BlackBerry

blackberry English Etymology Brand name, from the resemblance of the keyboard's buttons to the skin of a fruit.https://qz.com/49115/rim-renames-itself-blackberry-heres-how-that-name-came-to-be/ RIM renames itself BlackBerry: Here's how that name came to be Seward Zachary M. January 30, 2013 Quartz July 27, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20260226114316/https://qz.com/49115/rim-renames-itself-blackberry-heres-how-that-name-came-to-be 26 February 2026 Noun s + A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Ltd BlackBerry Limited. en Daniel Hoffman Blackjacking: Security Threats to BlackBerry® Devices, PDAs, and Cell Phones in the Enterprise w:Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2007 49 978-0-470-12754-4 Knowing that DA, Inc. was using BlackBerrys, the CEO of the competition hired an underground hacker to come up with a way to thwart the competition. en 2007 November Gil Schwartz Escape from the job monster w:Men's Health 22 9 1054-4836 AsgDAAAAMBAJ 120 BlackBerry A few days ago, I took a walk with my wife and did not take my BlackBerry! That's progress. Of course, I reached into my empty pockets six or seven times, so clearly I have a long way to go. en w:John Timpson Ask John: Straight-Talking, Common Sense from the Front Line of Management Icon Books 2014 9781848317901 Posers using BlackBerrys on the button lift can be pretty irritating, but I bet it gives a lot of pleasure whenever an unfortunate captain of industry drops his vital little device in the snow. en David White; Angus Gillies All roads lead north Far North Echo Publishing 2023 9781760688530 Thugga and the rest of the group communicated using BlackBerrys set up so that messages would automatically delete after 48 hours. Derived terms en BlackBerried en crackberry Translations device (transliterations) Arabic: ar بْلَاك بِيرِي m blāk birī, ar بْلَاك بِيرِي m blak berī Bulgarian: bg Блекбери Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 黑莓手機 hēiméi shǒujī Greek: el Μπλάκ-μπερη Hebrew: he בלקברי m blaqberi Japanese: ja ブラックベリー burakkuberī Korean: ko 블랙베리 Marathi: mr ब्लॅक्बेरी Persian: fa بلک‌بری blak-beri Russian: ru Блэ́кберри m Verb To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device. en 2007 Kristin Gore Sammy's Hill http://books.google.com/books?id=rPxsAthUJyoC&q=%22I+BlackBerried+a+sort+of+risque+joke+message+to+this+friend+of+mine%22 219 Miramax Books 2007 9781401360290 "I BlackBerried a sort of risque joke message to this friend of mine — it was totally a joke — but, um, I accidentally sent it to two hundred strangers. en 2009 Colleen DeBaise The Wall Street Journal: Complete Small Business Guidebook http://books.google.com/books?id=r_dxNAdfphEC&pg=PT138&dq=%22were+blackberrying%22 205 Three Rivers Press 2009 9780307408938 We've interviewed female entrepreneurs who say they were BlackBerrying up into the final stages of labor; en 2012 Matthew Zencey Unlikely Liberal: Sarah Palin's Curious Record as Alaska's Governor http://books.google.com/books?id=fCNEezJXpm4C&pg=PA144 144 Potomac Books 2012 9781612341859 But Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin told me she was well known for BlackBerrying during face-to-face meetings. en References Further reading en Computer hardware Mobile phones