This article is one of a series of articles describing various aspects
of the Mobile Messaging industry and the LEAP protocols. For the
complete collection of articles see The LEAP Manifesto
[19], available at
http://www.LeapForum.org/LEAP/Manifesto/roadMap/index.html.
The LEAP Manifesto is also available at the Free Protocols
Foundation website at
http://www.FreeProtocols.org/LEAP/Manifesto/roadMap/index.html.
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This article was first published in February 2001. Since that time the Mobile Messaging industry has continued to evolve. The BlackBerry and WhiteBerry solutions have both moved forward, and the industry itself has undergone various changes. As a result of these developments some of the information in this article is now out of date.
In this revision we are editing and updating all WhiteBerry-related information, so that this information is now complete and accurate as of November 2002.
However, we have not yet made extensive revisions to the BlackBerry-related parts of this paper, nor to those parts of the paper that describe the industry as a whole. All technical descriptions and statistical data were correct to the best our knowledge in February 2001, but they do not accurately reflect the situation today.
We intend to publish another major revision of this paper in 2003, in which we will update all BlackBerry-related and general industry information. In the meantime the reader is asked to bear in mind that all BlackBerry and industry information reflects the state of affairs as of February 2001, and may no longer be correct.