PC-GR TECH HISTORY BlackBerry 6230
BlackBerry 6230 | Quark Series | TechMuseum
Year of release: 2003
Technical specifications :
- Network: GSM
- Dimensions: 113 x 75 x 20 mm
- Weight: 136 g
- Antenna : No
- Display : Monochrome
- Sound : Monophonic
- Bluetooth: No
- WiFi: No
- OS: BlackBerry OS
The BlackBerry 6230 features a GSM Network connection without antenna, no Wifi or Bluetooth. The operating system was the manufacturer’s and had monochromic display and monophonic sound.
The Quark series was a business oriented smartphone brand line, developed by Reasearch in Motion. It was introduced as the first generation of BlackBerry phones. To note, the series was so successful that reached the All-Time Top 100 Gadgets list.
Canadian company BlackBerry Limited, founded in 1999, started the brand of smartphones and tablets. Up until 2016 the brand line met enormous success, with the sales reaching 85 million units in 2011. After Android and iOS platforms entered the market on this year as serious competitors, the numbers of sales plunged, reaching almost only 23 million in 2016 and 11 million in 2017.
On 2016, the company ceased designing its own models and licensed third party companies to design, manufacture and market smart phone series under the brand. In 2020, Texan OnwardMobility showed interest in developing a 5G Blackberry smartphone, but later on, in 2022, announced their shutting down. To note, the Blackberry Limited company now specializes in cybersecurity. Its products help manufacturers, enterprises, governments prevent hacking and ransomware attacks.
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