NY Times Says People Who Still Use Blackberries Are Becoming The Black Sheep Of American Society
NYTIMES – “I’m ashamed of it,” said Ms. Crosby, a Los Angeles sales representative who said she had stopped pulling out her BlackBerry at cocktail parties and conferences. In meetings, she says she hides her BlackBerry beneath her iPad for fear clients will see it and judge her. The BlackBerry was once proudly carried by the high-powered and the elite, but those who still hold one today say the device has become a magnet for mockery and derision from those with iPhones and the latest Android phones. “BlackBerry users are like Myspace users,” sneers Craig Robert Smith, a Los Angeles musician. “They probably still chat on AOL Instant Messenger.” BlackBerry outcasts say that, increasingly, they suffer from shame and public humiliation as they watch their counterparts mingle on social networking apps that are not available to them, take higher-resolution photos, and effortlessly navigate streets — and the Internet — with better GPS and faster browsing. More indignity comes in having to outsource tasks like getting directions, booking travel, making restaurant reservations and looking up sports scores to their exasperated iPhone and Android-carting partners, friends and colleagues.
This is the dumbest article I’ve ever read in my life. And I’m not just saying that because I have a blackberry either. Listen I get that teenage girls like Instagram and fancy ringtones. I get that my wife likes to play words with friends and shit. I know that Cheesyboy thinks an iphone makes him look fancy. You know what I use my phone for? BUSINESS. Cracking skulls. Not fucking around. I don’t use it to play tiddlywinks. I use it to make money. To make mogul moves. That’s what I use my phone for. That’s what a blackberry does. No frills. No smoke and mirrors. No gimmicks. It just gets shit done. So when I see somebody else with a blackberry I know they mean business too. That they don’t give a fuck about looks. That they are more spit than polish. More grit than glitter. That they have a big dick and don’t have to brag about it. When you give them a job they get that job done. That what a blackberry is all about. If you want to play Dolls and Pictionary get an Iphone. If you want to be taken seriously in the boardroom get a blackberry.
That’s my boy
If I told you that there was a Grubhub app for the iPhone then you’d be weaving in and out of traffic on your way to the Apple Store quicker than you can say “calzone.”
Calm down, calm down. Don’t get a big DICK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SR-rCjEnV4
Or you are a cheap jew who never wanted spend the money to get an iphone
I agree. I’m a Blackberry guy too. Blackberry’s are like dogs, loyal, efficient, simple and there for you. If I want something that is flashy, cute and needs constant attention I’ll get a iPhone and a cat.
Apparently, Pres enjoys the blurry grainy quality Blackberry photos he takes of girls half his age at Blackouts and Foams.
Blackberry really means BUSINESS with their plummeting stock price. You’re on a sinking ship EP
Preach on Pres.
When people see Pres talking on his Blackberry, it takes their focus off his giant nose and growing bald spot.
I’m sure a big plus is that the pop-up/banner ads on Barstool don’t fuck up Pres’ Zack Morris phone.
@willhunting name me one thing for buisness that a blackberry and that shitty RIM o/s can do that droid can’t sport.
IOS, mabey you’ve got a point, but droid is just as functional and the phones are way better.
you and grandpa jew just can’t warp your head around a real o/s.
Research in Motion has maybe 3 years before someone buys them out and the Blackberry becomes a thing of the past
If you are really that insecure with yourself that you are ashamed of your phone, you should jump in front of a train. It’s a phone, no one really cares!
Brickbreaker is fucking boss. Period.
Says the guy who employs Neil.
By “boardroom” I assume you mean “Dorchester basement.”
laughable that a Droid doesn’t enhance user experience in the office.
The only thing I learned from this blog is that you are a fucking idiot
Which do you like better, Portnoy…your blackberry or your palm pilot?
Craig Robert Smith just tossing around hot fire.
I’m with you Pres. I’ve had my blackberry for over 2 years and I still would keep it/get a new one over getting an iphone/android.
Your just a moron when it comes to technology, your a dumbass who can’t adapt to change. Using a blackberry still is like using a fucking corded rotary phone in your house. LOSER! get with it and get something other than a crapberry. Dont matter what driod or iphone or windows phone, dump that crap phone today!
Iphones and Androids do everything Blackberries do, only better and faster and they do a shitload more. Stop being a cheap jew and get with the times.
How bout this, 2 phones. Now if that don’t mean business then my dad is doing it wrong!!
How bout this, 2 phones. Now if that don’t mean business then my dad is doing it wrong!!
I have a Droid Razor. Love the thing, BUT, I do not own my own business. My friends who DO own their own successful businesses owned BB’s until recently. They wish they never switched to iphone or droid their using. I couldn’t believe it, but they have no reason to lie.
fkn rachel crosby needs to fkn die,, btch ashamed of her phone?? how bout fkn kids who cant even get a meal at night.
Iphones and androids do everything the blackberry does, the blackberry glitches less cause it has less going on. When your running your business out of your living room, you need a phone that never fucks up or freezes.
What client is really going to care what type of phone you use. For all I care you can use a fucking 1980′s 40 pound Nokia brick. As long as I can get in contact with the person I am trying to get in contact with, isn’t that all that matters? Gotta love how the media is just absolutely destroying RIM. A company that still posts profits, holds plenty of cash and capital assets, and with an undervalued share price, yet the media still treats them like Enron.
Signed, An iPhone user
There’s only 2 types of people who don’t own an iPhone:
1.) Jews
2.) Gheys
Dave, you just happen to fit in both categories.
BB is a fucking joke, no wonder you cant get to the next level of fame…
My iPhone is used almost exclusively for barstool and porn. So I agree with you.
Why don’t you use your Blackberry to fire Neil already?
So when I see somebody else with a blackberry I know they mean business too. That they don’t give a fuck about looks. That they are more spit than polish. More grit than glitter. That they have a big dick and don’t have to brag about it. When you give them a job they get that job done. That what a blackberry is all about. If you want to play Dolls and Pictionary get an Iphone. If you want to be taken seriously in the boardroom get a blackberry.
-says the dude who mass produces cheesy pastel tank tops
Gee prezz,
Think you’re showing your age here?? C’mon man. You pride yourself on being a “college blog”, yet you use the “my space” of phones! Think it might be time to hand the reigns over pal…..befor you wreck what you have going..
I use a blackberry because I’m a fucking adult
you “adult businessmen” need to get over yourselves and with the times. Not only do iPhones shit on anything blackberries can do business wise, they’re 10 times funner, faster and they don’t freeze. I had a blackberry for 2 years and I was saying the same things then I got an iPhone now I see the light…soon you will too.