BlackBerry first made headway in the marketplace by concentrating on e-mail. The Canadian company RIM, which developed it, currently offers BlackBerry e-mail service to non-BlackBerry devices.

• 黑莓手机最早在电子邮件领域获得市场突破，开发这种手机的加拿大公司RIM如今也向非黑莓手机提供应用于黑莓手机的电子邮件服务。