The BlackBerry movie will tell the story of the company behind one of the most famous cell phones of the 2000s. In the movie trailer, you can see how two nerds changed the history of communication in the United States.
The film is directed by Matt Johnson, who also wrote the script with Jay Baruchel and Glen Howerton. It is based on the book Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry, by Jacquie McNish.
Find out more about the film that will tell the story of the company, which became famous in the 2000s.
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According to the synopsis, the film tells the story of the incredible rise and fall of the Canadian company that achieved market leadership in 1996. The technology created by Mike Lazaridis and his best friend Douglas Fregin, combined with the experience of businessman Jim Balsillie, completely transforms the way people communicate. Celebrities, politicians and businessmen are addicted to their BlackBerrys and the company's value soars. However, a few years later, secrets, personal disputes and the arrival of the iPhone, from Apple, threaten the company's incredible success.
The film hits Brazilian cinemas on October 12. It was already released in Canada, the company's home country, in the middle of this year.
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BlackBerry is a Canadian company that became known for its cell phones, especially in the 2000s, when it became one of the main names in the market, before the popularization of Apple's iPhone, and from Android, which was created by Google.
Despite its success in the 2000s, the company was founded in 1984 as a software company. From 1988 onwards, it began working in telecommunications, developing transmission systems used by pagers and wireless payment tools.
In 1996, the company began operating in the consumer hardware market. In the same year, the company launched a text messaging system that featured a QWERTY keyboard for typing, the Inter@ctive Pager 900.
In 1999, the company, formerly known as Research In Motion Limited, launched its first BlackBerry-branded pager, the BlackBerry 850, and also introduced the BlackBerry OS. In 2002, the company entered the mobile phone market with the ability to make calls, browse the internet, exchange messages, and more.
As one of the first to market, the company had the chance to grow a lot before it started facing tougher competition from Apple and your iPhone and other brands that used the Android system.
