my 10 yr old has a 9700

**kolonji** · 04-25-2010, 10:33 AM

I really can't believe I'm seeing ppl of CrackBerry try to judge this person's parenting off a post.

This isn't the '50s anymore.

**yashimi** · 04-25-2010, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by CrackberryBrandon

I won't judge anyone, but if I saw a 10 year old walking around with a Blackberry I would surely think their parents priorities were a little jacked up (just my opinion again not saying yours are). I could see a little cute feature phone or a cell phone to stay in contact, but a full Blown BIS unlimited Blackberry seems silly, nothing really spoiled about it at all it seems silly at best.

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I refuse to comment on a child needing a smartphone or a parent who would set on up for said child, but if you simply SEE a child with a smartphone don't assume it's theirs. It most likely belongs to their mom and they have borrowed it to play Q-Bert or Pac-Man during a boring spell.

I have a 10 yr old and an 8 yr old. They can have smartphones when they have jobs to pay for them.

**shansmi** · 04-25-2010, 11:34 AM

Some commenting are unexpectedly brutal and for that matter can KMA. The whole idea is RIM offering devices that not only meet the needs of enterprise but those that just wish to play as well. It is working, like it or not.

Messaging among kids as well as using FB is a way of life today.

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**Super_Mario** · 04-25-2010, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by shansmi

Some commenting are unexpectedly brutal and for that matter can KMA. The whole idea is RIM offering devices that not only meet the needs of enterprise but those that just wish to play as well. It is working, like it or not.

Messaging among kids as well as using FB is a way of life today.

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Well you got exactly what you wanted with your senseless post, didn't you? You wanted to display your "parenting", or lack there of, on a public forum, where people will display very public opinions and you want them to be nice? Dumb***!

**damnyooneek** · 04-25-2010, 11:59 AM

who will he email with that thing? or who will email him? lol

**rdyoung** · 04-25-2010, 12:09 PM

The truth is, the jobs of this kids future will rely 100% on technology. The sooner kids get fluent with tech the better.
Now this doesn't mean that kids shouldn't go outside and play, run around like little mongrels like we did as kids, I don't even want to think about the trouble I got into as a little jackass. But computers are a way of life, we no longer live in the world of the 1800s where kids are on the farm with mom and dad all the time, they are out in the world and a kid having a phone with gps allows the parents to keep track and keep in contact. But the kids do need to be educated on how to leverage the internet without getting in trouble, the whole strange chatrooms, et al.

**charlieb620** · 04-25-2010, 12:10 PM

when i was ten i didnt even know what a cell phone was. but a blackberry in my opinion is a business phone. your kid should have a backflip or something like that. its no reason why a kid should have that phone. what business do they have to attend to. i dont see a reason but its your money spent. so we have no room to speak.

**Totalimmortal363** · 04-25-2010, 12:17 PM

I'd slap the ish out of my kid if he asked for a smartphone.

ok, I wouldn't hit him but it certainly wouldn't happen

**shansmi** · 04-25-2010, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by damnyooneek

who will he email with that thing? or who will email him? lol

Parents, grandparents, friends, cousins, football coach's etc. He likes the keyboard for SMS and the fact it plays all his MP3s and movies I.e. No more zune!

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**shansmi** · 04-25-2010, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by rdyoung

The truth is, the jobs of this kids future will rely 100% on technology. The sooner kids get fluent with tech the better.
Now this doesn't mean that kids shouldn't go outside and play, run around like little mongrels like we did as kids, I don't even want to think about the trouble I got into as a little jackass. But computers are a way of life, we no longer live in the world of the 1800s where kids are on the farm with mom and dad all the time, they are out in the world and a kid having a phone with gps allows the parents to keep track and keep in contact. But the kids do need to be educated on how to leverage the internet without getting in trouble, the whole strange chatrooms, et al.

Exactly! My kid probably has most of those being harsh beaten. I mean hey, he did not have to ask me how to get to the Internet, how to use FB, send a message... LOL. His use may be pleasure atm but at least it keeps him from having to carry around several devices... Now if I could just get all those damn xbox and psp games to work on his BB!

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**StAiChiLLiN** · 04-25-2010, 12:33 PM

Fudge I was 16 when I got my first cell. And I had to buy it myself.

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**JuslisenLX** · 04-25-2010, 12:40 PM

My son is 6, he has a phone. Not a BlackBerry, but its a messenger. Also, my brother, that will be 7, has a Bold 9700 as well. Very spoiled, but if you have the money, why not go for it?

**K Bear** · 04-25-2010, 12:46 PM

Honestly, a Blackberry does not belong in the hands of a 10 year old, ever.

**Pilot Prop** · 04-25-2010, 12:54 PM

I don't see anything wrong with that...if parents feel something like that is appropriate for their child then it is....

**shansmi** · 04-25-2010, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by K Bear

Honestly, a Blackberry does not belong in the hands of a 10 year old, ever.

To each his own.

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**kolonji** · 04-25-2010, 01:05 PM

I think people dont feel special anymore when they see a 10yr old with the same phone they have .. lololol

**shansmi** · 04-25-2010, 01:25 PM

Well, a 2 year old don't need Hilfiger jeans and Nike sneakers but ...

He has chores to pay for his toys.

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**K Bear** · 04-25-2010, 01:38 PM

A Blackberry is not a toy. It's a device.

**phonejunky** · 04-25-2010, 01:40 PM

I guess this type of thing comes down to parenting styles. My father was an E7 in the Army when I was born and a Sgt Major by the time I was 7, so money was never an object. But I was given a computer and not because I was spoiled but as an investment (I also didn't go play games on it either). Everything else was me and my brother worked for, or got lucky that my grandma came around to spoil us. For some reason it just seems weird to give a child a smartphone. I can understand putting a cell in their backpack to reach them when they're are with someone else or whatever, but besides being dangerous (from people who want your childs stuff) it doesn't seem like a real investment. Giving them a computer yea because there is tons of things to learn from and since smartphones are turning into mini PC's anyway what's the point in giving them one other then just to waste money.

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**Dude Chat** · 04-25-2010, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by K Bear

A Blackberry is not a toy. It's a device.

You got ripped off. Mines a great toy.

**phonejunky** · 04-25-2010, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by K Bear

A Blackberry is not a toy. It's a device.

A PSP is a device but is a toy as well, just sayin

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**rdyoung** · 04-25-2010, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by shansmi

Exactly! My kid probably has most of those being harsh beaten. I mean hey, he did not have to ask me how to get to the Internet, how to use FB, send a message... LOL. His use may be pleasure atm but at least it keeps him from having to carry around several devices... Now if I could just get all those damn xbox and psp games to work on his BB!

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That is a slightly scary thought, kids now know a lot more than I did when it comes to computers, though when I had my first pc the only options really were BBS, AOL, IRC and ICQ.

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**imdabold1** · 04-25-2010, 01:52 PM

Okay all of you who thought it necessary to lambaste someone because they have the free cash to buy their child a smartphone, get the h3ll of your high horses! What is the difference between that and let's say a...PSP, PS3, or any piece of contemporary tech? Mind you I might not have done it because of the high radiation levels but that is her prerogative. Damn!

**FreshThePoet** · 04-25-2010, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by pilsbury

Personally, I think it's up to the parents. If they think that it is not going to harm the child, then why not. If issues arise with using the phone, then steps need to be taken. But at the end of the day, if the parents are OK with it, and the child enjoys it and uses it properly, then why not.

I agree, if I did get MY kid that phone he wouldn't have all of those features. Does seem kind of spoiled to me.

Originally Posted by yashimi

I refuse to comment on a child needing a smartphone or a parent who would set on up for said child, but if you simply SEE a child with a smartphone don't assume it's theirs. It most likely belongs to their mom and they have borrowed it to play Q-Bert or Pac-Man during a boring spell.

True because my cousin used to watch TV on his moms smartphone.

Originally Posted by KoLoNjI

I think people dont feel special anymore when they see a 10yr old with the same phone they have .. lololol

LMAO LIKEWISE!

Can't believe this thread hit 4 pages in less then a day. The only thing I would see wrong is, just like the kid with the G1, what do you need it for? Most likely don't need the apps, who can you text at 8 years old, and what will you surf the net for when you can't go on "nickelodeon.com" for games on the browser. Aside from that, what 8 years old have BBM? AIM? ****, who is a 8 year old going to CALL besides his mom at 8 years old! I just see it as money being wasted. But that's my opinion, not everyone thinks the same, and it is what it is.

Oh well, their the parents, not us, so I don't see the point in criticizing. You live and you learn. And why should it matter so much that he got his kid a 9700? Didn't know Blackberries had a age limit and you had to be "this old" to have one. It's still a cellular phone, and it's not technically a business phone because I don't even handle "business" with it in terms of the corporate world. You guys are going on about it as if YOUR the kids grandparents or something. Now if it was something like buying the kid GTA then yea I would be on the critics side, but this is just tom foolery.

**Super_Mario** · 04-25-2010, 03:24 PM

The difference between this and every other kid with a smartphone, is that the parent is smart enough to not garner attention for it because for whatever reason that they deemed it necessary that their kid should have a phone (smartphone or not) they don't need people to tell them if it's good or bad or if its spoiling their kid. The OP is not that smart and just wanted attention; she got it!