Comments on: El BlackBerry Kickstart Negro

By: juicy

juicy — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:32:53 +0000

i want to know how much is the blackberry

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:44:39 +0000

I dont know who is still buying flip phones but there must be a market for em….(i guess). So if RIM wants to try and grab a lil bit of that action 5yrs. too late who am i to argue. Think about it if someone is gonna spend money on a new razr why not a kickstart. it is a BB so it should work better anyways.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:06:38 +0000

RIM.. Please… Whatever you do… Don’t start making touch screens!!!! Or if you do, don’t get rid of the trackball!!

By: backbeat

backbeat — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:52:29 +0000

@ ‘S’:

High-margin? Since when did more molds to build, more parts to produce and more off-the-shelf parts to employ compared to those making up any other RIM phone equate to ‘high margin’? Something tells me you don’t have the first bit of familiarity with manufacturing.

By: aalqadaffi

aalqadaffi — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:12:55 +0000

Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:43:04 +0000

Very pretty, not sure about buying it but its pretty.

By: MaxPayne79

MaxPayne79 — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:43:02 +0000

I hope the kill this thing in the Conceptual stages. After releasing the Bold and later on The Thunder, they can’t be serious with this. Maybe it’s a BB for kids or house wives.

By: S

Tue, 27 May 2008 21:30:49 +0000

This looks like a VERY high margin phone for RIM…

I hate to point out the obvious, but with a nme like “Kickstart” they clearly will be marketing this phone to the young, urban demo (ala Sidekick)…I wonder what loud, over the top hiphop artist they’ll exploit to sell this cheap piece of garbage…

By: isis

isis — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:24:10 +0000

Wow that is an eyesore.who told them that would be a good idea? Whoever did that should be demoted to cleaning toilets.

By: backbeat

backbeat — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:13:39 +0000

Galvatron Said: “touch pad would be inteesting cept how would yoou make one thar small?”

Borrow the 2.2″ screen from the Fisher-Price/Palm Centro?

By: backbeat

backbeat — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:05:03 +0000

Sean Said:

Or Italian, or Portuguese, or …

Don’t ya just hate it when the bubba-mentality rears its repulsive head?

By: The Boy Genius

The Boy Genius — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:29:20 +0000

@ Sean

Thank you for being one of the smart ones…

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:27:39 +0000

Negro is the spanish word for black, unless you’re just kidding, in which case you can just ignore this comment.

By: gadgetchic

gadgetchic — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:23:12 +0000

still fug

By: Web News

Web News — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:48:59 +0000

WTF, negro?

By: FyreStarrter

FyreStarrter — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:12:29 +0000

Actually really looking forward to this beauty. With the e71 as my primary & this as my fun phone & will have all basis covered & still able to have fun with it. LOVE being able to swap out sim cards!!!

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:08:31 +0000

Man!

I am so offended!

“Negro” is so 1968.

I prefer African American or just plain Black. Sheeeeeesh!

By: Wifiguy

Wifiguy — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:17:21 +0000

BG do you have any scoop on the processor rumored to power this beauty? Is it the same as the Pearl and Curve?

By: Radio

Radio — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:04:32 +0000

Wonder if the ball will change colors again…

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:56:30 +0000

I actually really like the trackball. It’s fast and efficient, especially with a lot of scrolling (although obviously the spacebar can do that too).

I do agree that it does look oversized, although hopefully it’s just an optical illusion.

I also agree that the Call and End buttons need to swap with the Menu and Back buttons. Seems more normal that way, although this is RIM we’re talking about.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:38:01 +0000

touch pad would be inteesting cept how would yoou make one thar small?

By: mr.magnificent

mr.magnificent — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:35:36 +0000

@ cannisminor

Hahahahhahahahahahahahhahhahahahahahahaha brothers be packing.

By: MC

MC — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:56:58 +0000

Very MPX220-ish

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:38:04 +0000

I agree. I had the Curve and the trackball is like trying to ice skate with only one leg through a narrow straight. While do-able,it’s not fun. Looks like there’s a lot of wasted real estate on the keypad, more noticeable on the lighter version. why hasn’t anyone else noticed this. Did they want to keep the number keys small just because returning customers are familiar with that layout? What a shame..

By: ChrisNYC

ChrisNYC — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:57:48 +0000

Better background than that Men’s Room floor.

By: Dayne

Dayne — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:56:21 +0000

Absolutely hideous machinery there. When is rim going to wake up and make a touch pad instead of the ball? After this weekend’s fiasco with my trackball I will not buy another blackberry until they get a different input method other than that devil-filled trackball……

By: backbeat

backbeat — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:53:13 +0000

Is the SureType keyboard the same size as the Pearl’s? Without doing a side-by-side, the Flip’s appears smaller. Otherwise, the button orientation looks good and clean. Negro looks much better than “Putty Gray”. Any info on SPECS???

By: justblase

justblase — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:48:36 +0000

that shit’s extra-ugly

By: CanisMinor

CanisMinor — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:43:53 +0000

“So why would I want a 8 inch long device when the Pearl is smaller and does everything this does”

jolt: No matter what your GF tells you, your little Pearl can NEVER provide the same satisfaction as an 8″ long, darkly colored device can…

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:42:30 +0000

@jolt:
“So why would I want a 8 inch long device when the Pearl is smaller and does everything this does.”
Because some people WANT a flip phone and RIM has none to offer.