The entered the market in the year 1999, with their first smartphone model (type 850). Blackberry was a pioneer in bringing email services to a mobile phone. The served a higher security rate than others. Furthermore, was it more a status symbol for the rich and famous. Another unique feature was an integrated Qwerty keyboard in their mobile phone.
BlackBerry technology and smartphone devices.
Apple, Samsung, and other big companies took their chance after BlackBerry failed to follow the innovation movements other mobile device companies made.
They didn’t change their concept and therefore they went downhill and didn’t recover. The company got sold a couple times.
BlackBerry was once market leader in selling mobile phones, but their lack of flexibility and closed-minded mindset for innovation/ chance caused them to go downhill. Apple introduced their first “iPhone” in 2007 with a touchscreen panel.
They are still in the mobile device business but decreased a lot in size and name. Blackberry produces android devices instead of their own OS system they offered at their peak moment as a market leader.
Their lack of will to change and implanting new innovative steps made them vulnerable for competitors who did.