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BlackBerry Planet: The Story of Research in Motion and the Little Device that Took the World by Storm (Wiley)

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The good news is that chapter 2 was interesting and good and shows that the author has potential writing skills. The bad news is that chapter 1 was total drivel like obama likes his blackberry a lot and a lot of people use it. The rest of the book was boring and lacked any substantial real information.
Unfortunately I would recommend that others spare themselves the agony of reading it.

I liked this book because it gave me an insight into the history of RIM (the company that develops and markets the Blackberry). My favorite parts were chapters 2 (birth of ..), 3 (lawsuits ...) and 4 (brand to icon ...). If you are interested in the mobile technology space, especially in anything related to the smartphone, then you must read this book.

Parts of the book were a bit of a drag, and the author appears to be a little too biased in favor of the Blackberry. Nevertheless, the book is worth the $17 I paid for it. It was a quick read and I finished reading it in less than 4 hours.

As a technology and business profile enthusiast, I was excited to read this book about the founders of the blackberry, a device that i have been loyal to for the past 8 years. However, after reading this book, I was let down by the fact that it was a dry book with very little flair like other technology profiles offer. The only interesting parts were when RIM was intensely compared to Apple. Other then that, the book really didn't offer much information.
I would recommend to skim this book at best.

This book was somewhat informative, but a lot more boring and derivative -- and a bit kooky. I did not really enjoy reading this book.

Good overview of the company history, the key players, and a chronology of how RIM developed the Blackberry product. The book is not technical and I wish the author dedicated some pages to the infrastructure pieces, as I still have a poor understanding of all the BIS/BES moving components which define the Blackberry service. Other then that, Alastair Sweeney did a great job of covering the NTP lawsuit and the early history. If you're interested in the mobile space, it's a worthwhile investment - pick it up & scan the middle chapters.

the book details the interesting story of RIM and how it started. I needed the book to find out about RIM's marketing strategies and it contained it as well as many other things. Also has a lot of cool facts like Obama's high score on BrickBreaker.