The new movie BlackBerry is a celebration of the much beloved phone. It stars Hollywood actors and gives a behind-the-scenes sense of the rise and fall of the Waterloo, Ont.-based company RIM.
But under all that, it’s a love letter to innovation. The BlackBerry changed how we work, how we live and how we communicate.
“How profoundly important the innovation that these nerds above a diner in Waterloo in 1996 came up with,” the movie’s star, Jay Baruchel, told CBC News at a recent red carpet event.
It’s easy to look back at the spectacular rise and fall of BlackBerry and focus on
