Blackberry Phones: The Growth of Smartphones
Communication is vital to every human being as it is to the business organizations. As technological
innovations came around, and business expansion started gaining roots, mobile communication became
an important aspect. The history of mobile phones dates back to the development of devices connected
wirelessly to the public switched telephone network and radiotelephony links used for military
communications during the Second World War. Modern day mobile phones can be used for voice and
data communications.
After the first analog mobile phone call by Martin Cooper of Motorola to Dr. Joel Engles of Bell labs, on
April 3rd 1973, the mobile technology has come a long way. Divided as different generations from 1st, 2nd
& 3rd marks the improvement of technology and the significant changes in capabilities of the mobile
phones. The technological development has facilitated the growth of the mobile industry and with it has
grown the mobile handset industry. Today’s mobile phones or Smart phones like the Blackberry
phones come in with a number of in-built features, which makes it possible for the people to be
connected also to the corporate network and maintain business continuity.
Designed and developed by Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) since 1999, BlackBerry
phones is a line of smartphone devices providing business solutions to today’s executives. Designed to
function as a personal assistant, portable media player, Internet browser and gaming device, this is sought
after for its ability for mobile emailing and instant messaging through high security levels. The messages
sent from blackberry phones use blackberry messenger and is sent over the Internet using a Blackberry
PIN.
Being sold worldwide either from online stores or retail outlets, Blackberry phones have grabbed the
market as the leading smartphone device with its innumerable features. The “stay in touch” facility,
offered by these phones makes it possible to be connected from any part of the world, through instant
messaging, e-mail and text messaging, calls, and social networking. These mobile devices supports all
smart phone applications like the address book, calendar, to-do lists, mobile telephone, internet faxing,
and web browsing.
These cheap mobile phones have rich features like maps, GPS and Tethered Modem. Further the music
lovers, the phone has music & video player, recorder, and media synchronization functions. Besides all,
the features that make the blackberry phones the leaders in the smartphone sector is its back-end
integration, end-to-end security, and push based wireless applications. All these features make this phone
a must for the mobile workforce. Blackberry phones come in wide range and the latest technology ones
such as BlackBerry 9800 Torch, Blackberry Curve 8520, Blackberry curve 8530 or Blackberry Bold Touch
are available in India both off the self and online shopping stores.
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