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The History of RIM, Part 2

Posted by Joe on February 20, 2009

Yes, today we’re back with a leisurely Friday post. Last week we looked into BerryReview’s history of RIM. The first part was great, as Ronen uncovered aspects of BlackBerry that many of us did not know — like the BB 900 coming out before the 850, plus some more pre-Berry devices from RIM. Today we get the history part two, which begins at the turn of the millennium. It goes through 2002 and the release of the first Nextel BlackBerry. Incidentally, I got a first-hand look at one of those the other day. It’s a clunker, but all told it’s not too bad — well, it wouldn’t be too bad if it weren’t for that lousy antenna. So check it out and get caught up on your BlackBerry history.