I sent out an email to a bunch of acquaintances. Naturally it went out with the signature line "Sent from BlackBerry via T-Mobile". I was hanging out with them later and whipped out my Flip to put it on vibrate. One of the guys glanced at it and said, "Don't you have a BlackBerry, too?"
And *that* is why I have a blackberry Flip! Little "b" as opposed to big "B".
Anyone else have an "I didn't realize that was a BlackBerry" story?
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I get that on a regular basis. I went from a Pearl to a Curve for about a year and a half before getting the Flip (FOR the Flip factor) and I hear, "Hey, what happened to your BlackBerry?" all the time. I explain to people that this IS a BlackBerry and let them play with it. They usually really like it once they realize what it is, and what it can do.
I had the opposite thing happen to me, I pulled out my phone at the office and a co-worker said to me "Oh I Sooo want one of those" I said, "you know what this is?" she said "Yeah, Blackberry Pearl flip 8220". The interesting thing was she had either a G1 or a Sidekick (I wasn't in a position to see it well ehough)
once at work a fellow employee asked me to show him my phone because he thought it was nice...well he was looking at it and quickly said..oh my this looks almost like a Blackberry.....and of course my face changed to a frown and my only response was "dude ...it doesn't look like one.... it is a blackberry..." followed by a swift give me back my phone hand action LOL.
I kind of experienced one of those moments the day I got my Flip. I traded my Pearl for a Pearl Flip and the day it came in the mail I set everything up immediately and began using it. That night my fianc� came home from work, saw the phone in my hand, and asked "That's a BlackBerry?!" He had no clue that they made a Flip version and was surprised by it.
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Yeah one of my friends the other day I hadnt seen in a while saw me out with my Flip and was like, "Didnt you used to have the 8900?" I did my best Austin Powers impression and told him, "I still have a Blackberry, and I shall call him, Mini B."
I was at a job site and using my phone when one of the project managers approached me said that someone in my line of work should get a Blackberry. I told him that I have one and this is it. He was surprised.
I am waiting in line for something like the bank, starbucks, or somewhere. I pull out my phone to put something on play and some person near me say what kind of phone is that? They get surprised that its a blackberry.
i cloaked mine with a black rubberized jacket on the front - to disguise the fact that it's a BB. there so much buzz about RIM products that i was afraid it would be a target for thieves. my paranoid!
Yeah one of my friends the other day I hadnt seen in a while saw me out with my Flip and was like, "Didnt you used to have the 8900?" I did my best Austin Powers impression and told him, "I still have a Blackberry, and I shall call him, Mini B."