They used to call it the “Crackberry”, because executives couldn’t tear themselves away from the device.

Now, though, it seems like the Blackberry is losing its addictive powers, and businesses and busy bosses are shopping around for other smartphones - lured, like the rest of us, by the magical properties of Apple’s iPhone or other such devices. It is fast adding up to an identity crisis for the Blackberry and, potentially, a major financial problem for Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian company which makes it.

To read this report in The Independent in full, see:
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/has-big-business-kicked-its-crackberry-habit-2131810.html