RIM didn't think that the web was a useless feature. The crappy browser on old BlackBerry devices was due to carrier limitations (literally not allowing blackb

RIM didn't think that the web was a useless feature. The crappy browser on old BlackBerry devices was due to carrier limitations (literally not allowing blackberry to put a full browser on - refusing the buy devices from any major OEMs with proper browsers on them). Apple forced AT&T to let them include a full browser on it. Pre iPhone and Android carriers really did run the show because they owned the access to the customer. T-Mobile was trying to differentiate with the Danger stuff, which is why they allowed it to run a better browser. AT&T/Cingular and Verizon were big enough that they wouldn't have allowed it.