BlackBerry-enabled nightclub flirting

Remember the good old days of 2004, when people still actually walked up to each other in nightclubs and introduced themselves? Well, quit living in the past, friends — these days it's all about iTunes library flirting and BlackBerry banter. At the Nochee nightclub in downtown Minneapolis, singles night is served up RIM-style, with Nextel Communications having donated 50 BlackBerrys to enable socialization and prevent the certain collapse of human civilization should folks be left to themselves to meet up face to face. We suppose there is one advantage — you at least stand a chance of actually understanding what someone is trying to tell you over the thumping, overdriven bass, and no one loses an eardrum in the process.