Scholarly Texts and Articles 

Firmin, M. W., Firmin, R. L., Orient, K. M., Edwards, A. J., & Cunliff, J. M. (2012). The blackberry image: Self-identified perceptions and motivations associated with college student Blackberry use. Educational Media International, 49(1), 19–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523987.2012.662622

Katz, J. E., & Sugiyama, S. (2006). Mobile Phones as Fashion Statements: The Co-Creation of Mobile Communication’s Public Meaning. New Media & Society, 8(2), 321-340.

Leung, I. (n.d.). BlackBerry Limited. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/blackberry-limited

Leung, I. (2022). BlackBerry Limited. Edited by J. Poulin. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/blackberry-limited

Ling, R. (2008). New Tech, New Ties: How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion. MIT Press.

Marsden, C. (2008). Internet Co-Regulation: European Law, Regulatory Governance and Legitimacy in Cyberspace. Cambridge University Press.

Middleton, C. A. (2007). Illusions of balance and control in an always-on environment: A case study of Blackberry users. Continuum, 21(2), 165–178. https://doi.org/10.1080/10304310701268695

Middleton, C. A., Scheepers, H., & Cukier, W. (2005). Exploring the Contradictions of Mobility: A Case Study of Blackberry Users in Canada. https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14639811.v1

Michaluk, K., Trautschold, M., & Mazo, G. (2010). Crackberry: True Tales of Blackberry Use and Abuse. Apress.

Reynolds, L., Gillette, S., Marder, J., Miles, Z., Vodenski, P., Weintraub, A., Birnholtz, J., & Hancock, J. (2011). Contact Stratification and Deception: Blackberry Messenger versus SMS use Among Students. Proceedings of the ACM 2011 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 221–224. https://doi.org/10.1145/1958824.1958857

Rogers Communications Inc. (2009). BlackBerry_Curve8900_En. Rogers.com. https://www.rogers.com/cms/pdf/en/Wireless/NewCellPhone/BlackBerry_Curve8900_En.pdf

Trautschold, M., & Mazo, G. (2009). Blackberry Curve 8900 Made Simple. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/blackberrycurve80000mart/page/16/mode/2up

Underwood, M. K., Rosen, L. H., More, D., Ehrenreich, S. E., & Gentsch, J. K. (2012). The blackberry project: Capturing the content of adolescents’ text messaging. Developmental Psychology, 48(2), 295–302. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025914

West, J., & Mace, M. (2010). Browsing as the Killer App: Explaining the Rapid Success of Apple’s iPhone. Telecommunications Policy, 34(5-6), 270-286.

Media & Websites

Anonymous User. (2018). R/blackberry on reddit: I’ve been using this blackberry 8520 as my daily driver for 8+ years now. AMA. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/blackberry/comments/81cou9/ive-been_using_this_blackberry_8520_as_my_daily/

Awan, H. (2024, June 25). How Secure Are Blackberry Phones? EFANI. https://www.efani.com/blog/how-secure-are-blackberry-phones

Bascaramurty, D. (2013). BlackBerry: The Rise and Fall of RIM. The Globe and Mail.

BlackBerry. (2014). BlackBerry Messenger (Vol. 8.5). BlackBerry UK Limited. 24AD, https://archive.org/details/manualzz-id-1095322/page/28/mode/2up

BlackBerry. (2016, May 22). BlackBerry Curve 8900 Commercial. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRPOYRHECdU

Browne, Michael. “Work Hard, Play Harder...” Digit Magazine June 2009, June 2009. https://archive.org/details/DigitJune2009/page/n127/mode/2up?q=8900.

Cheng, R. (2011, August 17). Blackberry Bold’s price tag is just plain crazy. CNET. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/blackberry-bolds-price-tag-is-just-plain-crazy/

Crackberry Forums User. “Help!! Bold vs Curve 8900.” Club CrackBerry BlackBerry Forums, January 26, 2009. https://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-bold-series-f235/help-bold-vs-curve-8900-a-143858/.

CrackBerry. (n.d.). T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone review.

DeGruccio, A. L. (n.d.). De Quervain’s tendonosis. Orthopedic & Sports Specialists of Louisville, P.S.C. https://www.orthopedicandsportsspecialists.com/de-quervains-tendonosis-andrew-louis-degruccio-md.html#:~:text=De%20Quervain%27s%20Tenosynovitis%20is%20a,texting%20on%20small%20handheld%20devices.

Duarte, F. (2025, February 23). Time spent using smartphones (2024 statistics). Exploding Topics. https://explodingtopics.com/blog/smartphone-usage-stats

Erdmann, A. (2015, June 15). Letter from a Blackberry Addict. The American Interest. https://www.the-american-interest.com/2007/09/01/letter-from-a-blackberry-addict/

Farmer, I. (2023, October 16). BlackBerry: The world’s first taste of smartphone addiction. Cent Magazine. https://centmagazine.co.uk/blackberry-the-worlds-first-taste-of-smartphone-addiction/

Feng, C. (2024, May 10). The read receipt dilemma: Do message senders really need to know?. Blue Tech Wave Media. https://btw.media/tech-trends/read-receipt-feature-on-social-platforms/

Gibbs, S. (2014, October 28). Why Kim Kardashian has a stash of BlackBerry phones. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/28/why-kim-kardashian-has-a-stash-of-blackberry-phones

Goggin, G. (2012). Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life. Routledge.

Hern, A. (2019, May 31). BlackBerry Messenger shuts down as owners blame lack of users. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/31/blackberry-shuts-down-bbm-messenger-citing-competition-as-cause

Hicks, A. (2024, November 22). Smartphone addiction becoming a global concern. CTVNews. https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/smartphone-addiction-becoming-a-global-concern/

Jinnett, M. (2009, January 28). Review: Rim blackberry curve 8900. Wired. https://www.wired.com/2009/01/pr-blackberry-8900/

Johnston, Craig. “T-Mobile Blackberry Curve 8900 Smartphone Review.” CrackBerry, January 28, 2009. https://crackberry.com/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-smartphone-review.

Leung, I. (2022). Blackberry Limited | the Canadian encyclopedia. BlackBerry Limited. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/blackberry-limited

Malik, O. (2010, September 7). Smartphones & the importance of retail stores. On my Om. https://om.co/gigaom/smartphones-the-importance-of-retail-stores/

McEvoy, C. (2023, May 9). The Meteoric Rise and Fall of BlackBerry and its Inventors. Biography. https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/a43840015/true-story-of-blackberry-ceos-mike-lazairidis-and-jim-balsillie

McInnes, K. (2009, June 19). Blackberry cool. BlackBerry Cool Blog. https://web.archive.org/web/20120914081156/https://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/06/19/reasearch-in-motion-1st-quarter-fiscal-2010-conference-call/

McNish, J., & Silcoff, S. (2015). Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry. Flatiron Books.

Moreno, M. (2017, October 11). A complete guide to Dummy Phones. Medium. https://medium.com/@NowYouKnow1/a-complete-guide-to-dummy-phones-534354c49cfa

Murph, Darren. “Rim’s Blackberry Curve 8900 Has Arrived on Rogers.” Yahoo!, December 9, 2009. https://money.yahoo.com/2008-12-09-rims-blackberry-curve-8900-has-arrived-on-rogers.html.

O’Sullivan, B. (2013). Beyond blackberry thumb. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 185(4). https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4395

PC Mag. (2010, October 6). Blackberry curve 8520. PCMag UK. https://uk.pcmag.com/reviews/23144/blackberry-curve-8520

Perez, Marin. “T-Mobile Snags BlackBerry Curve 8900.” InformationWeek, January 7, 2009. https://www.informationweek.com/it-sectors/t-mobile-snags-blackberry-curve-8900.

Sandhills Publishing. (2010, April 1). PC Today volume 8 issue 4. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/pctoday-magazine-v8i4/page/n9/mode/2up?q=blackberry%2Bcurve%2B8900

Selleck, E. (2013, April 23). How important are display models in wireless retail stores?. News.Wirefly. https://news.wirefly.com/2013/04/23/how-important-are-display-models-in-wireless-retail-stores

Slavov, M. (2025, February 11). The best blackberry phones in 2025. PhoneArena. https://www.phonearena.com/news/best-blackberry-phones_id133824

Turel, O., Bontis, N., & Serenko, A. (2008). Blackberry Addiction: Symptoms and Outcomes. Toronto; Americas Conference on Information Systems.

User Obi-SpunKenobi. (2022). R/dumbphones on reddit: Blackberry nostalgia. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/uoj6we/blackberry_nostalgia/

Ziegler, C. (2010, February 3). T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Curve 8900 rides off into the sunset. Yahoo! News. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/2010-02-03-t-mobiles-blackberry-curve-8900-rides-off-into-the-sunset.html