Research in Motion used to have THE digital device on the market, the Blackberry. In fact, it was so much the dominant device that it was actually referred to as the ‘Crackberry.’ It has the distinction of being the first mass-produced electronic device in which owners and users showed signs of addiction. Its communication and messaging services were unparalleled, and it ushered in the era of the smartphone even though it really wasn’t one.

My how times have changed.

While Apple’s iPhone is the most popular smartphone and Android the most popular mobile operating system, RIM has been left in the dust. The headline of this Ars Technica article says it all: “RIM Deathwatch: Blackberry subscriptions in ‘downward spiral.'”

I know people who still use Blackberry’s and love them, but there’s no doubt that Android phones and especially the iPhone have blown past them. They once were the industry leader, bu their inability to keep up looks like it will prove their undoing (which ht always does).

Anyone still use one? I do still see them around.