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Things are looking bleaker by the day for Blackberry and it’s manufacturer, RIM.

A Bloomberg report last week highlighted the company’s struggling stock price, calling it “a wounded puppy.” Ouch. 

Today, Google announced it would end support for its Gmail app on Blackberry handhelds. Double Ouch.

In the wake of BlackBerry’s black future, we thought this was an interesting look at six other one-time tech titans who have gone from juggernaut to junkyard. From the Palm Pilot (remember those?) to AOL, the feature gives a brief product history, what happened and the lesson learned.

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