What more can we tell you about the BlackBerry that you don\u2019t know? From a number of patent lawsuits, to being named the world\u2019s fastest growing company by Fortune, to service outages, and being trusted by The Defense Department, BlackBerry has been around and looks like it\u2019s sticking around.\u00a0 While Research in Motion, now BlackBerry Ltd., has an incredibly rich history for a relatively young company, it would take more than a \u201cshort history\u201d series to cover all that has happened.\u00a0 We\u2019ll save that for a future post, so keep your eyes peeled if you\u2019re interested.<\/p>\n
Three years and a number of devices after the BlackBerry 7200 series,\u00a0Steve Jobs announced the Apple iPhone to the public in January 2007. In June of the same year, the first iPhone was released to the public.\u00a0 Apple claimed to be reinventing<\/em> the phone, with its multi-touch screen, easy-to-use conference calling, and incomparable messaging and email services.\u00a0 Since its release 8 years ago, the iPhone has gotten consistently thinner with the release of each model.\u00a0 The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus that we know today are among the fastest, most user friendly devices on the market (or so says Apple).<\/p>\n What most may not know is that at the time of the iPhone release, Android was also working on its operating system.\u00a0 What was and still is novel about the Android operating system is that it is open source, allowing for developers and manufacturers to have some say in how the system looks on their phones.<\/p>\n What began as a startup, Android was picked up by Google in 2005 for a reported $50 million.\u00a0 At first, the Android system was an operating system alone, but soon after the release of the iPhone, the minds behind it realized that they needed to have a concrete, mobile platform.\u00a0 They launched the HTC Dream in late 2008, with T-Mobile as its carrier.<\/p>\n The greatest difference between the iPhone and Android systems is that the iPhone is only available as a singular package, completely controlled by Apple; whereas the Android system is available on a range of devices from a large number of manufacturers.\u00a0 Interestingly enough, while there always seems to be hype about the iPhone, Google\u2019s Android has authority in the market, globally powering about 85% of cellular devices compared to Apple\u2019s 11%.<\/p>\n With all this in mind, what is in store for the future of mobile telephony? What do you think? Let us know in the comment section below.<\/p>\n