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November 2, 2005

Blackberry overhaul should please devotees

  • It is still primarily an e-mail device, though with a growing emphasis on being a basic cell phone as well.
    • By BRUCE MEYERSON
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — There are, by now, a slew of BlackBerry-like cell phones with typewriter keyboards for mobile e-mail. But none, including Palm Inc.'s popular Treo, has yet mustered a following that resembles the malady affectionately known as "CrackBerry" addiction.

    So it's no ho-hum when BlackBerry's maker, Research In Motion Ltd., overhauls its flagship device for the first time in nearly three years.


     
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