| Beginning of BlackBerry Technology: The | | | | along the way. |
| ubiquitous BlackBerry mobile communication | | | | In 1999, the Blackberry wireless e-mail device, the |
| device was created by Research in Motion (RIM) | | | | BlackBerry 5790, was revealed along with the |
| of Waterloo, Ontario. History was made when | | | | Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) for Microsoft |
| RIM was founded in 1984 by a pair of engineering | | | | Exchange. The BES provided the conduit between |
| students, one each from the Universities of | | | | the wireless handheld and the corporate Exchange |
| Waterloo and of Windsor. RIM was the first | | | | mailbox, with contacts and calendar, putting |
| wireless data technology developer in North | | | | current business e-mail in the hands of the mobile |
| America and created several wireless products, | | | | worker. New content updated in the mailbox was |
| including wireless Point-of-Sale devices, radio | | | | âpushedâ out to the BlackBerry |
| modems, and the first two-way messaging pager. | | | | keeping the worker up-to-date. The first fully |
| In 1998, RIM produced a wireless handheld called | | | | integrated phones were shipped with the 6200 |
| the RIM 950 which handled e-mail, contacts, and | | | | series after the 5810 and 5820 provided phone |
| calendaring with a built-in QWERTY keyboard. RIM | | | | functionality only with an external headset. RIM |
| forged partnerships with several wireless carriers | | | | also expanded its network coverage from GSM |
| and many software and hardware companies | | | | to add CDMA. |