<P> The first BlackBerry device , the 850 , was introduced in 1999 as a two - way pager in Munich , Germany . The name BlackBerry was coined by the marketing company Lexicon Branding . The name was chosen due to the resemblance of the keyboard 's buttons to that of the drupelets that compose the blackberry fruit . </P>
<P> The first BlackBerry device , the 850 , was introduced in 1999 as a two - way pager in Munich , Germany . The name BlackBerry was coined by the marketing company Lexicon Branding . The name was chosen due to the resemblance of the keyboard 's buttons to that of the drupelets that compose the blackberry fruit . </P>
when did the first blackberry phone come out
when did the first blackberry phone come out
in 1999
in 1999