Comments on: RIM brags to employees about celeb BlackBerry users

By: Bert

Bert — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:14:44 +0000

I don’t see why this is an issue or even an article for that matter, I bet in every company you have the sales/marketting departments being briefed on the message they should be getting across and the point behind that slide seems to imply that Rim wants their people to get over the message that their products are also cool as well as simply being great devices.

By: NO_OBAMA

NO_OBAMA — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:42:41 +0000

Umm, maybe BGR is on to something… PEOPLE using a device that actually WORKS!..
I can see how STUPID it is for a company to promote the FREE publicity that FAMOUS people are giving away for FREE…
DAMN actors!!!

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:09:10 +0000

@ Eric

That is too funny! Right on the money…

By: JonnyBruha

JonnyBruha — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:07:07 +0000

Sucks that John Mayer performed for Apple less than two years ago for the iPhone announcement only to jump ship for a sponsorship from the competition.

Such is the industry, I suppose.

By: EJonLam

EJonLam — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:46:08 +0000

John Mayer’s tours are sponsored by Blackberry so of course he’s going to be using one in public.

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:33:59 +0000

ha this is the olny reaon i got a blackberry
i love it now though(:

By: j|deuce

j|deuce — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:16:02 +0000

“and here is john mayer and lindsay lohan using the Bold… You know, that phone we havent re;eased in teh us….”

By: moosebump

moosebump — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:44:00 +0000

So why isn’t it shameless to promote BGR Radio with celebs:
“We’ve got awesome interviews with Mary J. Blige, Kim Kardashian, and the one and only Carmelo Anthony. Yep, they’re big BGR fans, and we got the goods out of them in our interview.”

That’s like RIM putting Jessica Alba on their home page (which is not a bad idea!!! (yes that’s three exclamation marks))

By: DubYa

DubYa — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:39:09 +0000

Why am I not on that list?

By: mooose

mooose — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:03:02 +0000

^see BGR. time to shape up or ship out.

By: pfft...

pfft... — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:38:14 +0000

What I find lame is that the “celebs” get these phones first and free (and for what?) when there are “regular” people waiting to PAY for them.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:55:23 +0000

I don’t like complaining but it does seem the site has down down. Way too biased!

By: mooose

mooose — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:52:34 +0000

BGR takes too long to load, and the site has gone down. I only started looking at this site for a couple of months now, and i am starting to not “feel” this site anymore. its going downhill, and if you guys dont fix the pageload time or calm down on the biases and mixed opinions, i dont want to come here any more, and im pretty sure theres plenty of others who feel the same way.

(this probably wont even make post)

By: nancy hu

nancy hu — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:49:32 +0000

Phone manufacturers in the U.S.

MOTOROLA and PALM and you could also say APPLE but with an offering of one phone i wouldn’t put all my beans in there bag yet. But yeh, thanks for supporting the Canadians you Sarkozy lover.

By: Kalani

Kalani — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:38:58 +0000

Brad pitt is currently using the NOKIA E71-2 you fools

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:34:27 +0000

cockheads!! release the bold is right

By: mfavs

mfavs — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:07:59 +0000

Bold now delayed to November — but at least the celebs will have theirs first! FU RIM!

By: Marc Flores

Marc Flores — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:52:04 +0000

John Mayer and Lindsay Lohan (and her girlfriend/wife or whatever) have the Bold amongst other stars… stupid RIM! Release it on AT&T already!

By: JustMe

JustMe — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:27:26 +0000

“there are legions of obsessive fans out there who buy whatever their favorite starlets have”

First of all this was an intertanl presentation for employees only. I’d like to know what RIM employee doesn’t have a Blackberry and is RUSHING out to buy one RIGHT NOW because they just saw Jessica Alba with one. Dear god.

Second of all, since when is it illegal or obsurd to use “starlets” to promote products? Everyone and their dog does it. Clothing lines, sports drinks, APPLE, shoe companies, hell even chewing gum companies. I could go on forever.

Your article looks a bit rediculous now don’tcha think?

By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:14 +0000

Celebrities of all kinds use Blackberries because they just work.

Oh man, get a grip on reality. You act as if celebrities are some of kind of totally brilliant folk who would never pick a substandard device. Please, these devices were given to these turds, free of charge. Why do you think there are so many celebrity sitings with the Bold months ago when it hasn’t been released yet.

By: ChrisNYC

ChrisNYC — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:22:20 +0000

Man, people have to chill.

If Jobs ever stood up in front of a pic of celebs using an iPhone, the BB fanboys would be going bananas.

BGR has always broken up the tech talk with some humor articles, everyone does.

Take deep breaths folks.

By: Queen4111

Queen4111 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:17:44 +0000

Two thumbs UP!!!!!

By: Brotha Darcness

Brotha Darcness — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:08:43 +0000

Are you serious? Who asked you?

Whatever it takes to motivate your employees and keep them working hard, YA DO IT!!!!!!

BGR, as much as I love this site certain topics boil down to “who the hell cares” and this is one of those topics. Did you guys run out of material to report on? It has been written quite a bit lately that BGR is a BB hater and now I am convinced you guys really are. Good luck with those kick backs from Apple.

By: curtis

curtis — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:50:21 +0000

As silly as the presentation seems, RIM seems to be off point on an even stronger seller:

Celebrities of all kinds use Blackberries because they just work.

RIM designed a solid product in terms of reliability, intuitiveness, and effectiveness.

By: JKay

JKay — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:43:45 +0000

Seriously?
You have nothing better to write?

By: at&t monkey

at&t monkey — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:40:23 +0000

I clicked the RIM preso and ended up here for some reason

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/bgr-radio/

odd. Celebs with BBs. What are the chances?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:24:05 +0000

Humm..I think the only reason BG keeps shitting on RIM is because he actually works for RIM? And this way, its just easier to rule that fact out!!

Just my 2 cents..

By: Inc

Inc — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:17:38 +0000

Do u even know how to write an article or even write?

Wtf is wrong with showing these slides? Its awesome that celebs love BB. Don’t be a freaking hater

Damn

By: crazylegs

crazylegs — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:13:12 +0000

BGR is beginning to lose its way. This is just a dumb article that means nothing. What happened to the old days of just bringing great scoops? I miss the days of BG posting on blackberry forums dropping excellent knowledge without all the editorializing.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:10:26 +0000

The Boy Genius Report is the FOX NEWS of tech blogs.