Crapgadget: this BlackBerry Bold dock is just for effect
By Chris Ziegler 
posted September 30th 2008 4:59AM
posted September 30th 2008 4:59AM
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that dock is sweet!!! i totally need 1 for my dorm room desk!!
--first
--lee
Just answer me this lee s,
Why must you idiots have this obsession with having to be first and telling everybody, does it make you all tingly inside or something? Am I the only one that doesn't understand why these foolish tro11s constantly bombard the internet with "first"!?!?!?
hey man...that is completely correct! i love it when i get a first post; I feel cool because I stayed up so late.
have a great night..
-lee s
http://www.shopblackberry.com/_blackberryaccessories/cgi-bin/pd.cgi?frompage=category&page=product_detail&from_category=BlackBerry%20Bold&category=BlackBerry+Bold+Chargers&pid=F2222X26M2J9PNVTGW7
there is a proper RIM branded dock for you guys.... and to the writer of the article... check your facts.....
"Red Swingline and that stupid "Teamwork" perpetual motion rowing thing".
Link Please!
swingline stapler
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/supplies/61b7/
teamwork rowers
http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=69707374&c=69753855
OK, that Teamwork perpetual motion rowing thingy looks seriously cool.
i've never seen that perpetual rowing one before, its ok...but i must say i like the official posters better. Teamwork, determination, adversity...all goodies and classically lame. Swingline is just classic
I thought blackberries were suppposed to get their sync on over the airwaves?
If it charges the device that's all that it needs to do. It works perfectly. You don't need to sync Blackberries anymore. The BES server or Mobile Carrier servers handle all of that wirelessly.
This dock will actually be very useful for most Blackberry users. Maybe you shouldn't do the Blackberry posts if you're not clear on how they work.
Wow, is the author ever bitter and envious. Did an i-banker steal your girlfriend or something?
...or maybe the dude who designed the dock? Everybody knows designers are sexy,
You can really feel the envy in the post, some banker hurt him bad in the past...
Not again.... All I see on the internet these days is- New Phone, New dock for it, Another dock, And one more dock........ And a new phone again............
Give me a break !
Ok, but this is engadget. What were you expecting?
I don't really think this blackberry cradle is as crappy as the author thinks. Maybe the 'crapgadget' title could be reserved for Apple's next release?
He thinks it's crappy because it's basically a Blackberry Bold stand with a mini-USB to USB cable built-in. It's not the greatest product, but at least Blackberry uses an INDUSTRY STANDARD PORT. Like one I can go to Walmart and buy a cable for. This minor annoyance is worth that major benefit.
That is _kind of_ a bad example, because you can buy the cord for almost any phone at Walmart.
That said, I wish all phones (and music devices) would just use mini-USB.
At least you are able to afford this while the finance crisis is eating more banks.
Absolute CRAP...
Why follow others?(idock)
BB is self innovative.
should be uniquely innovative like "blackberry" itself. I Expect !!!
Never follow oters invention...
You realize that BlackBerry (or RIM) didn't design this or put it out to market.
It's a third-party accessory.
You do realize that Apple didn't invent the dock? My PPC-6700 came with a dock before there were even rumors of the iPhone, not to mention all the other PPCs and phones that came before mine.
But I love my red swingline.
That stapler has never jammed up on me once.
Damn fine stapler.
The author sounds like he is very jealous.
am I the only one who remembers a thing called bluetooth?
You can't charge via bluetooth. At least not that I know of.
doesn't it have bluetooth?
For security reasons, BlackBerries cannot sync over bluetooth.
Also, the USB port is the only place it can charge anyway. I have a Bold and there's nothing on the bottom that could charge it.
Look in the bottom of the bold... on either side of the plastic chrome there is a metal contact for a proper dock... I just need RIM to release one....
who says it has to be on the desk?
yup, i was about to say
syncing with bluetooth is much better, and keeps the desktop clearer too
best written engadget story in a while, good job chris.
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...
Booooooooo I want STORM
My Perl syncs over Bluetooth just fine. Fire up my PC in the morning and it syncs straight away. Walk away from my desk and come back and it asks if it should sync again. The only thing that doesn't work over Bluetooth is the Roxio media manager, so if I want to move mp3s or photos to/from I have to plug in USB or yank the u-SD card.
Of course, the Perl also has the bottom power contacts so I use a stand similar to the above for desktop charging.
How about this one that slides in from the side:
http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?productid=23777&cat=3458
http://www.papayaone.com/
http://www.papayaone.com/cell-phones-c-2.html
http://www.papayaone.com/tv-cell-phones-c-2_26.html