Blackberry Anyone?? :D

Blackberry anyone?

The term blackberry originally, is a fruiit that is not a real berry that is edible produced by any of several species in the Rubus genus of the Rosaceae family. It has also been used on the following:

Places:

    * Black Berry Islands, Nunavut, Canada

    * Blackberry Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, USA

    * Blackberry Township, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Songs

    * "Blackberry" (song), by the Black Crowes

    * "Blackberry Way", by The Move

Now, in our modern age, where technologies are sprouting from one place to another, this term is now widely known on the line of mobile e-mail and smartphone devices. Research In Motion (RIM) developed and designed it since 1999.

They are very useful especially for internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more. Its like a personal computer in a handheld device.

Another term came up from Blacberry. The term "CrackBerry" is now being referred to Blackberry mostly in Canada and the United States, which is referring to the addictive and its excessive use by its owners just like in the addictiveness on a crack cocaine. The term 'CrackBerry' has become widely know became so widespread that Webster's New World College Dictionary named "crackberry" the "New Word of the Year" in November 2006.

A controversy arised though on October, 2011, wherein BlackBerry users was unable to connect to the BlackBerry servers due to a major failure. It was 3 days of interrupted service in many parts of the world. BlackBerry had amended by announcing in giving all its users free apps worth $100 as an apology for its service disruption. :D