[Madmartagen]

there was a patent infringement case against RIM (makers of bberry) over some tech that allowed you to send and receive emails. The decision could have supposedly shut down the bberry fleet and would have halted service to them, but RIM settled (got corned) for around 300% more than what the litigators originally asked for. it was a nightmare at work cause everyone who had one was calling us about it. case is closed and bberry is still around. Still, the scare made the Treo and other brands more popular because people ran out and bought them as backups cause they were scared to be w/o their email.