A short history of BlackBerry

Two months after launching its second Android smartphone, the DTEK50, BlackBerry announced that it would be undergoing a "strategic shift."
"The company plans to end all internal hardware development and will outsource that function to partners," CEO John Chen said in a statement. "This allows us to reduce capital requirements and enhance return on invested capital."
In the 20 years since it launched, BlackBerry has ridden the high of being the darling of the tech industry to the low of being almost made obsolete as Apple and Google take over the smartphone marketplace. But don’t count them out just yet. Here’s a look back at BlackBerry’s complex history.