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BlackBerry: The Inside Story of Research in Motion
BlackBerry The Inside Story of Research in Motion Author:Rod McQueen The BlackBerry is ? quite literally ? everywhere. President Barack Obama admits he can't live without it. Oprah Winfrey declared on her show that the BlackBerry is one of her "favorite things." BusinessWeek put the case for owning one bluntly in an article entitled "No BlackBerry: No Life." Launched in 1984 by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsi... more »lliewith on a $15,000 loan, Research in Motion (RIM) has grown into one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world. The reason: the BlackBerry. RIM had sold more than 50 million BlackBerrys by 2009 and sales of the handheld device generates annual profits in excess of $11 billion. BlackBerry: The Untold Story of Research in Motion is bestselling author Rod McQueen?s fascinating and absorbing biography of the device?s incredible popularity, as well as a never-before-seen glimpse into its origins and development ? and the geniuses who were its inspiration.« less