http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/]]>Jan 29th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
Everything about him is historic and revolutionary.

* he's raised more money than any campaign...ever
* he's the first non-white president
* he's the first president to use a PDA (which is historical for the electronic field)


The list goes on and on.

Technicaly, this is gadget news and it IS IMPORTANT.

Furthermore, Blackberry should be honored he loves their phone because I personally think Blackberry's are pitiful in the face of other devices out there.

In fact, as an American President - I personaly would be using an IPHONE designed by American rather than a Canadian designed Blackberry.

What RIM should really do is build a new Blackberry called the BB CHANGE.]]>Jan 29th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
Wow......it's truly amazing how you can turn any post into an "I'M AN IPHONE WHORE" rant.
]]>Jan 29th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
Either way, both phones are Chinese built, where design doesn't matter.]]>Jan 29th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/how much do they pay you to kiss Steve's butt??
i mean.. really! have you seriously own a blackberry in your life?
my blackberry is rock solid. my friends have iphone and often complain of it. they reset iphone more than they would like to.]]>Jan 29th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
CAUSE YOU CAN'T.]]>Jan 29th 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
They are more feature rich, too.

Unlike your iPhone that has cute little games and gadgets.

So tell me sir, if the iPhone is so good, then why is the president holding a blackberry?

Failure to you, sir.]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 29th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 29th 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/United States president and other high ranking officials use blackberry's.
Senior class presidents use the iPhone.
Get your markets right.]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
"Name 1 phone better than the iphone that does everything it does and is the same size or smaller?"

well can the iphone:
-copy/paste
-transfer files through bluetooth
-stereo bluetooth
-send picture/mms messages
-run multiple apps at once
-record videos
-does it support flash
-download files through the internet

plenty of other phones can do that an more.

and heres one phone that does that and more the htc touch hd.
]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 29th 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
thing is, there are lots of disenfranchised STORM owners out there.]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
STFU!

(really, it's ok to like a product, especially iPhones which are subjectively very good, but there is a fine line between appreciation and fanboyism, and you've crossed it)]]>Jan 29th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
"Does it have a touchscreen?" *all excited*
"No. I don't need one. But see all this stuff it can do?" *starts to try to show blackberry awesomeness*
"Oh. (insert condescending'iPhone therefore iBetter than you' face) Do you have iSteam? Coolest app ever. Here, bring up the App store real quick..." *reaches for phone*
"/facepalm" *sometimes I actually say "/facepalm" just to see their reactions*
"What?" *confused*
"Type on my keyboard real quick." *prepares for victory*
"HOLY CRAP LOL I CAN TEXT SO MUCH BETTER ON THIS THING" *starts actually noticing how cool the phone is*
"Yeah, and my 3g speeds are pretty fast too, not to mention I love the browser on it" *starts to open intertubes*
"But... doesn't only the iPhone have 3G? And what's a browser?" *acts puzzled*
*Pause* "Hey can you take a video of me doing x real quick, and then upload it to youtube. Just copy and paste the link into an email and send it to me then too, so i can upload it to my facebook." *prepares for victory, pt II*
*Yeah just a... oh, wait."

Sometimes I wonder how a nerd like me got elected.
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I don't give a rat's ass how small the thing is so long as it fits in my pocket and has some semblance of 21st century design - Nokia N97 blows the iPhone out of the water.]]>Jan 29th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
Omaba!!! :D]]>Jan 29th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
I don't know if you noticed but you said omaba]]>Jan 30th 2009 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
Rule number 1 of Internet forums is not to feed the trolls, but I guess rules are meant to be broken sometimes.

To respond to your challenge, I can name you several phones that can slap the iPhone around 6 ways from Sunday.

No bluetooth music streaming and/or file transfers (video is out of the question)
No drag and drop file juggling
No Flash support inside Safari (where the heck is Opera Mobile for this thing)
No Java
No copy and paste
No front camera
No video recording
No video calls
No user replaceable battery
No radio
No VGA resolution
No IR port (it's something I take for granted, using my phone as a remote for well...anything just about)
No physical keyboard
No external storage card support (Micro SDHC cards are up to 32 GB now, 8GB is NOT enough these days, especially for a media device)
No voice command (WM devices and even some "el-cheapo" phones have featured this for years now)
No MMS (it doesn't have phone-to-phone MMS, it has phone-to-air-to-phone picture sharing necessitating a data plan)
No Live TV (that doesnt require you to be connected to an app like Orb on your home PC, which defeats the purpose, why would I want to watch it on a dinky non VGA screen instead of just on my home PC when im at home anyways)
No multitasking
No camera flash
No camera zoom
Same old, subpar, 2 MP camera for that matter
Limited video format support
Limited picture format support
Limited file format support in general
Only 128 MB of RAM (cant run many apps simultaneously, new WM phones are getting 256+ MB of RAM, with 220+ MB free on bootup, and with the Appstore opening up and 3rd party apps making their way to the phone, Apple is behind on the times)

Do you want me to continue, because I can?

I can furthermore name you dozens of phones that can do the aforementioned and more, things that completely elude the iPhone.


Touch HD ring a bell?
Touch Diamond/Pro?
Omnia?
Xperia?
The endless array of phones out in Japan perhaps?

Seriously, you sound fairly ignorant of the market and other market forces out there, as you have nestled yourself away in a safe little Apple bubble of ignorance.

]]>Jan 30th 2009 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/RIM's devices are not manufactured in China. They have their own plant in Waterloo, ON (Canada) and have contract manufacturing through Elquotec in Mexico and Hungary. If the big O's using an 8830 it was guaranteed to be manufactured in North America.]]>Feb 2nd 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/05/friday-afternoon-apple-links-obama-on-iphone-edition.ars]]>Jan 30th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
I know you aren't an iPhone fan, you just write that shit to get everyone riled up.]]>Jan 30th 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Feb 3rd 2009 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Maybe somebody already educated you on your ignorance, but the word being implied was not "negro" (which is dated and out of touch at best, and possibly offensive in and of itself), but a highly derrogatory derivitive thereof. If you don't know what you are talking about, then don't say anything. Since you are clearly not an American, I don't expect you to know, let alone understand the complicated reality that is American social reality. However, our country has a mixture of cultures nearly un-paralleled in the world. Some of those cultures joined our society willingly, some did not. This left some ugly scars across American history, which I would venture to say, none of us are proud of. Certain words and phrases, no matter what their benign origin, have taken on connotations that are plain ugly. In certain cases, groups "take ownership" of those phrases, and use them in a self-referential way. No matter what my personal beliefs are about that process, it happens. Being that I am not a member of said cultures, I do not see myself as being able to say anything on the matter. However, I do know that as a non-member of said groups, being that I am not a biggot or a racist, I wouldn't even think of using those words, jokingly or not.

So, yes, American social reality is complicated, and convoluted. But, we have one of the richest (in a cultural, not financial sense), broadly accepting societes in the world, and all of the member cultures help to make it that. We have come a long way, and change is always happening, but we can't simply forget 300 years of history.

So, I won't pretend to understand all of the realities of where you hail from, and you can stop being condescending towards a society which is very visible in the world, but you clearly don't actually understand.]]>Feb 4th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 29th 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/and hes gonna get the plane from soul plane in place of the air force 1
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"YO BIDEN, WHERE U AT?"]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 29th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/Jan 30th 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
I'm black and I find that word offensive no matter who uses it. Anything else is just hypocritical.]]>Jan 30th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/obama-blackberry-alert-its-a-blackberry/
Am sure that's what biden is thinking. I don't trust him.
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+1 for Canuckistanis--I'll have to try that out on the hosers at work.]]>Jan 29th 2009 8:38PM