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Seriously. Grow up.
You obviously don't get it. Week one.... EXCITEMENT and ENERGY. After years of needing a shake up, this is exciting for the BlackBerry community. Heck, it's even exciting for employees at RIM who we need to be excited if we want to see BlackBerry kick some a$$. And we had an interview this week with the new CEO so are posting articles from it. I've been waiting for an interview with a RIM CEO for FIVE years. You want me to do an interview and not do any posts? I don't wake up in the morning thinking... hmm.. better not write anything for the site today. We cover everything as it happens. Week 1 of a new CEO after 27 years with the same management. Of course that's news and of course were going to cover the heck out of it. That's what we do on CrackBerry. We only cover one topic. BlackBerry. What other "tech" sites do in one or two posts on BlackBerry, we go granular and in depth and do wayyy more. We're CRACKBERRY. We're not "kinda talk about BlackBerry". And do you think we're going to only blog about Thorsten from now on and not cover any other posts on the site? Of course not. The posts always keep coming from every angle. A bump up in one topic is always temporary.
Week 2 and beyond.. I suspect the new CEO news and excitement will quickly subside so then it won't be all over the homepage as it sort of is at the moment. I'm excited for the following weeks and months ahead... have a ton of editorials and articles planned with GOOD ideas for this NEW RIM. I think you'll like those articles. You're saying he hasn't done anything for the brand yet. True. But this is a guy who does have a mandate for change and will take advice from others. We as CrackBerry Nation are going to throw our ideas out there straight up. There's change happening here for real. Not an easy road ahead for RIM and they'll have lots of challenges, but I'm definitely feeling the excitement again and want the community to feel it too. Coverage of this change on the site is good.
But seriously. Scroll down if you don't like an article. Making a post like this makes me want to beat you with my old BlackBerry 7290. Or maybe my old 8700. I did get hit in the head with that thing once and it hurt like HE LL. Don't be a BBHater. Be a BBPlayer.
01-29-12 07:55 AM - Let's look at this at another angle shall we ? RIM has a new CEO for the first time = new RIM = HUGE new to the Crack Berry nation.
Thing will die down in the second, third week and if you don't like it, be my guest and look at another post. Don't post stuff like this, it eating into Kevin's wallet*cough*
01-29-12 08:01 AM - I'd be grumpy too if I was anticipating 7 days of freedom and realised that its been cut down by a day or two due to the airlines being themselves..
Seriously though, being a BB fan in India is easier. Just yesterday I was out with friends and respective lesser halves
, and there were eight people on the table with eight Blackberys amongst us. BB has a strong market presence here although the media bashing articles from US creep up here. But BB will be strong for a few more months while BB10 comes out and if it is what it promises to be, I don't see Indians moving away from BB any time soon.
By the way great interview with Thorstein Heins. Seems like a positive guy.01-29-12 09:06 AM - Bad mood or not, this kind of thing needs to be addressed. Energy feeds off energy; unfortunately that applies equally to negative energy as it does to the positive. Thorsten has reached out to us, the largest organized user base of his company's products. That in itself is a huge step, considering most of us had felt we were barely a blip on their radar screen. He is obviously energized; and if he can somehow relate our enthusiasm and support to the rest of the company, only good things can happen. Pissing on it, on the other hand ... not so much.
So thanks brother, and it's good to see you make an appearance 'round these parts every once in awhile.
01-29-12 09:14 AM - Agreed. I think it showed a willingness to hear from the community about what can/could be done better. I would actually liked to have seen him start his own thread, and reach out that way, rather than just thru Kevin. At least then people would be able to feel like they're speaking to him direct, rather than just "he's listening".I think it was a super-cool move to reach-out to BB fans ASAP
The nice thing with Crackberry and feedback, is people can hide behind their keyboard and truly voice their opinion. I don't know how many "company meetings" i've been to, where the head office is seeking honest feedback, but no one will criticize for fear of reprimand. I would say it's imperitive to listen to the "haters" so to speak, even moreso than fanboys..because there are lots of users of this site, that have moved on to other platforms for specific things BB's didn't offer. It's these users RIM needs to try to woo back.01-29-12 10:36 AM
