Blackberry sales increase in 2005

Gartner released sales figures for the PDA market, including the BlackBerry device. Gartner reported that RIM shipped 3.2 million units of its BlackBerry device in 2005, up 46 percent from 2.2 million units in 2004. The BlackBerry overtook perennial personal digital assistant maker Palm for the top spot in the worldwide market for PDAs, as Palm's PDA shipments fell 25.6 percent.