That speaks to how bad everybody else was. The first BlackBerry was technologically similar to contemporary PalmOS devices with a GSM module bolted on. Boring.

That speaks to how bad everybody else was. The first BlackBerry was technologically similar to contemporary PalmOS devices with a GSM module bolted on. Boring. Predictable. But they actually worked. RIM won by showing up and not being totally incompetent. They lost by being complacent.