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Posted by: dizzle247

I tried searching all over for a thread like this .. no luck to my dismay .. so i'm gonna start it!!!

You know you're addicted to your crackberry when ..

- when using a normal computer, when you try to type a period, you either push the space bar twice, or push alt+m (qwerty users)

- you freak out when you can't find your scroll wheel on other devices (non-rim devices)

- you cringe at having to open email on a desktop computer instead of a berry.

Posted by: Mafialink

I do it all the time :-)

Posted by: dizzle247

keep adding on people ..

Posted by: Skuzz

You try to do SureType keyboard shortcuts like hitting the E key 3 times for the [ER] key to do an E-R-E.

Then you realize your computer actually has full QWERTY.

Posted by: tumster

Instead of typing with all ten fingers, you start to type on your computer keyboad with your two thumbs only.

Posted by: tumster

When you are sitting at your desk looking at your 2X19inch LCD monitor, your Outlook pings to let you know an email has arrive, you pick up the blackberry to read it on its tiny screen - I am totally guilty of this one.

Posted by: gibbs

Whenever your sitting on the bus, sitting in a waiting room, or just waiting period, you pull out your BlackBerry to check to make sure you haven't missed any messages.

Posted by: kirbo20

I fell asleep with mine once.

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

I tried searching all over for a thread like this .. no luck to my dismay .. so i'm gonna start it!!!

Nice Work... Thanks for starting this thread, I love the Humor...

I know I'm addicted to my BlackBerry when I begin composing an email while driving...... Yikes!

Cheers........

Posted by: angrymic

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirbo20

I fell asleep with mine once.

lol. I have fallen asleep with my phone many times

Posted by: tumster

You know you are a crackberry addict when your unlimited data service provider calls you and tells you to cut down on your usage or it will fire you as a customer.

Posted by: dizzle247

you've been diagnosed with blackberry syndrome by an actual doctor (guilty as of 2 hours ago)

you feel naked when you're forced to leave the blackberry in the drawer during dinner.

Posted by: tumster

You know you are an addict, when you have to smuggle your crackberry into the airplane washroom to check emails mid-flight.

Posted by: BB4Life

You take it with you to the bathroom.
You drive and look at your blackberry at the same time.
You leave it out on top of your desk in class to show off your classmates.
You wake up in the middle of the night to check if you have any new e-mails.
You take it out at least once every hour without it being able to sleep mode.
Your girl gives you dirty looks every time you take it out.
You walk around the house with it, even if you're in your boxers.

These are all the problems that I have, and I'm a genuine crackberry addict.

Posted by: djgee78

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How about...you know you're an addict when you check this thread wirelessly! Or better yet, post a reply Wirelessly.

Posted by: dizzle247

You know ur addicted when ur sitting in front of the computer screen reading this thread, logged in, and decide you'd rather post a reply from ur blackberry..

Quote:

Originally Posted by BB4Life

Your girl gives you dirty looks every time you take it out.
You walk around the house with it, even if you're in your boxers.

GUILTY! My girlfriend threatened to flush my berry down the toilet and I literally almost cried and DID beg for her to give it back .. The nightmares of cohabitation.

Posted by: PhonePimpBill

--When you don't remember the last time where you didn't take it to the bathroom with you.
--You have asked at least one random chick you saw with a Berry for her PIN, not her phone number...in the last week.
--You see a hot chick with a Treo and think "Nuts! If only she could have had a Berry. Such a great body, but just not my type."
--You don't even remember what your favorite TV show is or I should say was.
--You look disdainfully at anyone who has a flip phone and silently say to yourself "Amateurs." +2 if it wasn't silently.
--You open your cell bill and actually think it's reasonable.
--50-100 text messages, 20 PINs, and 10 emails a day; ONE phone call--if that.
--You open a friend's phone--yes OPEN it--and it freaks you out.
--You have chargers strategically positioned at work, by your bed, by your TV, and one backup in your pocket or backpack and one in your car.

Posted by: kirbo20

You are on a BES and you change your Message Service Display Name to "Crackberry"

Posted by: dizzle247

- you willingly put ur life in danger while driving to respond back to a non-important email.

- you pit those that still use 72xx and 71xx devices when 8700's and 8100's are out now

- you constantly tell your bf/gf that they could only understand ur addiction if they had a blackberry

- you promise your girlfriend a new "normal" cell phone, and end up getting her a blackberry

- you end up sleeping on the couch because you bought her the blackberry in hopes of getting her addicted like you

- you can type faster with one thumb on a full qwerty keyboard then a teenager can type with both thumbs using t9

- you consistently have to do thumb stretches to keep your thumbs in tip top shape

- your brickbreaker high score is above 10,000

Posted by: jboston511

I love my blackberry, too much. My girlfriend hates my blackberry, very much.

One way to know your addicted to a crackberry is when you are sitting watching tv, your are not watching the tv, its on but you have no idea whats going on because you are sucked into the crackberry.

Posted by: PhonePimpBill

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

- you constantly tell your bf/gf that they could only understand ur addiction if they had a blackberry

- you promise your girlfriend a new "normal" cell phone, and end up getting her a blackberry

- you end up sleeping on the couch because you bought her the blackberry in hopes of getting her addicted like you

Problem solved when your significant other has a Berry. Completely solved if they got it before you did. This is one good reason why it's good to be me and bad to be other people.

Posted by: Jayden0606

Quote:

Originally Posted by BB4Life

You take it with you to the bathroom.
You drive and look at your blackberry at the same time.
You leave it out on top of your desk in class to show off your classmates.
You wake up in the middle of the night to check if you have any new e-mails.
You take it out at least once every hour without it being able to sleep mode.
Your girl gives you dirty looks every time you take it out.
You walk around the house with it, even if you're in your boxers.

These are all the problems that I have, and I'm a genuine crackberry addict.

Everyone is true. The Girlfriend and boxers ones; happen every day. And a few I am guilty of:

You know your addicted when you pull it out and act like you either have a phone call or a message/emails (ghost typing) to show your blackberry off.

You know your addicted when you are at home (high speed internet access) and you choose to use your berry to surf the web.

You know your addicted when you take your berry to get something to drink, to ensure you don't miss any messages/emails.

Posted by: gibbs

- You stop in mid converstaion with someone - that's standing right next to you - to check if you have any messages
- +10 if they're telling you something emotional, like about a breakup or a death in the family
- You laugh at people that use T9
- When you and a bunch of people are going out, you have to pull out your berry at least once - either to check messages, or to show off
- When you and a bunch of people are going out, all you can think about is all the quality time your missing with the Berry, and who you can message.
- All these posts made in this thread is valid, and it describes your life.

Posted by: Synncere

I know I'm addicted to my BlackBerry. I say this because here is my ode to the BlackBerry:

http://My.BlackBerry.youaremyfriend.com

Posted by: kirbo20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Synncere

I know I'm addicted to my BlackBerry. I say this because here is my ode to the BlackBerry:

http://My.BlackBerry.youaremyfriend.com

I just laughed out loud and then I apologized to my blackberry for waking it up.

Posted by: gibbs

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirbo20

I just laughed out loud and then I apologized to my blackberry for waking it up.

How dare you! It works just as hard as you do, if not harder!!!

You inconsiderate human.

Posted by: dizzle247

You throw ur phone and swear left and right when u lose in brickbreaker

Posted by: osa500

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

I tried searching all over for a thread like this .. no luck to my dismay .. so i'm gonna start it!!!

You know you're addicted to your crackberry when ..

- when using a normal computer, when you try to type a period, you either push the space bar twice, or push alt+m (qwerty users)

Lol i am guilty of this.

Gotta add holding down a key on the computer thinking it will capitilize it..

Posted by: gibbs

- You know you're addicted when you come home, the first thing you is sync your BB with your computer.

- You know you're addicted when you come home, you check the RIM thread on HoFo after syncing the BB.

Posted by: aalqadaffi

You know you're addicted when you scoff at the Pearl for being too "commercial", and try to dissuade others to not get one as they are not worthy enough.

You'd rather shop online w/ your BB than your computer sitting 5 steps away.

You've got two phones simply b/c you want a camera phone, but refuse to part with your blackberry (or get a pearl ughh).

You expect your home computer to automatically convert "BB" to "BlackBerry" like your auto text does.

Posted by: dizzle247

yunno ur addicted when u tear up when your gf takes away ur blackberry, and u can hear it going off in her purse and there's nothing u can do about

WHY MUST WOMEN BE SO CRUEL?!?!

Posted by: jporlier

You know you're addicted when you check an e-mail notification when you are in "bed" with your girlfriend or wife.

I guess cuddling is important???...

Posted by: CNFD

- You know you're addicted when before you had a blackberry, you could type fast with few spelling errors. Now after using you're blackberry, your typing speed has gone way down and you cant type a sentence without at least 2 errors beacuse you keep pressing shift to make a period.

- You know you're addicted when you keep checking you're blackberry every 2 minutes beacuse you "think" you felt you're pocket vibrate.

Posted by: gibbs

- When you put your BlackBerry on the table, and when it vibrates, you can't help but feel a slight bit of euphoria.

- You know you're addicted when you can communicate clearer in a PIN message rather then talking to someone in front of you.

- You know you're addicted when your in a bar, and you ask for a girl's PIN rather then her number.

Posted by: aalqadaffi

You know you're addicted when you have to urinate but you sit down just so you can spend more time on your blackberry. This is for guys only clearly.

Posted by: leesmack

aalqadaffi your last post is a great one. lol!!!

Posted by: CNFD

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Quote:

Originally Posted by leesmack

aalqadaffi your last post is a great one. lol!!!

Its so great, I'm guilty of it right now! Haha, sometime I think what I would do without my blackberry...of coarse I would have more time with my girlfriend...thank god for my blackberry

Posted by: dizzle247

You know its bad when ur own pastor at church catches you looking at your blackberry while ur sitting in the very back row >.<

- you quickly put your bb back in ur holster when ur gf/bf walks in the room in fear of them getting mad at you.

- you wear that holster PROUDLY when u go out in public.

- you wonder how u could have survived before ur blackberry

- you have a spare blackberry hidden in the closet in case your significant other confiscates your current blackberry

- you want to talk to every person that owns a blackberry because you feel as if you and the other person are connected in some way because both of you own a blackberry.

- you try your hardest to convert palm and WM users to a blackberry

- you can type faster on ur bb keyboard then a normal keyboard

- you've pondered the thought of a ergonomic keyboard design for the bb thinking it'd make your thumbs feel better

- you pity people who ask "what's a blackberry?"

- you cringe when people call them "blueberries"

- you constantly think about this thread day and night wondering what other symptons you have that prove to be an addiction to your blackberry

Posted by: dizzle247

its friday!

Posted by: PhonePimpBill

When your lady asks if you're going to spend more time on your Berry or rub her feet and you have to think about it for a while...

Posted by: versitycobalt

Quote:

Originally Posted by tumster

When you are sitting at your desk looking at your 2X19inch LCD monitor, your Outlook pings to let you know an email has arrive, you pick up the blackberry to read it on its tiny screen - I am totally guilty of this one.

Same here!

Posted by: Synncere

^

I've also done that.

Posted by: archer6

You buy your first one, love it so much that you buy both of the other "new" models just to be sure you have the "perfect" one for you.

Once aquiring all three, you make learning how to best use your new baby's your highest priority.

Now suddenly despite 20/20 vision, you're getting eyestrain and still won't put it down.

Posted by: ziggy3055

when your children are blackberry orphans!!

http://online.wsj.com/public/articl...d=tff_ article

i'm kinda surprised no one's mentioned that. i saw a news story on tv about it a few weeks ago.

Posted by: mr24ev

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You know you're addicted when you find yourself in more positions playing with your berry than you do during sex!

Posted by: method

heh, awesome list guys.

- You pick up a non qwerty phone and you almost have to relearn typing. You find it frustrating to wait a whole second so you can hit the same key again to get a different letter.

Posted by: mr24ev

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Yea, I'm finding a good majority of these true! Now to hey the rest of my friends in on the addiction...

Posted by: acdcrocks

-- You dream of acquiring RIM ;-) strictly for those dreamers.

I am a huge crackberry addict and agree to most of the points made above. Strange how crackberry addicts think similarly.

Sid

--

I love my BlackBerry/CrackBerry and will fight anyone who says different!

Posted by: Crispysaturn

You know your addicted when your boss takes your BB away from you before you go on vacation because your too "connected".....they just dont understand!

Posted by: veks

you know you're an addict if you posted in this thread!

Posted by: method

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr24ev

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Yea, I'm finding a good majority of these true! Now to hey the rest of my friends in on the addiction...

Ha! I know you are using SureType because I also mix up 'hey' and 'get' and realize it only after sending my message. They use the same key combo.

Posted by: ntrsfrml

Quote:

Originally Posted by method

Ha! I know you are using SureType because I also mix up 'hey' and 'get' and realize it only after sending my message. They use the same key combo.

True! I find that very annoying.. Makes me look like a fool

Posted by: mr24ev

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ntrsfrml

Quote:

Originally Posted by method

Ha! I know you are using SureType because I also mix up 'hey' and 'get' and realize it only after sending my message. They use the same key combo.

True! I find that very annoying.. Makes me look like a fool

Haha oops! And I also hate that when I mean to type haha, it ends up as gags

Posted by: RIMarkable

You know you're addicted to your CrackBerry when you repeatedly try to change change the channel with the non-existant scroll wheel on your T.V. remote.

Posted by: dizzle247

you know you're addicted when your friends and family give you your blackberry back when you're in a bad mood and it automatically puts you in a great mood once it falls into your hands.

Posted by: STi_Fanatic

You know you're a Crackberry addict when you are dissapointed by only using 5k messages in a month.

...when you only use 10 MB of data

...when you don't get an email every 10 minutes

...when others are confused by the layout of your OS but you somehow posses a keen sense of where every program is

Posted by: EricSanDgo

...when you sit on the can and play BrickBreaker.

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricSanDgo

...when you sit on the can and play BrickBreaker.

Guilty as of right now .. Back to brickbreaker!!

Posted by: zimbu1234

....when you challenge a coworker who has a qwerty bb to race you on your suretype bb...(I won btw)

....when you get a new bb and you spend hours moving/hiding applications so that they are perfect to your liking....

....when you look through your address book to see who else you know taht has a bb so you can add them to your bb messenger...and then keep checking to see if they accepted your invite

....when you check rimarkable.com 5x a day to see whats new....

....when you found this thread off of rimarkable.com...

...when you are looking at a celebrity photo and get excited when one is holding or using a bb, specifically the same bb you use....

Posted by: mas90guru

-second thing you whip out at the urinal is a blackberry.
-use suretype and drive 85

Posted by: dizzle247

w00t, my thread is posted on other websites!

i vote to sticky this

Posted by: Paulmac0922

You never let your blackberry be more than an arms length away.
You wake up in the middle of the night when it alerts you that you have new mail.
You troll the forums wondering why it has been 3 weeks and no new OS yet?
You check your BB at your wedding. (see below) OK, not really a BB, but you get the idea.

http://www.bbhub.com/2006/12/28/bri...at-her-wedding/

Your out at the bar and there are 3 things on the bar, your BB, your drink, and your cash.

When someone else gets in your vehicle you get annoyed cause now you have to find some place else to put your BB since it usually rides shotgun.

Posted by: fgriffin3

holy **** i have more chargers than anything there is one at my house my girlfriends house work my parents house a home adapter in my car just in case and a car charger... whew i thought i was the only one

Posted by: fgriffin3

Yeah but the worst part is when she is talking to you and realizes you aren't listening because you are checking your pins

Posted by: fgriffin3

or you know you are addicted when you constantly hear of feel ghost vibrations the red light will save my life

Posted by: fgriffin3

well i can finally say yes to all of one thread other than the i check it in bed with my girlfriend that pisses her off then the fact that i feel like i can talk to bb users easier and can barely type on a normal keyboard now wtf this is worse than cigs

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulmac0922

http://www.bbhub.com/2006/12/28/bri...at-her-wedding/

When someone else gets in your vehicle you get annoyed cause now you have to find some place else to put your BB since it usually rides shotgun.

Posted by: method

Quote:

Originally Posted by mas90guru

-second thing you whip out at the urinal is a blackberry.
-use suretype and drive 85

I am guilty of both. I am trying to stop using the BB while driving. It's bad when the people in the car yell at you to drop the damn thing. SureType gives you a weird sense of confidence. I fully embrace it.

Posted by: griffjnr

I can't help picking mine up and playing with it every 5 minutes, just in case it developed a new ability when I wasn't looking!

Posted by: jporlier

You know you're addicted to the Blackberry lifestyle when you consider "The Boy Genius" somewhat a friend...

or

If you've often wondered why there is an "Off" feature on a Blackberry..

Posted by: mch

Well, I was looking at this jpg image of a scantily clad woman. Quite attractive. Then I noticed on the desk in the background to the left there was a Blackberry. So I got out some simple jpg editing software (xv for the old-time UNIX geeks out there), cropped the picture to just include the Blackberry, magnified the cropped picture, trying to figure out exactly what model of Blackberry it was.

Posted by: MicroT86

You (and your friends) are addicted to your Blackberries when you both are in front of your computers using AIM but still insists on PIN'ing each other instead.

Posted by: mistergreg

Quote:

Originally Posted by MicroT86

You (and your friends) are addicted to your Blackberries when you both are in front of your computers using AIM but still insists on PIN'ing each other instead.

*puts down pearl* Why must you out me like that?

Posted by: jclif

When you and your spouse communicate better using bb messenger than you do actually talking to each other verbally!!!!!

Posted by: STi_Fanatic

...when you are sitting on a beach in Hawaii for your family vacation and, while tanning and watching girls in bikins, PIN your buddies to laugh at the 3 feet of snow in your home state.

Just did that. :P

AND

...when you are too cheap to pay the hotel 15 bucks for internet, so you simply tether your BB to your laptop and enjoy surfing for free and EDGE speeds.

Posted by: gibbs

- The first thing you do when you get a new BlackBerry is update the firmware
- You own more then 3 different BlackBerries (I currently have 6).

Posted by: tumster

Just experienced it this past weekend:

You know you are an addict when you feel this tremendous anxiety, like waiting for your first born to arrive, when the "low battery" (the dreaded Amber on the Pearl) light started to flash.

For me, it happened during the boxing day dinner with the in-laws, it would have been suicide to run to the car and recharge the BB, but...

Posted by: Mck_TJ05

here's one from a new 'berry addict. just bought my pearl today, went back to my slvr to try to get a file and i tried to scroll the center button.

Posted by: dizzle247

you see the new "8900c" and you secretly create a plan on how to purchase it w/o the significant other finding out about your plan to purchase the phone.

Posted by: FCM

...Browse HoFo on your PC and 8703e, at the same time.

Posted by: tumster

Saw this today first hand:

This powerfully dressed business lady was sitting in first class of an United flight. By the time the airplane door opened, she had her 8700 on and scrolling. By the tiime she reached the terminal, she was already tabbing in responses. By the time she reached the down escalator... well... it was actually the incoming up escalator... She took quite the tumble but was okay.

A few of us stopped to help her up but honestly, once I found out that she was okay, I had to bite my lips hard not to laugh.

Posted by: PhonePimpBill

I wonder... Does web surfing and PIN messaging from a deer stand count? I had full data service 16 feet above a soybean field. Only saw a couple of deer, but I was fully equipped to fight the boredom.

Posted by: timbelau

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Your bride to be is glaring at you while posting wirelessly on howardforums while shopping at a bridal shop

Posted by: VanillaEps

Quote:

Originally Posted by tumster

Saw this today first hand:

This powerfully dressed business lady was sitting in first class of an United flight. By the time the airplane door opened, she had her 8700 on and scrolling. By the tiime she reached the terminal, she was already tabbing in responses. By the time she reached the down escalator... well... it was actually the incoming up escalator... She took quite the tumble but was okay.

A few of us stopped to help her up but honestly, once I found out that she was okay, I had to bite my lips hard not to laugh.

Well done. Had to laugh out loud at that...

Posted by: PhonePimpBill

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Did you get her pin?

Posted by: tumster

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhonePimpBill

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Did you get her pin?

No, but I got the stewardess' PIN

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by tumster

No, but I got the stewardess' PIN

^^^

tru playa pimp right thurr

Posted by: aalqadaffi

When you put your BlackBerry face down in your lap as you pass other drivers so they can't tell that you're Berrying and driving at the same time.

Posted by: KoVeRt

When your on hold with Customer care, wishing you could be using the web or IM while you wait!

Posted by: pfreitas

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirbo20

I fell asleep with mine once.

Quote:

Originally Posted by angrymic

lol. I have fallen asleep with my phone many times

Were they still their in the morning?

Posted by: pfreitas

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

you see the new "8900c" and you secretly create a plan on how to purchase it w/o the significant other finding out about your plan to purchase the phone.

lmfao....that's the truth!....but my muse is the Nokia N95 right now

Posted by: GotPearl?

when you walk around in public and it's in your hand and not your pocket or purse, in case a text or email comes in, you want to make sure you feel/hear it

Posted by: tumster

You know you are addicted when you become visibly annoyed during a short elevator ride up to the 20th floor and you BB stopped receiving.

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by GotPearl?

when you walk around in public and it's in your hand and not your pocket or purse, in case a text or email comes in, you want to make sure you feel/hear it

lmfao, guilty

Posted by: TOY9900

Quote:

Originally Posted by GotPearl?

when you walk around in public and it's in your hand and not your pocket or purse, in case a text or email comes in, you want to make sure you feel/hear it

lol...yeah i'm gulity too.

Posted by: GotPearl?

lol yeah i do it alllll the time. and everyone is like "you look like a idiot with it in your hand", but they have Samsung's, so they don't understand. LOL.

Posted by: dizzle247

nobody will ever understand our addictions unless they own a blackberry.

my doctor tried sending me to therapy for my addiction (no joke) and when i walked into the therapist's office i saw a pearl on her desk .. when she asked me what i was seeing her for, i told her "addiction to my blackberry" .. she just laughed and told me to leave because she needed therapy for that also.

so, i guess you're addicted when your own doctor sends you to therapy.

Posted by: Hitman1030

wow....im scared to get another blackberry now......i do alot of these things with my phone now.....i already see my future lol

Posted by: pfreitas

You've got it bad when a co-worker asks to check your pearl out and you give their hands a visual cleanliness inspection.

Posted by: Hitman1030

just happened to me a minute ago

I kno ill be addicted to a crackberry(when i get one) when im on a car message board and one of the topics says RIM help and you think of the RIM company for blackberries.....

Posted by: awyeah

Sometimes, I think I feel my berry vibrating on my waist when it's really not... that's scary.

Posted by: hotch

Quote:

Originally Posted by gibbs

- You know you're addicted when you come home, the first thing you is sync your BB with your computer.

- You know you're addicted when you come home, you check the RIM thread on HoFo after syncing the BB.

why would you do that?

your blackberry should already be in sync with your computer!

Posted by: gibbs

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotch

your blackberry should already be in sync with your computer!

Now let's be realistic - I can't sync all my BlackBerries at once... although I tried to.

Posted by: pfreitas

Quote:

Originally Posted by awyeah

Sometimes, I think I feel my berry vibrating on my waist when it's really not... that's scary.

I'm starting to hear phantom tones all the time and I've only been in the blackberry family for under a week.

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by awyeah

Sometimes, I think I feel my berry vibrating on my waist when it's really not... that's scary.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AteFifty

I'm starting to hear phantom tones all the time and I've only been in the blackberry family for under a week.

What you're both experiencing is a phenomenon known as Phantom Vibration Syndrome, a condition that is related to the remarkably similar Phantom Ringing Syndrome. There are various theories as to why this happens, but most of them amount to "it's all in your head".

And yes, I've definitely experienced Phantom Vibration Syndrome myself, along with its opposite number... failing to notice the vibration when I actually DO get a call or a message!

As for the rest of the things on this thread... I'm guilty of many of them, and just haven't had time to reply to them. But I'll go through the thread and make my other replies... soonish.

Posted by: xkon

Quote:

Originally Posted by BB4Life

TOTALLY. I usually put it in the waistband of my boxers, dammit!
I also get mail on it faster than the computer (BES) and i prefer checking mail on it!

Posted by: tgeekb

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

And yes, I've definitely experienced Phantom Vibration Syndrome myself, along with its opposite number... failing to notice the vibration when I actually DO get a call or a message!

As for the rest of the things on this thread... I'm guilty of many of them, and just haven't had time to reply to them. But I'll go through the thread and make my other replies... soonish.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that gets this. I thought I was crazy!

Posted by: Skumbag

I poop with Texas Holdem King 2

Posted by: awyeah

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

That's absolutely hilarious. A bit sad... but hilarious.

Posted by: li2327

When you check for messages before you get out of bed in the morning.

Posted by: mch

Quote:

Originally Posted by li2327

When you check for messages before you get out of bed in the morning.

Doesn't everyone?

Posted by: archer6

I am hopelessly addicted as I too check my mail fist thing upon waking. And it get's worse....I bought 6 new BlackBerrys in the last 5 months and kept all but one!

Posted by: li2327

Wow. Which models do you have?

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by li2327

Wow. Which models do you have?

1) 7130c My favorite
2) 8700c
3) 8100
4) 8800
5) 7130c Backup in case something happens to my original 7130c. As soon as I heard these were about to be discontinued, I bought this additional one.

Posted by: archer6

My addiction is so severe now, that I plan my travel for work around the next new model release....

Posted by: owens.t

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhonePimpBill

I wonder... Does web surfing and PIN messaging from a deer stand count? I had full data service 16 feet above a soybean field. Only saw a couple of deer, but I was fully equipped to fight the boredom.

Been there, done that!

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhonePimpBill

--When you don't remember the last time where you didn't take it to the bathroom with you.

Guilty as charged!

Quote:

--You see a hot chick with a Treo and think "Nuts! If only she could have had a Berry. Such a great body, but just not my type."

I did that just this past Wednesday, when I was walking around a mall with friend! This smoking hot chick in a Bebe jogging suit went by us once while we were standing in front of the entrance to the mall (my friend was smoking... Maryland's a "no smoking in any workplace" state, which of course includes shopping malls), then again a little while later inside the mall. The second time she went by, she had her phone out... a Sidekick 3!

Quote:

--You open your cell bill and actually think it's reasonable.
--You have chargers strategically positioned at work, by your bed, by your TV, and one backup in your pocket or backpack and one in your car.

Guilty of both, although I'm not QUITE that bad on the second one. I have one charger in my room, USB syncing/charging cable plugged into my PC all the time, car charger in my car, and a folding prong travel charger in my bag that I take to work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jboston511

One way to know you're addicted to a crackberry is when you are sitting watching tv, you're not watching the tv, it's on but you have no idea what's going on because you are sucked into the crackberry.

Been there, done that!

Quote:

Originally Posted by osa500

Lol i am guilty of this.

Gotta add holding down a key on the computer thinking it will capitilize it...

I've done that a couple times recently myself.

Quote:

Originally Posted by aalqadaffi

You know you're addicted when you have to urinate but you sit down just so you can spend more time on your blackberry. This is for guys only clearly.

Pfff... that's not the way a REAL man does it! You have 2 hands for a reason... one to work the zipper and control your "equipment", and the other to use the BlackBerry!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mas90guru

-second thing you whip out at the urinal is a blackberry.

Exactly my point, per the above statement!

Quote:

-use suretype and drive 85

To you and all the rest that use their BlackBerry while driving, I can only say WHAT THE FRAK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL SOMEONE?!?!?!

This is the one place I draw a line in regards to my CrackBerry addiction. The ONLY time I'll pull out my BlackBerry in the car is if I'm STOPPED at a red light that's JUST turned red, giving me a few seconds to look at whatever new email came in. Otherwise, I don't touch it. Texting/emailing while driving causes just as many accidents as drunk driving! JUST DON'T DO IT!

If you're ever in MD doing that crap, and happen to be on the road in the same vicinity as me, you better hope you don't hit me! 'Cause if you do, you're in for a WORLD of hurt once I get my hands on you!

Again, I draw the line at any use of the BB that might threaten my life or the lives of others. There's CrackBerry addiction, and then there's just plain STUPIDITY! Texting/emailing while driving falls into the LATTER category!

Quote:

Originally Posted by KoVeRt

When you're on hold with Customer care, wishing you could be using the web or IM while you wait!

Too true, too true! This is why I'm looking forward to T-Mobile's introduction of HSDPA/UMTS later this year! The ability to use the phone AND data AT THE SAME TIME will ROCK!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skumbag

I poop with Texas Holdem King 2

TMI, Skumbag. T. M. I.

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Hey everyone, I just realized yet another sign that you're a CrackBerry addict!

Some of us have admitted to suffering from Phantom Ring Syndrome and/or Phantom Vibration Syndrome. Well, I've just identified a 3rd malady along the same lines, and I'm going to coin the term now: Phantom Status Light Syndrome!

Imagine, for a moment, that you're sitting somewhere... home, work, car... and you're not looking directly at your BlackBerry. Then, out of the corner of your eye, in your peripheral vision, you see the status light on your 8700 (or your 8100 or 8800, for that matter) blink. And you just KNOW it was RED! There's no doubt in your mind! You've got a new message!

Excited at the prospect of your new message, you reach for your phone. But when you pick up your beloved CrackBerry, there are no new message alerts showing on the screen. Looking directly at the culprit (i.e. the status light) now, you see that it is blinking away in the usual GREEN (or BLUE if you have your Bluetooth accessory connected to your BB), rather than the red you were expecting.

This, folks, is Phantom Status Light Syndrome... another cruel hoax played on you by the same region of your brain that tells you your BlackBerry is vibrating when it's not. And I'm sad to say that I've been suffering from this condition more and more lately.

Posted by: WirelessPPC

when you store crack in the battery compartment and smoke it while sending email

Posted by: johnbom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

I don't this one is a hoax. I think there is something to this.

This happens to me all the time. is it a color shift thing?

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

Hey everyone, I just realized yet another sign that you're a CrackBerry addict!

sadly, i am guilty of this one.

FELLAS! I NEED YOUR HELP!!

my girlfriend took over my blackberry!! And she won't give it back!!! I WANT IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm stuck with just my SE k800i

.. UGHHH i MISSS MY EMAIL!!!!!

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

.. UGHHH i MISSS MY EMAIL!!!!!

Well, my friend, the solution is simple: Tell her that if she really wants your old 8700c, she can keep it... because you're going to buy yourself a brand spanking new 8800!

Eh? Eh? Good idea, right?

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

Well, my friend, the solution is simple: Tell her that if she really wants your old 8700c, she can keep it... because you're going to buy yourself a brand spanking new 8800!

Eh? Eh? Good idea, right?

i wish it were that easy .. she put me on a strict phone diet .. 1 new phone every 6 months .. and i just bought a new phone!!!

i got it, i'll just steal it from her at night and tell her we got robbed! yes!

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

Here's an idea: explain to her how important a BlackBerry is to you, then ask what she would like. That you are willing to buy her something that she would like of equal value. As we all know women love to shop. If you are not in a position to shell out the money for both a new bb and something for her, just make a deal that you are asking her to be patient and by ___date you will give her the money for her shopping trip.

Good Luck...

Posted by: li2327

Wirelessly posted (blackberry 7130e: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) BlackBerry7130e/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)

I'm afraid I'll be even more addicted when I upgrade to the 8703e.

Posted by: dizzle247

hehe, i stole all her coach purses .. i'm holding them ransom til i get my phones back. And yes, i meant that, phones

Posted by: gibbs

I was given a choice of either sacraficing a body limb or loosing my blackberry. I chose my blackberry.

Just kidding! I would never choose anything over my blackberry. Now, time to get use to walking on one leg.

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

hehe, i stole all her coach purses .. i'm holding them ransom til i get my phones back. And yes, i meant that, phones

Well, once you get them back, THEN it's time to get a NEW GIRLFRIEND! This one sounds like more trouble than she's worth!

Make sure the next one is a CrackBerry addict, so she'll understand your obsession!

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

Well, once you get them back, THEN it's time to get a NEW GIRLFRIEND! This one sounds like more trouble than she's worth!

Make sure the next one is a CrackBerry addict, so she'll understand your obsession!

my current girlfriend is a soon-to-be crackberry addict .. i caught her setting up her email on her BIS account last night

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

my current girlfriend is a soon-to-be crackberry addict .. i caught her setting up her email on her BIS account last night

Well, then, I go back to my original advice:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

Well, my friend, the solution is simple: Tell her that if she really wants your old 8700c, she can keep it... because you're going to buy yourself a brand spanking new 8800!

Eh? Eh? Good idea, right?

See! Do you see? It's just that simple!

And yeah, I know what you're gonna say... phone diet. Well, tell her it's all HER fault, and she can't have her cake and eat it too. If she wants to use your 8700c for herself, then you ARE going to buy a new BB for yourself, and that's all there is to it! After all, you ARE the man, are you not? You DO wear the pants in that relationship, RIGHT?

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

Well, then, I go back to my original advice:See! Do you see? It's just that simple!

i dragged her to a remote location last night ..

so she could witness me handing the cash over for .. a .. drum roll please ..

BRAND NEW 8800!!!

w00t

she cried. she was jealous.

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

i dragged her to a remote location last night ..

so she could witness me handing the cash over for .. a .. drum roll please ..

BRAND NEW 8800!!!

w00t

she cried. she was jealous.

Alright! Good job!

THAT'S how you do THAT!

Posted by: dizzle247

(*@&#$(&)!(@#*!@#

i'm out of a blackberry.

the woman broke her (err my) 8700 and cried and cried and cried til i gave her my 8800 .. BAH.

time to bust out the reserve blackberry.

Posted by: gibbs

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

the woman broke her (err my) 8700 and cried and cried and cried til i gave her my 8800 .. BAH.

You, I and everyone here in this forum knows that she broke it on purpose.

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

time to bust out the reserve blackberry.

Ah... the true value of having a backup / reserve BlackBerry!

I know I do, it's inexpensive insurance as without one I would really rack-up some stress

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

(*@&#$(&)!(@#*!@#

i'm out of a blackberry.

the woman broke her (err my) 8700 and cried and cried and cried til i gave her my 8800 .. BAH.

time to bust out the reserve blackberry.

*sigh*

Dizzle, dizzle, dizzle...

My friend, do yourself and us a favor, and get yourself a pair of THESE!

I have a feeling they'll come in handy!

After that, march her down to the Cingu... err, I mean, at&t store, and make HER buy YOU a new 8800! She broke it, she buys it!

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

*sigh*

Dizzle, dizzle, dizzle...

My friend, do yourself and us a favor, and get yourself a pair of THESE!

I have a feeling they'll come in handy!

After that, march her down to the Cingu... err, I mean, at&t store, and make HER buy YOU a new 8800! She broke it, she buys it!

Thanks for the terrific humor...

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by archer6

Thanks for the terrific humor...

No problem!

Posted by: roguemoog

Going back to the Phantom Light Syndrome, it happens to me daily, multiple times. When I glance at the BB or look anywhere near it at the moment the light is flashing, (but don't look DIRECTLY at the light at that time), I almost ALWAYS see it red. I thought it was just me. I have to sit there and wait for the next flash to find out if it is red or green, and a lot of times it's green. I wonder what causes this since it seems several of us suffer from it.

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

Quote:

Originally Posted by roguemoog

Going back to the Phantom Light Syndrome, it happens to me daily, multiple times. When I glance at the BB or look anywhere near it at the moment the light is flashing, (but don't look DIRECTLY at the light at that time), I almost ALWAYS see it red. I thought it was just me. I have to sit there and wait for the next flash to find out if it is red or green, and a lot of times it's green. I wonder what causes this since it seems several of us suffer from it.

Again, it appears to be a variation on Phantom Ringing Syndrome, and seems to happen for the same exact reason, i.e. your brain is misinterpreting the stimuli it's receiving. It also seems that your anticipation of incoming calls and/or messages makes you more likely to experience phantom alerts. It's your brain playing tricks on you, which happens more often than we might like... which is why eyewitness testimony in criminal trials is beginning to be looked upon as unreliable.

And I've got another one: If you scour the internet, searching websites that offer user bars (see my new sig if you don't know what they are), looking for a "CrackBerry Addict" user bar... well, you're definitely addicted!

Posted by: tamaralynn

my man and i have the perfect relationship - we are both cell phone dealers! although i'm with telus and he's with rogers, we constantly fight over the pearl and the 8703e...i hate the pearl trackball!

i'm soooo guilty of phantom light syndrome...i find myself checking for new messages even though i haven't seen the light or heard a beep in awhile.

the boyfriend is super guilty of falling asleep, next to me, with his pearl in hand, and a game of texas hold 'em going. our roommate very often will fall asleep on the couch, motorola Q in hand, all the lights on.

you know you're an addict when somebody calls you from a landline and you don't answer/call them back because you can't email them back and actually TALKING on the phone makes you cringe.

you know you're an addict when you're in an area that only has 1x coverage and you feel disconnected from the world because your pages load at a few extra seconds.

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

Again, it appears to be a variation on Phantom Ringing Syndrome

Before I had done any research on this, I experienced it. In disbelief, I looked it up and realized that it was "not just me". After this continued, most specifically in my case I was wearing a RAZR set to vibrate on my belt, I removed it from my belt and after a week the periodic "sensation" went away. The amazing power of the human brain......

Now I wear it clipped to my front bumper....ha....ha.....ha......

Cheers

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamaralynn

you know you're an addict when you're in an area that only has 1x coverage and you feel disconnected from the world because your pages load at a few extra seconds.

10 Points for the great humor! ........

Posted by: Jack T. Chance

You might be a CrackBerry Addict if...

...this is your child:
...if you buy your child one of these when they express an interest in your CrackBerry:
...if this is your locket:
...if this is your cat:

Posted by: Skuzz

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

(*@&#$(&)!(@#*!@#

i'm out of a blackberry.

the woman broke her (err my) 8700 and cried and cried and cried til i gave her my 8800 .. BAH.

time to bust out the reserve blackberry.

This is where you lay the smack down and tell her she gets the reserve BlackBerry. If women want to be treated equally we can't let them have the whiney crybaby double standard of still getting their way. Unless she's cooking your breakfast and polishing your boots as she should be, and then it might be ok. /sexist

Posted by: Skuzz

Quote:

Originally Posted by roguemoog

It is also possible that you ARE seeing red. The sensor in the human eye that picks up green, also picks up red. (The other two sets are black/white and blue/yellow.) You can try one of the many available variations of optical patterns online and see when you look at an extremely red image of some specific pattern, the voids between the red will be green, and vice versa.

So you could be seeing red because the red/green sensor chooses to see red when green goes off due to confusion/angle/moonphase! :-D

Posted by: social1

You know you are when you sleep with it. Walk with it in hand all the time.

Posted by: tumster

You know you are addicted when you sleep with your blackberry more often than when you sleep with your spouse.

(also a sad statement about the reality or being a road warrior...)

And if you choose to do so, you are more addicted than I am.

Posted by: i.Fido

This thread is hilarious!

Posted by: MajSingh

If you're sitting on the couch with a laptop next to you but would still rather surf the web and reply to this thead via the BB as I am doing right now

Posted by: Prom1

Nah your crunked or cracked out ... when you're bored & decide to unlock your BB Pearl or 8800 just to stroke the pearrrrrl. Up down, left right. Wax OOOON & Waaxxxx OFFFFF> don't forget to breath .... Breathe IIIINNNNN Breath OOOOUT.

I swear I'm beginning to meditate by just stroking the Pearl ball.

> or when you keep going into options menu JUST TO see if anything new or different is listed.

Posted by: i.Fido

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skuzz

HOFO QUOTE OF THE YEAR!!!

Posted by: Dafodyll

You know you are going to be an addict when you read this thread and all of this sounds so good you go right out and get one. A beautiful red one. LOL. Now, if I could only figure out how to type. I'm a world class texter and I feel like a doofus with this new keyboard. People, please tell me it gets better. I've got messages, pins and emails to send.

Oh by the way this is my first BB

~Amie~

Posted by: MajSingh

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8100/4.2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

Lol. Welcome to BB. Don't worry it gets better quickly. As you continue to type the BB suretype system actually "learns" your vocabulary and does a better job predicting your words. Enjoy your crackberry....use wisely

Posted by: dizzle247

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dafodyll

You know you are going to be an addict when you read this thread and all of this sounds so good you go right out and get one. A beautiful red one. LOL. Now, if I could only figure out how to type. I'm a world class texter and I feel like a doofus with this new keyboard. People, please tell me it gets better. I've got messages, pins and emails to send.

Oh by the way this is my first BB

~Amie~

welcome to the evil world of blackberries.

hofo .. we have us another addict. REJOICE!

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by MajSingh

If you're sitting on the couch with a laptop next to you but would still rather surf the web and reply to this thead via the BB as I am doing right now

Thanks for the great humor! I'm laughing at myself as I am cross addicted to both Phones & Laptops....

Cheers......

Posted by: mychelle0706

Quote:

Originally Posted by li2327

When you check for messages before you get out of bed in the morning.

yep, cuz i sleep with my BB more than any human being... STOP TALKING STUFF ABOUT MY PEARL!

you're hurting it's feelings.

Posted by: osa500

Quote:

Originally Posted by roguemoog

Yes!! i thought i was the only one.....

Posted by: archer6

I know I'm addicted when:

I buy my first BB and post here out of fun and humor.
I buy my 2nd BB and post here again.
I buy my 3rd BB (when I still own the previous ones) and post again!
I buy my 4th BB (when I now own Four, each of which is just fine, no problems, I like them all but contine to buy more....) and continue to post here.
I'm waiting for the 5th one to come out, and I'm already thinking about posting here........

Yes, I'm a BlackBerry Addict, and I never would have guessed?!

Cheers....

Posted by: Myndkandi

Both you and your co worker are crackberry addicts in the sense that u can hear his bb vibrating in the caddy corner cubicle every 1.5 minutes or so and are able to distinguish the diff of your own bb vibe (its softer and louder!). Yet even tho you know your own baby's cry you still check just to make sure you aren't missing anything! (Plus its hard to go very long w/o having it near- how can you resist that perfect little face that never lets you down and does everything you need it to without much backtalk???)

And btw- my bb has its own pillow right next to mine.

Posted by: Myndkandi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance

Well, once you get them back, THEN it's time to get a NEW GIRLFRIEND! This one sounds like more trouble than she's worth!

Make sure the next one is a CrackBerry addict, so she'll understand your obsession!

THAT sounds like a good plan... makes for less pain and more enjoyable time with the darling bbs... You and your new addict friend could go walking down the beach holding your bbs, long vacations without losing your email, ims, or contact with friends, and you can both have the appreciation to know that the time spent between indulging in your addictions (bb) is to be cherished, not spent complaining "i hate that thing" "you like it more than me" "im tired of hearing the keys on that thing" *click click click click click* "huh? what was that you were saying???"

Posted by: dizzle247

you know you're an addict when you upgrade to 4.2 then realize you're an idiot and apologize to your berry for putting it through such horrendous pain.

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

you know you're an addict when you upgrade to 4.2 then realize you're an idiot and apologize to your berry for putting it through such horrendous pain.

After just going through the same issue, I saw your post and it really made me laugh! Thanks for the humor......

Posted by: CrackBerryKevin

You know you're addicted to your blackberry when...

You and your other blackberry addict buddies shell out $15,000 to buy the domain name CrackBerry.com just so you can have your email address be kevin @ crackberry.com instead of @rogers.blackberry.net and then start up a website dedicated to all the other BlackBerry Users & Abusers out there so they too can have their own @crackberry.com email addresses and so you now have further reason to justify your blackberry addiction to your friends, family, and colleagues since its not just a gadget addiction but also a website you have to run.

Does that win???

I have heard great things about HowardForums and am looking forward to contributing on a regular basis.

Keep on CrackBerrying,

Kevin

Posted by: osa500

$15k? thats ridiculous. You are not addicted your just crazy

Posted by: Motohip

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

nobody will ever understand our addictions unless they own a blackberry.

my doctor tried sending me to therapy for my addiction (no joke) and when i walked into the therapist's office i saw a pearl on her desk .. when she asked me what i was seeing her for, i told her "addiction to my blackberry" .. she just laughed and told me to leave because she needed therapy for that also.

so, i guess you're addicted when your own doctor sends you to therapy.

Or when you actually agree with the doctor and willingly see a therapist.

Posted by: CrackBerryKevin

Nah, not crazy - just a risk taker. And we did have a "friendly investor" come on board to help out with the purchase. What was really crazy was that we bought the crackberry.com domain name in June of 2006, and then just a few months later (in November) Webster's Dictionary named "crackberry" the 2006 "word of the year" and added it to their dictionary - so essentially we owned the "domain of the year".

In the next 7 days I had 92 emails from people looking to buy the crackberry.com domain from me, but the "crack team" had already started work on developing the site and by that time I had been using my @crackberry.com email address for months and wasn't about to give it up, so we stayed committed to the project and turned down all the offers so we could launch our baby!

Been having a lot of fun with the site so far!

Kevin

Posted by: dizzle247

i just signed up

who the hell can't pass up a username@crackberry.com !??!?!?!

AHHHHHHHHH

@(*#$&()*@#$)( what's the incoming mail server?!?!??!?!?!!

i don't want to foward!

Posted by: dizzle247

HELPPPPPPPP

the network is down
i can't send email
i can't receive email
i'm freaking out guys
seriously
ok
this is really bad
i'm seriously freaking out.
I CAN'T RECEIVE ANY EFFING MFGD MAIL!!!!!

*breathe*
wooooosahhhh

Posted by: Myndkandi

My lament:

Oh, what a great friend you were
Thru the good times and the bad.
You always were there for me
as i was for you.

We had our times: Some good, some bad
and now you've gone away.
I'll miss you my dear
and though i fear
there'll be no replacement
i shall survive.

*sobbing woefully*

Posted by: Myndkandi

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrackBerryKevin

Nah, not crazy - just a risk taker. And we did have a "friendly investor" come on board to help out with the purchase. What was really crazy was that we bought the crackberry.com domain name in June of 2006, and then just a few months later (in November) Webster's Dictionary named "crackberry" the 2006 "word of the year" and added it to their dictionary - so essentially we owned the "domain of the year".

In the next 7 days I had 92 emails from people looking to buy the crackberry.com domain from me, but the "crack team" had already started work on developing the site and by that time I had been using my @crackberry.com email address for months and wasn't about to give it up, so we stayed committed to the project and turned down all the offers so we could launch our baby!

Been having a lot of fun with the site so far!

Kevin

Love the site and the emial address. Fun fun. BUT IT DIED.... Anyone got a spare to give to the needy???

Posted by: dizzle247

it's ok megan .. you'll get another blackberry .. just breathe ..

breathe in, breathe out

atleast you still "have" the blackberry .. it just no longer works .. pretend like it still does

Posted by: sixyrs

...YOUR ADDICTED WHEN YOU SERVERYLY INJURE A PROCTEE...

Did NJ Governor Corzine's driver get an e-mail?

A police officer says he sent a message confronting the trooper over an extra-marital affair just before the April 12 crash.

New Jersey State Police are investigating an allegation that the trooper who was driving Gov. Corzine's SUV two weeks ago when it crashed going 91 m.p.h. may have been distracted by e-mails sent to his mobile phone or BlackBerry.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home...an_e-mail_.html

Posted by: archer6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Myndkandi

My lament:

Oh, what a great friend you were
Thru the good times and the bad.
You always were there for me
as i was for you.

We had our times: Some good, some bad
and now you've gone away.
I'll miss you my dear
and though i fear
there'll be no replacement
i shall survive.

*sobbing woefully*

Kudos' !

A great bit of writing. I enjoyed your post.... exemplary!

Cheers...

Posted by: ej_dashed

you're addicted when you're a t-mobile sales rep and you spend your time reading this thread and totally glued to it not noticing that there are a couple of customers waiting to buy their own blackberries.

Posted by: Myke3630

You use outlook to supplement your Blackberry, not vice versa.

Posted by: Myndkandi

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzle247

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i'm out of a blackberry.

the woman broke her (err my) 8700 and cried and cried and cried til i gave her my 8800 .. BAH.

time to bust out the reserve blackberry.

No way... its gotta be love... it was HOW many days was it before hers broke... oy... but at least u know she loves em too!

On another note:

Satellite reciever remotes should have a trackwheel on the side to scroll thru the guide with... those things are pointless w/o them.

AND I got a bb back! Granted its a 7290 and slow, but she treats me good.

Its a sad, yet content, point in life when you realize that the only thing that will ever be there for you when you need anything is your bb. I don't like drinking alone and these things we call "friends" (i laugh at the idea) are all like "oh i gotta feed my cat" "the baby's sick" "my computer has the hiccups"... My sweet blackberry tho- not a word of backtalk. Just listens and gives excellent advice btw.

And a friend of mine still hasn't learned that bb's DONT actually swim... lmao.

Posted by: Myndkandi

you are going thru a "divorce" even tho u werent married, and the only comfort you find is in your blackberry... granted it doesn't take up enough physical space on the bed, but it sure fills a void of emotional and mental support...

Posted by: Myndkandi

But its a shame the blackberry can't salsa. I bet it'd make an excellent partner on the floor.

Posted by: Myndkandi

But I LOVE MY JOB. I work for Cingular, now the new at&t. I came here bc i hate cingular and wanted to make the experience better for my customers. That being done, I particularly LOVE helping other bb users. I understand them. They call and are "my email hasn't worked for a day" and i'm like (count to 3) "fixed" and I know that sigh of relief better than you would think. This is a wonderful place to be for a crackberry addict.

and pardon this one, but i'm particularly cheery today so cheers!

Posted by: fulgerul

after reading a couple of pages i am very sure of one thing : i'm glad that i bought a blackberry

Posted by: Gibralter

I'm getting scared of getting