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…..
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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
August 16th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I think I would die without my berry!
Does anyone else call it their berry??
Me and my friends all our own own little berry gang, such losers and we have have berry nicknames!
I am truely 100% addicted, I would be lost without her! She’s my baby!
And my mum hates me because of her, she complains that I am never home, but even when I am, she never gets to see me because I am on my berry the whole time. . oops! x
August 17th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
OMG I’m totally a crackhead! I’m reading this on my BB on the toilet while listening to music on my BB. I’m sick!
September 7th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Well its official I am a junkie like you all I can’t even leave it alone when I am watching movies with my wife new statistic 25 % of divorce is crackberry related the sad part I am sending this from my pearl and the word crackberry is actually a recognized word in the autotext format
September 24th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Lol! This is all so true! I’ve only had my bb 2 wks and I can’t put it down,always somethen 2 learn!
October 9th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Oddly, I think my crackberry may actually be good for my marriage. Ever since I got it I feel like I’m constantly connected to everyone I know. With our wierd and frequently conflicting work schedules, I think my wife and I actually communicate more now. I’m not sure if that says good things about the ‘berry or bad things about our relationship….
October 25th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I will never use another phone besides the blackberry! The iphone is great && all but after 5mins ill need my trackball && keybored back!
I really think im addictedit never leaves my side ever
Ilyu bb
November 17th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I am sooo addicted to my bb…it never leaves me side. The first thing I check when I wake up in the morning, the last thing I see before I go to sleep.
November 21st, 2008 at 3:23 am
I sleep with my blackberry right by my head!!
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:31 am
I am SO texting this on my BB while n the bath & listening 2 music !!! This is such a riot. I’ve had my BB 4 a little over a week. Can’t live without it !!! My best friend is already making fun of me.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
This is so sad.If this were all just a bunch of jokes, it’d be different, but you all have serious issues…..
February 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
NYC buses during the morning rush are like a meeting of Crackberrys Anonymous. I had to buy one just to see if the “high” was just that good.
IT IS!!!!!
March 17th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Excellent! Love #7 – I’d rather have no toilet paper than no BlackBerry during my morning visit!!
Great site btw.
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:11 am
God help me,
I even became a BB addict though used for 1- month.
June 14th, 2009 at 1:17 am
My husband and I both own Blackberry phones…he, the Curve (which I gave him when I
upgraded to the Storm), and myself, the storm. Anyway, we spend time together but it
usually involves us holding our blackberries for internet searches or texting friends/
family. I really cannot go ANYwhere without it!!! And I brought my husband down
with me!!!! LOL so we just sit together wherever, and start the BB addiction yet
again. Maybe a word is exchanged throughout this time, but it’s all about Berry. It
really was a joke the very first time I got a BB, but in reality (and it sinks in fast!)
we ARE addicts. Lol. I wonder if there’s an actual BB Addicts Meeting somewhere?
Hahaha…Bet a bunch of us posting would attend LOL
August 3rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
What happened to reading a book while u have a few mins to wait?
Instead we go through text messages and re read random stuff
Or go through pictures and all that other crap.
Admit the addiction and what its done and do something to back down to earth.
August 7th, 2009 at 12:43 am
My blackberry is my BFF I even sleep with it right beside me. The very first thing I see when I wake up in the morning. I’m very attached.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Haha I sleep with my blackberry too!!
I have made lots of mistakes on my PC because i’m so used to my BlackBerry,, for example, when capitalizing my letters I often put ‘mmmmmmm’ instead of M!
September 26th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I do pretty much everything with my BB! It comes with me cycling, and everywhere else, toilet, bed, school, work, shops, car, cinema, you name it and the BB is in my pocket!
December 9th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Even worse than being addicted is having twitter installed on your phone! Getting thousands of tweets a day keeps you glued to it!
December 13th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I to feel I’m hooked this phone wakes me up in the mornning, puts me to sleep at nite with music and as far as someone saying no one reads books anymore . Well I’ve found apps were I can read whole books on my berry even the bible . I realy need help I just can’t put the berry down.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
I think I need the police. To stop me on the street one day saying drop that berry now! or back away from the berry LOL.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
11. You immediately go to facebook & join that blackberry group.