When Motorola introduces the first handheld portable telephoneto the world, the futuristic technology sets off a fiercebattle among international telecommunications companies toproduce the most popular cell phone. The competition for thenext great mobile device produces innovations such as flipphones, ringtones, and text messaging. But when alittle-known tech upstart from Canada decides to combine thefeatures of a computer with a cell phone to make a smartphonecalled the Blackberry, the way we use phones will never be thesame again.
