Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM), a little-known maker of pagers, launches the BlackBerry smartphone, named such because its physical keyboard resembled the small drupelets of the blackberry fruit. It attracts people who want email as well as a phone on a mobile device, and its secure network is favoured by companies and governments. RIM shares quadruple during the year to nearly $15.
October 2007
BlackBerry counts more than 10m subscribers, just months after Apple launches its iPhone. A month later, Google joins major wireless carriers and handset makers HTC and Samsung in announcing Android, an open-source operating system for smartphones.Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM), a little-known maker of pagers, launches the BlackBerry smartphone, named such because its physical keyboard resembled the small drupelets of the blackberry fruit. It attracts people who want email as well as a phone on a mobile device, and its secure network is favoured by companies and governments. RIM shares quadruple during the year to nearly $15.
October 2007
BlackBerry counts more than 10m subscribers, just months after Apple launches its iPhone. A month later, Google joins major wireless carriers and handset makers HTC and Samsung in announcing Android, an open-source operating system for smartphones.Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM), a little-known maker of pagers, launches the BlackBerry smartphone, named such because its physical keyboard resembled the small