Research in Motion (RIM) has now sold over 50 million BlackBerry devices. It's been over ten years since the very first BlackBerry handset was sold.
Electronista says RIM has regained its lead after slipping slightly to Apple's iPhone 3G.
RIM nonetheless reaches the milestone with competition from rivals which have taken less time to accelerate their own sales. Although it has since regained a more definitive lead, the BlackBerry maker briefly lost to Apple during the summer as the iPhone 3G's international launch and a pre-crisis economy helped increase its numbers. The BlackBerry Storm was built with combating the iPhone in mind but has managed a relatively cool 1 million units in two months for Verizon versus Apple's 1.9 million iPhones for AT&T in three months.
The smartphone battle will keep raging as Palm tries to enter that race with its Palm Pre, possibly as early as next month. There are rumors Dell could get involved as well.
