BlackBerry has been around since 1996 and was the dominant player in the smartphone market for som Most Current Major Version: BlackBerry OS 6.0, launched August 12, 2010 Demographics: BlackBerry originally appealed to business users who needed to stay connected to email while on the go. Over time it expanded its range to include many students and more casual users, but it has always remained a primarily business-oriented device. Distribution: 100 Million units soldShare: Approximately 27% of the Smartphone market, 8% of the total US cell phone market The Good and Bad: BlackBerry has recently reorganized some of its internal structures to make it more developer friendly, as well as modified pricing limitations and standardized the share it receives for app sales. This makes it more accessible for consumer apps, but it still presents challenges as multiple versions and varying device capabilities threaten compatibility and complicate development. Also, BlackBerry is quickly losing gr...