July 13th, 2007
Industry group: BlackBerry #10 ecommerce innovation in last 10 years
According to the Software & Information Industry Association, BlackBerry is the tenth-most significant eCommerce innovation of the past ten years.
About BlackBerry, they say:
The BlackBerry makes communication instantaneous, and mobile. A comprehensive communications device creates a new mobile business culture. Giving road warriors the freedom to move to any location and maintain connectivity increases cooperation and efficiency. By having the web in the palm of your hand, Internet connected devices enable ecommerce anywhere, anytime.
I suppose you want to learn the rest of the Top Ten?
Well OK then:
1- Google (Sept. 1998)
2. Broadband Penetration of US Internet Users Reaches 50% (June 2004):
3. eBay Auctions
4. Amazon.com
5. Google Ad Words
6. Open Standards
7. Wi-Fi
8. User-Generated Content
9. iTunes
You know what’s even more significant. With the exception of Open Standards and iTunes, you can either experience or actualize all of the above on your BlackBerry.
Russell Shaw is an enterprise computing journalist, analyst and author based in Portland, Oregon. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
