00:00In the meantime, it got into a legal battle with General Motors over the use of the name
00:04BlackBerry. The court ruled in favor of GM, so the company had to change its name to Research
00:08in Motion or RIM. The BlackBerry, released in 1999, helped the company enter the mainstream
00:14market. The next year, RIM went public on the NASDAQ stock market. In 2002, the company
00:19introduced the BlackBerry 7200 series, which was its first smartphone. These devices were
00:25even more popular than the previous models and helped RIM become one of the most valuable
00:29technology companies in the world. By 2006, RIM had sold more than 10 million BlackBerrys worldwide.
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