What about Blackberry?

Have you ever heard about  BBs? Of course you did. Everyone has one or has a friend who has one! Is it trendy? Is it fashion? It could be, but all the users agree that it’s useful!

The range of Blackberry phones were created by the Canadian company Research in Motion (RIM) in 1984. They are identified as smartphones, because they have e-mail service integrated within the phone. 

As a market, Blackberry uses Blackberry App World, where you may find thousands of applications in order to complete the phone and make it more interactive.  The most popular exemplar is the Blackberry Curve 8520, which has been the most demanded by the customers.

Have you noticed the peculiarity of the phone’s name? Yep! It’s food again!

There are two different reasons that could explain the meaning of its peculiar name. One of them you may find that is quite weird, although it is actually a fraud, the meaning could be very interesting.

The realistic one is the following: initially, these phones were only made in black though nowadays you can buy them in many different colors. Apart from the color, the keypad can also remind us of the little spots the fruit has; so the name came from the similitude between the mobile and the blackberry.

Another explanation would be the metaphor made between a fetter and how people use the phone.  When slavery was something quite prevailing in the USA, new slaves used to carry fetters with a big black ball in order to ensure that they don’t run away from the cotton fields. This fetter used to be called Blackberry because of the ball and it “similitude” with the fruit. It is said that people who own a Blackberry could be quite addicted or dependant on the phone so it is for that reason that this explanation could suit though it is offensive and not very probable!

By Ángel Barbecho Ortega