Object Details
- Research In Motion
- Description
- Research in Motion (RIM) produced this Blackberry model 957 Internet Edition in 2000. The first Blackberry was introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager before pivoting to become a device featuring an always-connected e-mail with personal digital assistant functionality. The Blackberry 957 came with 5 megabytes of flash storage, 512 kilobytes of random access memory, with an Intel 386 processor running at 20 megahertz. Blackberrys came with applications that included e-mail, address book, calendar, alarm, calculator, memo pad, and a task list that could by synchronized with a user's PC through the included dock. The Blackberry 957 Internet Edition was one of the first devices that allowed mobile web use and e-mail, now ubiquitous in smart phones.
- Credit Line
- from Daniel Henderson
- 2000
- ID Number
- 2003.0095.030
- accession number
- 2003.0095
- catalog number
- 2003.0095.030
- Object Name
- personal digital assistant
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- vinyl (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.6 cm x 7.8 cm x 1.8 cm; 4 9/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 11/16 in
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- American Enterprise
- Computers & Business Machines
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1191300
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5f4b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
