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Photos: Top 10 presents for a CIO this Christmas
Photo PAYG iPhone: And talking of mobile gadgets, for a truly indulgent present (for a CIO who doesn't already own one) how about a pay-as-you-go iPhone 3G, if only so they can kick back and put the CrackBerry away for an... [28 Nov 2008]
Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
AS Profile As well as pioneering push email, RIM's BlackBerry continues to be considered the de facto standard for email on the move and is cherished by business people everywhere (CrackBerry anyone? Surprising as it may sound,... [07 Oct 2008]
How to get more out of your BlackBerry
Comment The BlackBerry is undoubtedly a valuable tool for today's executives but it's all too easy to be swamped by the constant flow of emails and become yet another so-called CrackBerry addict. Here silicon.com highlights some... [19 Sep 2008]
The Naked CIO: Poisoned BlackBerrys
Comment Increasingly workers are hooked and the CrackBerry habit is eating into personal time and creating an awkward imbalance in people's lives. Creating an epidemic of BlackBerry dependency may serve short-term business... [28 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up So what does it for the CrackBerry addicts? And over at the head offices of HM Revenue & Customs, life is returning to normal. After all, there are small businesses and middle-class citizens to tax heavily. [02 May 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...
News Unsurprisingly - considering popular anecdotes of so-called 'CrackBerry' users checking email at inappropriate moments - the runaway winner for the title of 'most loved BlackBerry feature' is its access to email. [30 Apr 2008]
Mobile 'radio silence' fear afflicts Brits
News Nomo-phobia joins other anxiety-based mobile neologisms, including CrackBerry, the nickname for the BlackBerry smart phone which plays up its addiction properties; 'phantom ring', when a mobile user reports hearing their... [31 Mar 2008]
Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry
Photo The BlackBerry is a device beloved of business people everywhere - but for the select few whose CrackBerry love knows no bounds, luxury gadget-maker Amosu has given the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 a very expensive makeover. [26 Feb 2008]
Get mobile addicts out of the BlackBerry jam
Comment The device is often called the CrackBerry because it's so addictive. Are CrackBerry addicts losing the ability to differentiate "important" from "urgent"? But there's nothing wrong with the core... [21 Feb 2008]
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News Any event that forces CrackBerry addicts to go cold turkey is guaranteed to get techie chins wagging - and the network outage that hit RIM back in April certainly made its fair share of headlines. The big mobile story... [13 Dec 2007]
RIM makes sweet plans for BlackBerry future
News The rather unglamorous nature of the BlackBerry's home might surprise the many business execs who find the devices so hard to put down - so much so, it's been dubbed the CrackBerry by some. The word 'Waterloo' conjures... [06 Nov 2007]
Email impossible to escape - even on holiday
News Some people have even become so addicted to using the BlackBerry mobile email device that it has acquired the nickname the 'CrackBerry'. It seems a large proportion of people are unable to switch off from work when... [02 Aug 2007]
Stories of the month - April 2007
News April is the cruellest month - and it's certainly been less than kind to CrackBerry addicts in North America who were forced to go cold turkey as an outage took their beloved devices offline for several hours. [30 Apr 2007]
BlackBerry blackout: RIM breaks its silence
News The company said in a statement it had ruled out security and capacity issues as a cause of the outage that left millions of so called 'CrackBerry' addicts without access to their email for several hours. [20 Apr 2007]
Leader: iPhone for the enterprise
Leader The iPhone also has a Qwerty keyboard - now indispensable for dedicated CrackBerry users. The long-awaited, much discussed iPhone has finally launched to the cooing of Mac fans and, perhaps, the gritted teeth of smart... [10 Jan 2007]
