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    Object Details

    maker

    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

    date made

    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

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5f4b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1191300

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