Keepin' it real fake, part CCIX: Fake BlackBerry Storm adds some gold trim, beats the Storm 2 to clickscreen-free living

Well, no need to wait around for the Storm 2 to right all of the BlackBerry Storm's wrongs, the Cool9500 is here to make it all better. Namely, the Cool9500 brings the all-important gold trim, something we always felt was a major shortcoming of RIM's first stab at this form factor. There's also an all-important TV tuner -- another wild misstep in the original. Sure, we'll miss SurePress and the usable software, but we'd say Cool9500 really hit RIM where it hurts with this impressive followup.

[savingdaylight @ May 16th 2009 4:45PM]

exactly.

[Schweppes @ May 16th 2009 8:45PM]

This is perfect for the up and rising go getter in the high stakes world of managing lemon-aid stands...

AHAHAHH

Fake BB.. Oh my I LOVE IT!!!

[iphonerulez @ May 16th 2009 10:21PM]

Definitely, a BlackBerry Storm killer. They should have named this thing the HuckleBerry or the DingleBerry. It certainly has more features than the Storm. What good is a handset without, ahem, a TV tuner? Holy crap. Now that's what I call full-featured. I'm sure it must run third-party background apps since that's at the top of every tech-geek must have feature list. Pffft.

[comscier @ May 17th 2009 5:02AM]

What the heck is "average chinese women"?
Keep Racism to urself~~~

[Quantumphysics @ May 16th 2009 4:46PM]

It has a TV tuner?

Id take this over the real one

[winallsys @ May 16th 2009 4:50PM]

Ya, but analog...
The whole "DTV" thing in the U.S. will make this feature pretty useless here, pretty soon (by June, actually, after numerous delays).

[Epsilon-Not @ May 16th 2009 4:51PM]

Hm, would it even work on US analog (NTSC)? I thought China used PAL or something else...

[ReaperRob @ May 16th 2009 5:00PM]

It must be International KIRF-day!

[a ham sandwich @ May 16th 2009 5:04PM]

no, thats a week from wednesday. :)

[sweet greggo @ May 16th 2009 5:12PM]

That's some nice bling.

[Eric Foor @ May 16th 2009 5:19PM]

Add some spinners, or maybe some LEDS! It will definitely need to be studded. And don't forget the fake diamonds!

[thisisit @ May 16th 2009 5:30PM]

...and fill it up with gangsta-rap tunes and walla, u got your pimpin' smackin' gangstaphone!

[Slade @ May 16th 2009 5:28PM]

Ahh more chinese knockoff crap. I'm so sick of them not being original for once.

[bigcow05 @ May 16th 2009 5:55PM]

I'm sick of KIRF posts too but that doesn't mean everything made there is a KIRF. It just seems like Engadget likes to report KIRFs for some reason. Perhaps they get more clicks?

[GoGoGadget @ May 16th 2009 5:39PM]

Blackberry Storm is POS.
WinMo is the way of future.

[digitallysick @ May 16th 2009 5:43PM]

Haha yeah right sure it is, they sell knock off winmo if you would like that too

[Game_playa @ May 16th 2009 5:47PM]

No symbian is

[Epsilon-Not @ May 16th 2009 5:54PM]

Palm OS is the way of the future! Er, well, actually maybe not.

[CleverEndeavor @ May 16th 2009 6:22PM]

No! Android is!
or WinMo
or OSX
or Symbian

who can tell?

[GoGoGadget @ May 16th 2009 6:38PM]

All sucks!
Only WinMo Rulez...

[damiaking @ May 16th 2009 7:04PM]

yeah ..wm sucks is the worst os i had ever used and now am stucked with shitty ass widows mobile for one more year until my contract expires

[Guru @ May 16th 2009 6:01PM]

Tight

[oliver hart @ May 16th 2009 6:08PM]

So this is the new blackberry strom? Neat

[Leindurstit @ May 16th 2009 7:06PM]

Ahaha, I love how it has those five quick-access buttons on the bottom like the Nokia featured earlier today.

[ret1red4life @ May 17th 2009 5:11AM]

You must be proud showing the world what an ignorant schmuck you are. Congrats

[rony @ May 17th 2009 6:07AM]

I reported you...people like you are a blot on society.

[Tim @ May 17th 2009 8:00AM]

is it not clear that these fakes are becoming, by and large better as time moves forward. how long before the fakes are considered to be the real thing? i have a couple of mates who have brought, perhaps not fakes, in so much as name but good, probably Chinese takes on what smart phones should be. there opinions seem to be good so far, which makes me a bit tempted to get in there myself, so long as the price is right.

[Waz @ May 17th 2009 7:35PM]

HI GUYS,

HAS ANYONE USED SOLOMOBI TO PURCHASE ANYTHING EVER? OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR RETAILER FROM CHINA?

MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR HELP, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO BUY SOME KIRF GEAR BUT NOT SURE FROM WHERE.

CHEERS
WAZ