Top Ten Signs You’re a BlackBerry Addict
April 22nd, 2008 by Mark Spoonauer
Anyone who was owned a BlackBerry knows how it can make your life easier. You don’t have to fetch new e-mail messages. They just show up. And over the past couple of years RIM has done a good job making the designs sleeker and sexier (no more need for a geeky holster) while adding welcome multimedia features like music players and sharp cameras. The fact that they last at least a day longer on a charge than your typical Windows Mobile phone (based on my own tests) doesn’t hurt either. So what could be so bad about a device that delivers your messages in real-time, lets you surf the Web anywhere, keeps your schedule, and keeps you entertained between meetings with a nice game of BrickBreaker? If you’re not careful, it can take over your life.
Take the academic study done by David Vance, assistant professor of accounting at Rutgers-Camden university, and Nada Kakabadse, professor of management and business research at the UK’s University of Northampton. It found that a third of BlackBerry users show signs of addiction “similar to alcoholics.” For those scoring at home, that’s not good. So what are some telltale signs you’re a BlackBerry addict? I’ve devised a list that’s designed to poke a little fun at our compulsive behavior–I’m not afraid to admit that I’m a bit of an addict–but as Jimbo from the Simpons once said: “Inside every joke is a little kernel of truth.” Is it possible someone more literary said the same thing? Probably, but I’m too busy checking my BlackBerry to read.
Top Ten Signs You’re a BlackBerry Addict
10. After a cross-country flight you wait for all your new messages to download before you alert loved ones you’re still alive.
9. You try to use BlackBerry keyboard shortcuts in Outlook. (No, you can’t hit the space bar to type “@”)
8. You think the iPhone would be much better if it only had a physical keyboard–and a trackball smackdab in the middle of the touch screen.
7. Your BlackBerry keeps you regular. Go to the bathroom without it and you’d have to “push” on your own.
6. You joined Facebook just so you could try the BlackBerry app. (No friends? The “I have a BlackBerry, I’m out of your league” group has 4,409 members.)
5. You’ve learned to drive with your knees.
4. Five or more consecutive vibrating alerts is on par with an orgasm.
3. You swap service outage stories with other “victims.”
2. You’ve completely forgotten that a blackberry is a fruit.
1. You’re reading this on your…..
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:36 am
Nice
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 am
O God how sad am I.
Fabulous!
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:51 am
BlackBerry is know as highly addictive device from last couple of years, probably that also proof from one the YouTube video on BlackBerry addiction “Grown Man Cries Over Not Having His Blackberry”.
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 am
Hahaha!I am reading this on my BB! Great article. Keep them coming!
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:39 am
I love my bb!
My bb rules!
I used to have a q and boy did that hold me back for 2 years !
Ttfn
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 am
You’re really an addict if you spot that number 9 is incorrect - if you press the space bar twice in an address field on the BB, you get a “@.”, not a “@” The double space bar press only works as a “.” in a regular text field.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
i left my black berry in my car for a few hours and after looking for it for an hour and calling it 5 times and calling my wife to look for it i had to stick my other phone in my blackberry case so i would stop freeking out
i am addicted
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Oh, Krishna! I’m busted!
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I am a total blackberry addict!
April 24th, 2008 at 12:10 am
A BlackBerry is a Fruit!?!?!?!?! LoL j/k I thought that #7 suited me the best because I really do listen to music on my Curve while I’m on the toilet!
April 24th, 2008 at 1:28 am
I can’t go to restroom with out it. Always be my side
April 24th, 2008 at 8:52 am
hey Spoonauer watsup
i never expect any good unbiased article from u . i thought it will be anti-BB article . i make a mistake this time . its really Nice article . cheers
April 24th, 2008 at 11:16 am
How about posting this on the toilet from my… Does that mean I have a severe case?
April 24th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
yes it does…just kidding…I’m reading this from the toilet so who the heck am I to talk? hey UrbLege, thanks for the feedback. let me know what else you’d like to see on the blog….that goes for everyone else, too…
April 25th, 2008 at 8:46 am
I need to get a life!
April 25th, 2008 at 8:50 am
My Girlfriend thinks my berry gets more time then she does. My old manager nicknamed me blackberry. In between idle thoughts i pull out my bb and scroll, i hit the brick builders for 2 levels and quit….
HOW IN THE WORLD DOES SOMEONE POST SIX FIGURE POINTS IN BRICKBUILDER ????
April 25th, 2008 at 11:08 am
I’ve always loved men, but oh you BlackBerry baby!
April 26th, 2008 at 11:13 am
I take my CrackBerry Curve EVERYWHERE I go…. It’s attached at the hip haha! Great article!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Lol @ #5
April 27th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
OMFG! I need I life, faster, seend my a message to the blackberry if you found one to me…
April 27th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Actually, the number one should be…
You know you’re a BB addict when you post this list to your personal blog…
April 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Hahahaha! This is funny. But I must say I’m so addicted to my Blackberry, its has grafted with my skin and has become a part of me. I’ve even managed to grow my own bluetooth in my ear. Oh, the conversations between my doctor and I.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
If U write a response 2 this while @ work and sitting @ your desk, U might B a crackberry head!! Very funny stuff y’all.
May 19th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I agree I must be a crackberry head I’m @ work and sittinG @ my desk, This is sick!!!! LMAO