Blackberry Model R900M
date: label: date made
content: 1999-2001
name: label: maker
content: Research In Motion
notes: label: Description
content: The Blackberry is a handheld wireless Personal Data Assistant (PDA) and communication device. It has a thumb keyboard and a wheel for navigation, as opposed to using a stylus like its competitors. This unit was owned by a law firm partner who arrived at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, just minutes after the first tower was hit. Using this Blackberry, he stayed in constant communication with his staff all day until he had located everyone.
label: Description
content: the trademark shown on the back of the device was registered and first used in commerce in 1999.
label: Description
content: Blackberry devices were also instrumental in the publication of the <I>Wall Street Journal</I> on September 12, 2001. Although their offices were vacated and their staff scattered, <I>WSJ</I> writers were able to use their Blackberrys to write stories and submit them to editorial staff as events unfolded on September 11th.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: place made
content: Canada: Ontarian, Waterloo
label: used
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
topic: label: Subject
content: Terrorism
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: September 11
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Matthew Farley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0355.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0355
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0355.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: personal digital assistant
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: grey (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.2 cm x 9 cm x 2.4 cm; 2 7/16 in x 3 9/16 in x 15/16 in