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The BlackBerry is a wireless handheld device
introduced in 1999 which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text
messaging, internet faxing,
web browsing and other wireless information services. Developed by
the
Canadian company
Research In Motion (RIM), it delivers information over the
wireless data networks of
mobile phone service companies. BlackBerry first made headway in
the
marketplace by concentrating on e-mail. RIM currently offers
BlackBerry e-mail service to non-BlackBerry devices, such as the
Palm
Treo, through the BlackBerry Connect
software. The original BlackBerry device had a
monochrome display, but all current models have color displays.
While including the usual
PDA applications (address book, calendar, to-do lists, etc.) as
well as telephone capabilities on newer models, the BlackBerry is
primarily known for its ability to send and receive e-mail wherever it
can access an atmosphere
wireless network of certain cellular phone carriers. It has a
built-in
keyboard, optimized for "thumbing",
the use of only the thumbs to type. System navigation is primarily
accomplished by the
trackwheel (or "thumbwheel"), a scrolling wheel with a "click"
function, located on the right side of the device. Newer models are
now utilizing a trackball in the middle of the device as
Research In Motion has moved from the trackwheel to the trackball.
Some models (currently, those manufactured for use with
Nextel,
TELUS,
AT&T, and other
iDEN networks) also incorporate a
two-way radio. Some BlackBerry devices don't depend on mobile
phone service coverage and are
Wi-Fi compatible like similar handheld devices that are on the
marketplace.
Modern BlackBerry handhelds incorporate an
ARM 7 or 9 processor, while older BlackBerry 950 and 957 handhelds
used
Intel 80386 processors. The latest GSM BlackBerry models (8100 and
8700 series) have an Intel PXA901 312 MHz processor, 64 MB
flash memory and 16 MB
SDRAM.
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