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Understanding the BlackBerry Ecosystem

The BlackBerry smartphone has its roots in a two-way messaging device called the "Interactive Pager" released in 1995 by Research In Motion, a small hardware designer based in Waterloo, Ontario. Unlike today's BlackBerry devices, the Interactive Pager did not work on normal cellular data networks, instead using a special-purpose wireless data network known as Mobitex. The device even looked like a pager, except that it included a small keyboard for user input. The trademark "BlackBerry" f...

5 Worst British Tech Inventions

1. The Advanced Passenger Train (APT)We might have invented the first one (The Rocket), but we've been making up for it ever since, partly by coming up with the worst rail infrastructure in world and then gifting the British people with the Advanced Passenger Train. The APT itself was pretty clever - thanks to a tilting mechanism and some innovative water turbine brakes. Unfortunately early high profile failures ensured that the project was stillborn at launch as the media feasted on stories o...

15 Best British Tech Inventions

As the UK slips into its worst recession for 100 years, we think it's time we took stock of the technologies that have advanced our everyday lives and to sing the praises of the inventors who truly put the great into Great Britain. So fire up your American-designed, Chinese-made MP3 player, crack open another can of East European lager and join us on our journey through 15 of the very, very best British inventions. And for the cynics among you (whisper it) we're also owning up to some of the...

Pen Drives

Pen drives are one of the best in new technology. They act just like a floppy disk where you can transport and hold files and programs and open them anywhere there is a computer. They are stylish, smart and built to be as small as a pen. Most people are not even using floppy disks anymore and are turning to a more advanced method such as the pen drive. There are many different styles you can choose from. You can pick from any color imaginable and styles can vary too. They can be slim or c...

History of Cellular Phones Part 2

Individual Inventors & Mobile Phone Patents Dr. Martin Cooper for Motorola. US03906166 09/16/1975 Radio telephone system Inventors: Martin Cooper, Richard W. Dronsuth, ; Albert J. Mikulski, Charles N. Lynk Jr., James J. Mikulski, John F. Mitchell, Roy A. Richardson, John H. Sangster Dr Martin Cooper, a former general manager for the systems division at Motorola, is considered the inventor of the first modern portable handset. Cooper made the first call on a portable cell phone in Apr...