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Research In Motion Ltd. secured the top spot for small, handheld computers last year, despite the threat that its BlackBerry service could be shut down in the United States over a patent dispute.

RIM held 21.4 per cent of the market for personal digital assistants in 2005 as its sales soared 47 per cent from a year earlier. RIM’s growth sped by the overall market, which expanded by 19 per cent.

Global sales of PDAs hit a record of 14.9 million last year. RIM racked up sales of 3.2 million. “Generally, BlackBerry users are staying put because of the high cost of switching, lack of suitable alternative devices, and the low probability of BlackBerry service being shut down.

Blackberry has since developed a patent workaround called Multi-Mode Edition. Which is a software update that enables underlying changes to the message delivery system.

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RIM recently announced details of a software update (named BlackBerry Multi-Mode Editionâ„¢) that has been designed and tested as a contingency to allow RIM partners and customers to continue to use the BlackBerry service should the court implement an injunction in the current litigation involving the NTP patents.

BlackBerry Multi-Mode Edition has been designed for customers using BlackBerry on converged voice/data networks in the United States (US), with either BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service.

The Multi-Mode Edition software update enables underlying changes to the message delivery system. These underlying changes are not visible to users. RIM will activate these changes if necessary. RIM has assured users that service will not be affected, users will not see any changes in the way they use the BlackBerry device, and developers do not need to change existing Java applications.

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