BlackBerry Timeline

  • RIM KEYBOARD

    RIM releases the Interactive Pager, also known as the RIM 900, its first keyboard-based device
  • BlackBerry 5810

    RIM adds voice calling capabilities to the BlackBerry 5810
  • RIM is added to the Nasdaq 100 Blackberry released the screen color

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  • Blackberry Pearl

    BlackBerry releases the first Pearl devices, adding a digital camera and multimedia capabilities
  • Apple affects Blackberry

    RIM becomes the most valuable company on the TSX with a market capitalization surpassing $67 billion.. But affected by to Apple’s new iPhone
  • Blackberry Storm

    Its first touchscreen BlackBerry, the Storm, is critically panned as iPhone hype grows with the new 3G model
  • App World

    BlackBerry launches its App World marketplace to compete with Apple’s App Store.
  • PlayBook revealed

    A few months after the first iPad hits the market RIM unveils its PlayBook tablet but it won’t be released until early the next year
  • PlayBook released

    An unpolished PlayBook is finally released in the spring, later than expected, and reviews are not nice.
  • BlackBerry 10 software update

    A delay to the critical BlackBerry 10 software update, which is seen as the company’s last chance to succed in the market.