BlackBerry Planet
Encyclopedia
BlackBerry Planet is a business history of Research In Motion
's mobile device, the BlackBerry
, written by Canadian writer and historian Alastair Sweeny
.
The hardback edition (ISBN 0470159405) was published by John Wiley Canada in 2009.
Research In Motion
Research In Motion Limited or RIM is a Canadian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market...
's mobile device, the BlackBerry
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
, written by Canadian writer and historian Alastair Sweeny
Alastair Sweeny
Alastair Sweeny is a Canadian publisher, historian, and author. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he attended St. Andrew's College, received a Bachelors degree from the Trinity College in the University of Toronto, and a Master of Letters and Doctor of Philosophy from Trinity College, Dublin.Sweeny has...
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The hardback edition (ISBN 0470159405) was published by John Wiley Canada in 2009.
External links
- Wiley Canada book page
- BlackBerry Planet Web Support - includes sample chapter, "The Birth of the BlackBerry"
- A Brief History of the BlackBerry, by Elizabeth Woyke, Forbes Magazine, August 17, 2009
- "Star Trek-inspired BlackBerry took the world by storm", by Maclean Kay, Troy Media
- 10 fun facts about RIM and the BlackBerry - A few things I learned from reading "BlackBerry Planet" by Bob Brown, Network World, January 27, 2010