Review: BlackBerry Borrows Pearl Pointer

February 14, 2007 Review: BlackBerry Borrows Pearl Pointer

The BlackBerry 8800 smartphone is photographed Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

(AP) -- The maker of BlackBerry e-mail phones has managed to reinvent its wheel repeatedly, churning out surprising new models and innovative redesigns that have repeatedly left rivals in the dust.

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