBerry.
BlackBerry is merely changing its device line up, as does most other hardware vendors, so it told its customers to check with their carriers about the availability of the Classic, the company stated.
"We continue to actively support sales of our BlackBerry 10 smartphones to customers in most markets," BlackBerry said. "And for customers choosing our Android device as their next smartphone, there will be a seamless transition without any compromise to the security of their mobile platform or operations."
