> despite being eye-wateringly expensive compared to competing devices like the BlackBerry. That’s sort of what I meant. The people who poo-poohed it, were ma

> despite being eye-wateringly expensive compared to competing devices like the BlackBerry. That’s sort of what I meant. The people who poo-poohed it, were marketing folks at more traditional companies (like the one I worked for, at the time). They literally laughed themselves into the poorhouse. I watched that happen, right in front of my eyes.