Comments on: Not impressed.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:36:40 +0000

@Mathias:
Apparently you don’t get the sarcasm intended by this pic. BG went out of his way to make this picture ridiculous in his pompous attempt to take jabs at Crackberry’s post.

By: Mathias Rios

Mathias Rios — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:44:03 +0000

What did I do? Go to the Crackberry Pic and It says Page 99, and on BGR it says 1,291.
Even the text “Confidential” is different in both Pics

By: Strong Island's Finest

Strong Island's Finest — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:41:41 +0000

SMH This is a bitch move… even for you BG

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:16:00 +0000

Wow. So clearly an 88xx…

By: El Bastardo

El Bastardo — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:02:14 +0000

Mathias Rios, I’m sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but you’re a fucking idiot.

-1

By: Mathias Rios

Mathias Rios — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:32:00 +0000

The crackberry one says go to page 99 for more info this one says 1,291?!
WTF?! FAKEEE!!!

By: CountryMud

CountryMud — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:14:46 +0000

Eff’in Gizmodo deleted my comments linking to this topic.
The picture they posted, why does the box look like a disfigured star pinching in on the sides and at the top?
BURN GIZMODO.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:52:39 +0000

the 9900 is a white myth, like larry bird, or colorado.

By: Andy Bernard

Andy Bernard — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:06:17 +0000

Additional generic cop compliment, Brian!

By: David Thande

David Thande — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:54:35 +0000

Perhaps boys and girls we shall let time tell the story of the 9900 hmm?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:25:29 +0000

Photoshop or not I hope this gets the info churning on the 9900…I’m eagerly awaiting this to replace my curve. If not I’m gonna get a bold but I’ll be seriously let down.

By: mangenius

mangenius — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:49:05 +0000

regardless if the pic is real or fake – BGR is an arrogant prick. Get over yourself already will you

By: Byron

Byron — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:21:56 +0000

@JayJay that was a comment directed @Ry, explaining that the reason BGR posted this was to defend his viewpoint that what was posted at crackberry was a fake.

I hit the reply button, expecting it to reply to the post, not the comment thread.

By: fetus

fetus — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:06:12 +0000

I believe BGR was the first to post the rumor of a touchscreen BlackBerry with a physical keyboard, so I can understand his being pissed about some hack photochop job getting credit for a new model that probably doesn’t exist.

I find that both CrackBerry AND BoyGeniusReport are great resources for BlackBerry news and leaks though. I read both fairly faithfully and the idea of their supposed rivalry seems pretty silly.

I will remain a daily reader either way.

By: StevenGlansburg

StevenGlansburg — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:54:50 +0000

When is this coming to Verizon?

By: ddorsey

ddorsey — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:52:15 +0000

Let someone else have the spotlight for once. Just because they got it before you doesn’t mean you need to call it fake you arrogant pricks. And not only that, but you attack them as if they did something wrong, as if you’ve never posted any false information. Part of blogging is rumors, and of all people you should know this. They simply posted a new image of a device and let the readers call it fake if they wanted, as it should be.

By: JayJay

JayJay — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:28:22 +0000

@Byron what does it matter if you could easily photoshop something. Half the stuff BGR posts could be photoshopped. I mean a few weeks back this site used a piece of handwritten notebook paper to show Acer’s future Android plans.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/02/17/acer-working-on-two-secret-android-phones/

By: Byron

Byron — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:06:32 +0000

If you go to crackberry, you’ll see that the one posted here is a REAL fake that BGR himself drafted (in 8 minutes, says he). Hence, he’s commenting that it’s most likely a fake, since he was able to easily make a copy

By: joseph mama

joseph mama — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:04:58 +0000

I’m not impressed either. A competing website has posted 2 leaks today and all you’ve managed to do is be a dickhead. Everytime Crackberry posts ANYTHING you act like a pompous prick.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:49:32 +0000

@ John.

It does have a trackball…..
If you look closely, it appears to be the “atomic” trackball.

By: Ry

Ry — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:38:46 +0000

I dont get it… if it’s fake then why would you publish it?

By: BB397

BB397 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:18:18 +0000

Who knows? Obviously you do not. That is the 9900. I would suggest you get in touch with some of your people who know what they’re talking about and you would know that is the device.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:50:19 +0000

Whatever .

Clearly all this needs to be taken with a grain of salt … or two .

By: John

John — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:49:39 +0000

@The outsider

Carriers regularly make errors like that, because these are internal documents meant only for Rogers employees.

The biggest giveaway that this is fake is the fact that it is using the 8800’s ‘body’ style instead of the newer Bold/Niagara/Storm style. (chrome sides instead of chrome trim that goes all the way around the bottom.

The real product will either look like a Bold, or a Niagara/Curve, not like the old 8800.

By: theOutsider

theOutsider — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:43:35 +0000

Not to mention that on crapberrys image, the word BlackBerry is mis-spelled (Blackberry).
Rogers (along with any other wireless carrier) would never have an official document with such an obvious error on it.
Amazing what some people will do just to have a blog mention their name….LAME.

By: Ryan H

Ryan H — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:39:36 +0000

@JayJay

Probably because a lot of people are sending them stuff like “OMG POST THIS!!!11one!1″ or something to that effect.

Good eye though BG

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:34:25 +0000

I’ll say it again seeing the “moderation” team is to bashful to post this. BG is just angry he wasn’t able to get his hands on these photo’s first.
Why hate?

By: forte831

forte831 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:32:09 +0000

Over @ cb said the pic came from the jde simulator.

By: JayJay

JayJay — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:24:20 +0000

Always hating when you don’t have the scoop. Real or not why even respond with a post?

By: EPS

EPS — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:23:42 +0000

@gquaglia: Hm, the issue with that is, if they got rid of the SurePress, wouldn’t it cut them off from the existing base of Storm applications? (To be fair, a different screen shape could also do that)