(While its functions were limited, adjusted for inflation, the original version of the BlackBerry cost roughly $650.) I took one of those original BlackBerrys cross-country skiing and sent an email from a cabin along the trails just for the sheer novelty of it. Now, of course, I’m happiest skiing where there’s no signal that allows emails, texts and Slack messages to follow me. In a time when there was far more anxiety about email security in general, I.T. More than anything, BlackBerry was selling the idea that the unique network its devices operated through provided absolute security.

Source: thestar January 08, 2022 17:14 UTC