TY - BOOK AU - Sweeny,Alastair TI - BlackBerry planet: the story of Research in Motion and the little device that took the world by storm SN - 9780470159880 AV - QA76.8.B53 S94 2009eb U1 - 338.7/610041670971 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Mississauga, Ont. PB - John Wiley & Sons Canada KW - Research in Motion (Firm) KW - History KW - fast KW - BlackBerry (Smartphone) KW - BlackBerry (Téléphone intelligent) KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Infrastructure KW - bisacsh KW - Corporate & Business History KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; BlackBerry Planet; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Web Support Service for Readers; Chapter 1: The Planet Goes BlackBerry; Chapter 2: The Birth of the BlackBerry; Chapter 3: Lawsuits in Motion; Chapter 4: From Brand to Icon: Seven Years in Motion; Chapter 5: BlackBerry Jam; Chapter 6: The Rise of the TeleBrain; Afterword: Rim on the Plateau?; Index N2 - BlackBerry Planet is a new tribe of people who simply cannot get along without their favorite device, Research in Motion's innovative electronic organizer, the BlackBerry. This omnipresent device has gone beyond being the world's foremost mobile business tool and entered the consumer mainstream as the Swiss Army Knife of smart phones. BlackBerry Planet tells the behind-the-scenes story of how this little device has become the machine that connects the planet. Starting with the early years of Mike Lazaridis' invention and his founding of RIM at age 23, it details his drive to innovate, developi UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=300895 ER -