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'''Blackberry''' is the common name of the [[Cellular phone|cellular]] [[smartphone]] designer and manufacturer, BlackBerry Limited.
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[[File:BB9630 Tour.jpg|right|250px|thumb|BlackBerry Tour smartphone, released in 2009]]
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The BlackBerry company was started by Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin under the name of [[Research In Motion]], in 1984.  For some time, they were a leading smartphone company.<ref>http://www.ehow.com/about_5485127_history-blackberry.html</ref>  However, when the [[iPhone]] was released in 2007, Blackberry began to loose ground.  [[Android]] also managed to take the lead on Blackberry.  After a delay, the Blackberry 10 OS was released, in hopes of reversing their downward trend.  They also released the [[PlayBook]], which was a tablet designed to compete with the [[iPad]].  This venture was not successful, however, and the [[PlayBook]] was later discontinued.  Blackberry is still in business now, but they are little more than a minority producer now.<ref>http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/05/broken-blackberry</ref>
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'''BlackBerry''' is the name of a [[Cellular phone|cellular]] [[smartphone]], designed and formerly manufactured by BlackBerry Limited of Waterloo, Ontario.
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The BlackBerry company was started by Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin under the name of [[Research In Motion]], in 1984.  For some time, they were a leading smartphone company.<ref>http://www.ehow.com/about_5485127_history-blackberry.html</ref>  However, when the [[iPhone]] was released in 2007, BlackBerry began to loose ground.  [[Android]] also managed to take the lead on BlackBerry.  After a delay, the BlackBerry 10 OS was released, in hopes of reversing their downward trend.  They also released the [[PlayBook]], which was a tablet designed to compete with the [[iPad]].  This venture was not successful, however, and the [[PlayBook]] was later discontinued.  BlackBberry is still in business now, but they are little more than a minority producer now.<ref>http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/05/broken-blackberry</ref>
    
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