BlackBerry: The Inside Story of Research in Motion " BusinessWeek put the case for owning one bluntly in an article entitled "No BlackBerry: No Life. Oprah Winfrey declared on her show that the BlackBerry is one of her "favorite things.The BlackBerry is quite literally everywhere. BlackBerry: The Untold Story of Research in Motion is

Title	:	BlackBerry: The Inside Story of Research in Motion
Author	:	Rod McQueen
Rating	:	4.61 (835 Votes)
Asin	:	1552639401
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	320 Pages
Publish Date	:	2010-03-16
Genre	:

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 Balsilliewith 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.

Editorial : “The story of Research in Motion is undeniably compelling and genuinely inspring.”--Quill & Quire

Personally I would have preferred the last few chapters compressed into fewer pages; for example, I mean, I wasn't really that interested in knowing all the specific charity contributions of the early team members; so instead of enumerating that it would've been better if something else had taken its place. Much easier to read over a few days than the usual textbooks like Trachtenberg's, and I'm doing very well on history-related practice questions now. Hein better be working on her second book because her readers will be wanting more.. Harris' discussions of Hume's works are judicious and presented clearly. I picked up this book at the library as a refresher on history while studying for the Architect's Registration Exam. This is a reprint of a pretty old welding book. Teri Hein is a wit. I've long stopped reading books that chronicles the rise of companies and have walked right past bookshelves that proclaim the arrival of new giants like Facebook and Twitter, but, RIM, of course, is