In this archival CNET News.com television clip, Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research In Motion, discusses the success of the then-young BlackBerry.

How did the company that produced the BlackBerry perceive the incoming threat from Palm and the new Treo? In this clip, CNET News.com speaks with Dennis Kavelman, CFO for Research In Motion, at the JP Morgan HQ Annual Technology Conference 2001.

Analysts were beginning to doubt that the BlackBerry would continue to rule the market for PDAs as the gadget started to be pegged as a fad. In a vintage CNET News.com TV clip, we take an in-depth look at what the general consciousness was on the trendy item.

CNET's Rafe Needleman spoke with Research In Motion's Andrea Craig when the BlackBerry moved to a smaller keyboard. How did this compare with Palm's full keyboard?

In this whiteboard session, TechRepublic Content Manager Jason Hiner describes how the BlackBerry beat out Palm's Treo in the first quarter of 2005. How can the BlackBerry maintain its position, and what might happen to make that change?

With 2004's 7100t model, the BlackBerry got more phonelike, albeit with a scaled down QWERTY keyboard.

In January 2005, the hefty 7750 model was decent despite its weight and lack of Bluetooth capabilities.

The 7100g, which appeared in September 2005, lightened things up, but typing was awkward.

With automatic light adjustment and Bluetooth capabilities, the most recent BlackBerry, the 8700c, is a solid model.