Unokuva abantu bekhankanya i-BlackBerry, kwaye uyazi ukuba akathethi ngeziqhamo. Kodwa ba thetha ntoni? Kungenzeka, bathetha nge-smartphone ye-BlackBerry.
I-BlackBerry i-smartphone eyenziwe yinkampani yaseCanada i-Research In Motion. Iifowuni ze-BlackBerry ziyaziwa ngokuba ziphethe kakuhle nge-imeyile kwaye zidlalwa njengezixhobo zentengiso.
I-BlackBerry handheld eqinisweni yaqala njengezixhobo zedatha kuphela, oku kuthetha ukuba ayinakusetyenziswa ukwenza iifowuni. Imodeli yasekuqaleni yayingama-pagers amabini aphethe iikhibhodi ezipheleleyo ze-QWERTY. Ziye zisetyenziswe ngokubanzi ngabashishini bezentengiso ukuthumela imilayezo emva nangaphandle ngaphandle kwentambo.
Ngokukhawuleza i-RIM yongezelela i-imeyile yamandla kwiidivayisi zayo ze-BlackBerry, eziye zaziwa ngokugqithisileyo kubagwebi nakwabanye abasebenzisi benkampani. Iifayile zokuqala ze-imeyile ze-imeyile zineenkcukacha ezipheleleyo ze-QWERTY kunye nezikrini ze-monochrome kodwa zazingekho iimpawu zefoni.
I-BlackBerry 5810, eyasungulwa ngo-2002, yiyona yokuqala ye-BlackBerry yokongeza umsebenzi wefowuni. Kwakubonakala ngathi iifayile ze-RIM kuphela-zixhobo, zigcina enye ifomathi ye-squat, ikhibhodi ye-QWERTY kunye neskrini se-monochrome. Kwakudinga i-headset kunye nemakrofoni ukwenza iifowuni, njengoko isithethi engakhiwanga kuyo.
I- BlackBerry 6000 uchungechunge , kwakhona yaqaliswa ngo-2002, ibe ngowokuqala ukufaka umsebenzi odibeneyo wefowuni, oku kuthetha ukuba abasebenzisi abazange bafune i-headset yangaphandle ukwenza iifowuni. Iingqungquthela ze-7000 zongezwe imifanekiso yemibala kwaye yabona iqhosha lekhibhodi ye-SureType, ifomathi yeQWERTY eguquliwe kunye neeleta ezimbini kwizitshixo ezininzi, ezivumela iifowuni ezincinci.
Iifowuni ezitsha ze-BlackBerry ziquka i- BlackBerry Bold enhle kakhulu, i- Curve 8900 , kunye ne- BlackBerry Storm , engowona kuphela umnxeba we-BlackBerry ukuyeka ikhibhodi engokwenyama ngokuthanda isihenqo. Iifowuni ze -BlackBerry zanamhlanje zikhala kakhulu kwii-BlackBerry zangaphambili, njengoko ngoku zizonke zibonisa izikrini zemibala, ininzi yesofthiwe, kunye nobuchule obukhulu befowuni. Kodwa bahlala beyinyaniso kwiingcambu ze-BlackBerry njenge-e-mail kuphela ifowuni: I-BlackBerry Smartphones inikeza enye yeyona ndlela efanelekileyo ye-imeyile yokusingatha oyifumana kwi-smartphone.
I-BlackBerry sele iqalile i-OS yayo kwaye ikhulula ii-smartphones nge-Android ye-OS ye-Android - i- BlackBerry Priv kunye ne-DTEK50 zibini zokukhutshwa kwayo kwamuva.