Blackberry - Wikipedia
WEBIn 1880, a hybrid blackberry-raspberry named the loganberry was developed in Santa Cruz, California, by an American judge and horticulturalist, James Harvey Logan. One of the first thornless varieties was developed in 1921, but the berries lost much of their flavor.
The Evolution of the BlackBerry, From 957 to Z10 - PCMag
WEBJan 28, 2013 · The first true BlackBerry wasn't even called a BlackBerry, and it was a big-screen handheld without phone capabilities.
BlackBerry: Complete Guide — History, Products, Founding, and …
WEBJul 24, 2023 · BlackBerry began in 1984 under the name Research In Motion (RIM). Its specialty was building communications devices like pagers and modems. The company introduced its first line of mobile phones in 2000, the RIM 957, which came with internet functionality and push notifications.
BlackBerry vs. the True Story of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
WEBMay 8, 2023 · When did the first BlackBerry come out? For six years, Research in Motion (RIM) had sold two-way pagers. In exploring the BlackBerry true story, we discovered that the first RIM device to carry the name BlackBerry was the BlackBerry 850, released in 1999 as a two-way pager and email device.
The Complete History of BlackBerry: From Pagers to Phones to …
WEBMar 23, 2024 · Childhood friends Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin started a computer consulting company called Research In Motion (RIM) above a bagel shop in 1984. Little did they know this modest startup would evolve into the iconic BlackBerry brand behind some of the earliest and most popular smartphones.
BlackBerry | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · BlackBerry, any of a series of wireless handheld communication devices manufactured from 1999 to 2016 by the Canadian company Research in Motion that were among the first popular smartphones. The earliest BlackBerry models were pagers, and the first with phone service were released in 2002.
From Brick To Bold: The Evolution Of The BlackBerry - CRN
WEBSep 4, 2008 · It's been 10 years since Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd. rolled out the first BlackBerry device. In that decade, BlackBerry has become synonymous with mobility and is seen as the gold standard for...
BlackBerry and Its Inventors Rose and Fell Spectacularly - Biography
WEBMay 9, 2023 · The story of the BlackBerry begins in 1984, 15 years before the first smartphone bearing that name was released. That was when Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin founded Research In Motion...
BlackBerry: The Smartphone We Knew Before the iPhone
WEBApr 3, 2023 · BlackBerry devices were smart even before they were phones. The first BlackBerry phone came later in 2002, called the 5810, the device actually required a headset to work as a phone. A year...
Blackberry - National Museum of American History
WEBThe first Blackberry was introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager before pivoting to become a device featuring an always-connected e-mail with personal digital assistant functionality. The Blackberry 957 came with 5 megabytes of flash storage, 512 kilobytes of random access memory, with an Intel 386 processor running at 20 megahertz.