A short history of the BlackBerry smartphone
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Jun-10-2009
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The Blackberry, developed and manufactured by the Canadian firm Research In Motion is one of the most popular, and certainly one of the best known, ranges of smart phones on the market today.
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The Blackberry, developed and manufactured by the Canadian firm Research In Motion is one of the most popular, and certainly one of the best known, ranges of smart phones on the market today.
The fact that the name BlackBerry is now often used to describe any smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard is a testament to the strength of the original concept. However, the very first BlackBerry, released in 1999, was not a phone at all, but rather a PDA with a paging function.
In 2002, Research In Motion(RIM) introduced a smartphone to their BlackBerry range, which was to go on to be the product that would establish them as the biggest name in the PDA business.
With a BlackBerry smartphone, you could send and receive phone calls, text messages, faxes, and emails, and browse the internet wherever you were.
When RIM brought out their first smartphone in 2002, there were already several such devices on the market, including the market leading Nokia 9000, which was essentially a mobile phone with a QWERTY keyboard, organiser software, and a larger than usual screen. However the BlackBerry managed to steal a march on these rival products by including a number of unique new features.
Perhaps the most unique feature of the BlackBerry was its push emailing function, which allowed users to access their works email account anywhere in the world, with complete and automatic server synchronisation.
Another signature feature of the Blackberry was the control surface, which incorporated a small QWERTY keyboard optimised for use with the thumbs alone, and a fascia-mounted tracker ball for navigation, which replaced the side mounted track wheel found on earlier devices.
Some models also include a Push-to-Talk feature, which is similar in operation to a two-way radio, and is useful for carrying on intermittent conversations of the type that often occur within offices over longer distances.
Companies with a large roaming staff, such as sales fleets, were among the biggest champions of the BlackBerry system, as it allowed a mobile workforce to be integrated almost as well as an office, and they were also particularly popular with jet-setting executives, who wanted to be able to stay in touch with their workforce even when they were away on business.
Emails can be written and replied to even when reception is lost, as all the email information is stored inside the device, and any new information from the email server or the Blackberry is simply sent and received when reception is regained.
Another feature of the BlackBerry is its ability to function as a pseudo GPS device, using a technology known as trilateration, which allows users of the devices to find each other without the need for phone calls and text messages, which can be particularly useful in a busy train station or airport.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_A short history of the BlackBerry smartphone _1027.aspx
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Author Resource :
Vodafone stock a large mobile phone range, including Blackberry for you to chose from.
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Keywords :
mobile, sim only,
Category :
Communications
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Mobile Phones
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