BlackBerry: From Essential to Almost Gone
In short: BlackBerry built its success on secure email and physical keyboards, then lost its place over several years as touchscreens and app-rich consumer phones changed what a smartphone was for.
A 2:05 short film in the series “Lost Futures”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: New Scientist, “Interview: Beyond the BlackBerry”; Smithsonian National Museum of American History, “Blackberry”; HISTORY.com (A&E Television Networks), “First BlackBerry device hits the market | January 19, 1999 | HISTORY”; Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K press release filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR), “Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K press release filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR)”; Research In Motion Limited (BlackBerry Security Team), FIPS 140-2 security policy document hosted by NIST Computer Security Resource Center, “Microsoft Word - BES Cryptographic Kernel Security Policy_v1.10.doc”; Harvard Business Publishing (Harvard Business School case by Ranjay Gulati and Nicole Tempest Keller, 2021), “Transforming BlackBerry: From Smartphones to Software”; Harvard Business School, Technology and Operations Management course platform (MBA student submission by 'SRW', December 2015), “BlackBerry: Down But Not Out? - Technology and Operations Management”; Springer (Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade); article by Martin Kenney & Bryan Pon, published 7 June 2011, “Structuring the Smartphone Industry: Is the Mobile Internet OS Platform the Key?”; Telecom ParisTech, Department of Economics and Social Sciences (working paper by Yutec Sun, 2013), “1b-SUN.pdf”; Harvard Business School, Digital Innovation and Transformation course site (MBA student post by JLuo, February 1, 2018), “The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of BlackBerry - Digital Innovation and Transformation”; Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR), “rim6k.htm”; The New York Times (Bits blog, by Ian Austen, February 12, 2014), “BlackBerry's Market Share Falls Below 'Others'”; The Guardian (Juliette Garside, 13 August 2013), “BlackBerry: how business went sour”; BBC News, “Blackberry stops designing its own phones”; CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), “BlackBerry to outsource smartphone manufacturing from now on”.
Sources used in this film
- New Scientist — Interview: Beyond the BlackBerry · View →
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History — Blackberry · View →
- HISTORY.com (A&E Television Networks) — First BlackBerry device hits the market | January 19, 1999 | HISTORY · View →
- Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K press release filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR) — Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K press release filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR) · View →
- Research In Motion Limited (BlackBerry Security Team), FIPS 140-2 security policy document hosted by NIST Computer Security Resource Center — Microsoft Word - BES Cryptographic Kernel Security Policy_v1.10.doc · View →
- Harvard Business Publishing (Harvard Business School case by Ranjay Gulati and Nicole Tempest Keller, 2021) — Transforming BlackBerry: From Smartphones to Software · View →
- Harvard Business School, Technology and Operations Management course platform (MBA student submission by 'SRW', December 2015) — BlackBerry: Down But Not Out? - Technology and Operations Management · View →
- Springer (Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade); article by Martin Kenney & Bryan Pon, published 7 June 2011 — Structuring the Smartphone Industry: Is the Mobile Internet OS Platform the Key? · View →
- Telecom ParisTech, Department of Economics and Social Sciences (working paper by Yutec Sun, 2013) — 1b-SUN.pdf · View →
- Harvard Business School, Digital Innovation and Transformation course site (MBA student post by JLuo, February 1, 2018) — The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of BlackBerry - Digital Innovation and Transformation · View →
- Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR) — rim6k.htm · View →
- The New York Times (Bits blog, by Ian Austen, February 12, 2014) — BlackBerry's Market Share Falls Below 'Others' · View →
- The Guardian (Juliette Garside, 13 August 2013) — BlackBerry: how business went sour · View →
- BBC News — Blackberry stops designing its own phones · View →
- CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) — BlackBerry to outsource smartphone manufacturing from now on · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: New Scientist: Interview: Beyond the BlackBerry
- Also: Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Blackberry
- Also: HISTORY.com (A&E Television Networks): First BlackBerry device hits the market | January 19, 1999 | HISTORY
- Also: Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K press release filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR): Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K press release filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR)
- Also: Research In Motion Limited (BlackBerry Security Team), FIPS 140-2 security policy document hosted by NIST Computer Secur: Microsoft Word - BES Cryptographic Kernel Security Policy_v1.10.doc
- Also: Harvard Business Publishing (Harvard Business School case by Ranjay Gulati and Nicole Tempest Keller, 2021): Transforming BlackBerry: From Smartphones to Software
- Also: Harvard Business School, Technology and Operations Management course platform (MBA student submission by 'SRW', December: BlackBerry: Down But Not Out? - Technology and Operations Management
- Also: Springer (Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade); article by Martin Kenney & Bryan Pon, published 7 June 2011: Structuring the Smartphone Industry: Is the Mobile Internet OS Platform the Key?
- Also: Telecom ParisTech, Department of Economics and Social Sciences (working paper by Yutec Sun, 2013): 1b-SUN.pdf
- Also: Harvard Business School, Digital Innovation and Transformation course site (MBA student post by JLuo, February 1, 2018): The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of BlackBerry - Digital Innovation and Transformation
- Also: Research In Motion Limited (Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR): rim6k.htm
- Also: The New York Times (Bits blog, by Ian Austen, February 12, 2014): BlackBerry's Market Share Falls Below 'Others'
- Also: The Guardian (Juliette Garside, 13 August 2013): BlackBerry: how business went sour
- Also: BBC News: Blackberry stops designing its own phones
- Also: CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation): BlackBerry to outsource smartphone manufacturing from now on
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