BlackBerry's 2011 attempt at creating a competitor to the Apple iPad, the PlayBook was a 7-inch tablet that ran the gesture-based BlackBerry Tablet OS.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd.'s U.S. smartphone market share rose in 2008's fourth quarter to 47.5 percent, up from 40.4 percent in the third quarter, while Apple market share ...

who plays former BlackBerry CEO, Jim Balsillie, goes absolutely ballistic at the reveal of the original Apple iPhone. That marked the beginning of BlackBerry's rapid demise – and he knew it.