The blackberry was going to be called the "StrawBerry" because the qwerty keyboard reminded them of the little seeds on a strawberry. But "Straaawberry" was to slow of a sound. So they changed it to blackberry, a quick catchy name!
Mike Lazaridis
Mike Lazaridis
John McCain Mike Lazaridis is the creater of blackberry not john mcCain
1999
Mike Lazaridis is the inventor of the blackberry. A link is provided below.
1999 by Mike Laziridis
Yes, and he worked with Jim Balsillie.
Thoresten Heins took over the BlackBerry company for Mike (Mihalis) Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie.
He invented the Blackeberry in the year of 1999. :)
Acorn, Apricot, Blackberry (well that's a phone), Apple Mac, Raspberry (Pi)
The best invention from 1998 was Microsoft Windows 98 Edition. In addition, Google, BlackBerry 850 wireless hand held, and the Claw was invented in 1998.
Version 5.0 is the highest software update available for a Bold 9000