· First device to be called a BlackBerry by Lexicon Branding in California· Device was branded a BlackBerry because of the resemblance of its keyboard keys to the seeds on a blackberry fruit.·.

The very first device to carry the BlackBerry name was the BlackBerry 850, an email pager, released January 19, 1999. Although identical in appearance to the RIM 950, the 850 was the first device to …

Apr 22, 2024 · RIM introduced the 850, its first BlackBerry device, as "a breakthrough wireless email solution for mobile professionals." The BlackBerry 850 wasn't a phone, but a two-way pager with …

Although Research In Motion was founded in 1984, the first device to carry the BlackBerry name, the BlackBerry 850, wasn't released until January 19, 1999 meaning today marks its 20th birthday.

While modest in appearance, the 850 introduced a new era of mobile productivity. Its design prioritized efficiency, battery life, and simplicity, quickly gaining popularity in business, government, and IT sectors.

Built around a vision laid out by RIM (BlackBerry) founder, Mike Lazaridis, the RIM Inter@ctive Pager 850 was the company’s second product design after the Inter@ctive 900 (aka Bullfrog). It was …

In January, Research in Motion (RIM) launched the BlackBerry 850, the first device to integrate email and paging functions.

The BlackBerry 850 was one of the first mobile devices released under the BlackBerry brand name. The mobile communication device had a full keyboard, which was unusual at the time.

Mar 12, 2023 · In 1999, a Canadian telecommunications company called Research In Motion (RIM) introduced their first smartphone, the BlackBerry 850. This device marked the beginning of a new era …

Research In Motion were once the world’s most popular maker of smartphones, but when they launched the BlackBerry 850 on 19th January, 1999, the device had no phone functionality: it was marketed as …