The Rise and Fall of the BlackBerry Smartphones in US
A Story Retold in the Movie
BlackBerry revolutionized the smartphone market and influenced U.S. presidency.Obama defied policies to surrender personal communication devices and limit private email use for safety and national security.
The BlackBerry was nicknamed "CrackBerry" due to Obama's smartphone addiction while campaigning in 2008.
After his inauguration, President Obama was allowed to bring his BlackBerry to the White House, changing smartphone policy that has been followed by his Oval Office successors.
The film "BlackBerry" dramatizes the rise and fall of the pioneering smartphone but focuses more on how the phone's makers "flew a little too close to the sun" rather than the peak of BlackBerry's popularity or its impact on U.S. politics.
The film features Jay Baruchel as the device's inventor, Mike Lazaridis, and Glenn Howerton as former BlackBerry CEO, Jim Balsillie, who has been portrayed as an example of rapacious capitalism incarnate.
Balsillie's personal motto is "Competition is good" instead of "Greed is good."
The BlackBerry's story is condensed and includes invented situations to move the narrative along in the film.
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Critics praise the movie & it inspires entrepreneurs
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