First Blackberry – Inter@ctive Pager 850 & 5790

Since it’s Friday I thought everyone would get a kick out of this. You’re looking at the first Blackberry. Well that’s not an entirely true statement. The Inter@ctive Pager (850) which was released in 1997 was the first device made by RIM (Research In Motion). The first Blackberry wasn’t a phone at all, as you can see from the picture it was a 2-way pager that had a full keyboard. Now you can see how RIM knew from an early point that a full QWERTY keyboard on a mobile device was the future. The Blackberry below, the 5790 was the first RIM device that was a mobile phone. Lets just call today throw back Friday.