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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 phone apparently ring... [31 Mar 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 for 2007 has to be Apple's... [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 up images of Napoleon... [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 they're on holiday and should be... [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]
Christmas to be marred by 'CrackBerry' addiction?
News It seems you can add email addiction to problems such as over-eating, over-drinking and disputes with the in-laws which tend to reach a head at Christmas time. This Christmas more than half of BlackBerry users will keep checking their emails... [30 Nov 2006]
Word up! Explore the lexicon of tech
News Do you know any CrackBerry addicts who relax at the weekend with a spot of sordid toothing? I wouldn't say my boyfriend is a CrackBerry-addict but I caught him checking his emails over my shoulder while we were having sex the other night" [24 Nov 2006]
O2 becomes first UK Pearl hunter
News For those squarely in the CrackBerry camp, there's an unlimited data add-on option, with price dependent on which other tariff the user has signed up to. RIM has found the first taker for its new consumer targeted device, the BlackBerry Pearl. [07 Sep 2006]
Asia-Pacific RIM: BlackBerry goes to Japan
News RIM is to debut its trademark email device in Japan for the first time after inking a deal with the country's largest carrier, NTT DoCoMo. NTT DoCoMo will launch the devices from this autumn, RIM said, although the handset maker is yet to provide... [08 Jun 2006]
RIM: Email? Been there, done that
News Charmaine Eggberry, RIM VP for EMEA, told silicon.com the company that kick-started the CrackBerry phenomenon now has its sights set on new applications. RIM is attempting to shake off its 'mobile email company' image with the launch of a product... [16 May 2006]
CIO Jury: IT bosses check out BlackBerry rivals
News But addiction to the BlackBerry - dubbed the 'CrackBerry' on account of users breaking out in a sweat if they are separated from their device for more than a few minutes - remains strong for the other half of the CIO Jury, with one even emailing... [23 Feb 2006]
CIO Jury: BlackBerrys interrupt IT bosses' Xmas dinner
News Luke Mellors, IT director at The Dorchester Hotel in London, said: "I admit I am a CrackBerry Addict. Two-thirds of IT bosses admit they'll be interrupting the turkey dinner, mince pies and festivities on Christmas day to check their BlackBerry for... [06 Dec 2005]
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