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Everyone Wanted a Blackberry, Even Barack Obama Bragged About It. and Then the Founder Made a Terrible Mistake

Summary by forbes.pl
When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007, he was snubbed by Mike Lazaridis, who seven years earlier had been the first to “put a computer” into a BlackBerry mobile phone and give it a keyboard. It was a revolution that slept through the next revolution.
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When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007, he was snubbed by Mike Lazaridis, who seven years earlier had been the first to “put a computer” into a BlackBerry mobile phone and give it a keyboard. It was a revolution that slept through the next revolution.

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forbes.pl broke the news in on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
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