Is there a way to contact RIM directly? Or Kevin?
Hey friends,
is there a way to contact RIM directly?
I see all that amazing stuff, which is going on the crackberry site.
Also the things Kevin is up to do and I love it!
I have got this question, because I see all that stuff on the internet and I'm amazed.
I live in Germany and I'm a German citizen - I think the biggest "problem" for RIM's big success
in Germany is that Germans don't really know about the power of Blackberry.
Most Germans see Blackberry devices still as a "work device".
If you ask people on the street about RIM/Blackberry most of them will reply:
"Oh yeah, this are those mobile E-mail devices, right?"
I personally see the German market as a really big one for RIM, people are willing to spend
lots of money for things they love (as they do it with their cars and stuff).
Over here Samsung devices and iPhone are a big deal - but Blackberrys not that much.
As a German, I know how they think about new stuff and Germans are really conservative!
"I don't know that - I'm not interested in it!"
Onces Ingvar Kamprad (founder of IKEA) said: "If you can find the way to the heart of Germans, you can find they way to people all over the world!"
So he opened the first IKEA out of Sweden in Germany - and he was right!
He did it in Germany and all over the world. One of the most successful persons ever.
He also knew how "complicated" and "conservative" Germans are.
People over here love new technology and things which have to do with it - but you have to find a way to make it interesting for them!
Germans (compared to people from the America) don't do researches on the internet for upcoming stuff.
They just research for stuff they know they already know: "I know the iPhone, let's see when the new one comes out!"
In my opinion that's way it works over here.
One way to bring new informations to Germans is the good old way: Television (not the internet)!
People here still trust on informations which the get from TV commercials.
Youtube videos for Blackberry are almost "useless" for Germans.
Microsoft is doing it (almost) right these days, they do a lot of TV commercials - and people start to talk about it!
The only thing they are missing to do is to show people what they can do with those new Windows phones - that surely would bring bigger success!
There are also a lot of people who are thinking to switch from the "icon" iPhone to a Windows phone.
RIM has to get that and I really believe the could overtake Windows and even Android (and within a few years even Apple!)
But RIM has to reach people over here, they have to show them the features of Blackberry!
WhatsApp is also a BIG success - almost every smartphone user has it.
But BBM was the first real messenger. Not long ago I was asked, what BBM is and if it's a WhatsApp copy - that is sad!
And BBM is still the best messenger in the world!
And when I talk about the "Playbook" - people keep asking me some "How I met your mother" stuff.
So is there a way to contact RIM or there marketing department so send them some ideas for commercials or so?
Thanks for reading that long text and for reading what's on my mind!
Best wishes,
Slash
AW: Is there a way to contact RIM directly? Or Kevin?
I have to answer here, too.
I am also a german BlackBerry Fan and there is a german BlackBerryCommunity called BlackBerryBase.net. It's of course not as hugh as Crackberry, but it has 12.000 visits each day and it is growing. All there are also waiting til 30th january like all BlackBerry fans around the world. And the team there is in close contact with BlackBerry Germany and EMEA, maybe not as close as crackberry far away over the ocean,but they are working on that. ;)
If you look on BlackBerry in Facebook you will find them there.
And to all german BlackBerry fans: you are not alone
Best wishes from the Old Land
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