Comments on: Fake BlackBerry or not? You decide…

By: Cooper

Cooper — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:44:37 +0000

@jason

It may not be a fake. Where did you get it?

It could be a production model that made its way into the wild somehow or it could just be a device that a previous owner debranded.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:47:39 +0000

I have a 8330 that doesn’t say blackberry on top or ne where else .. Except on the inside of the phone n the battery .. Is it a fake ?

By: Mr. 200

Mr. 200 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:34:01 +0000

All the pictures we see are Photoshopped. Even the ones which look “real”.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:09:57 +0000

HA! What do you naysayers have to say now?

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:50:40 +0000

Ya well, I’m in no way calling you a liar coop, only speaking from my own personal experience, but I as well have plenty of friends that work within RIM an lets just say when this….thing…was pointed out to them they laughed hysterically at it…They never give out information either but the sheer fact that this pic brought tears to their eyes from laughter is telling me RIM has more in store for the next series of devices then some cheap looking moto qh knock off.

By: Coop

Coop — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:41:49 +0000

Being the “original” Breaker of the news I can tell you the following.

I’ve got friend who work at RIM which never give away the ’secrets’… Which I admire them for because I don’t want them risking their jobs. I typically talk to RIM employees I do not know asking them simple questions like “how’s the 3G working these days” and I’ll sometimes get a suprised response like “you’re not supposed to know about that”

I have seen this device being used in Public near RIM by an unknown employee with a completely red badge (I’m guessing it’s R&D or high security), and NOT at the Waterloo offices. I do not work at RIM, nor do I have access to the offices.

The person who used this device in public was the one who told me about HTML e-mail and also admitted he shouldnt even be using the device (which he wouldn’t if it was a 9000) in public.

I know someone who does some device testing there who confirmed this was a 9000 after I had already found the picture. He, along with other friends I have there will never show me new devices and I have the utmost respect for that.

Just a little bit of extra info for you… I wouldn’t want my RIM friends getting in trouble for spreading information they didn’t give me.

By: Rae

Rae — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:04:09 +0000

Our apologies – actually, MY apologies. I fully admit to not being a *personal* fan of the curve (though one of the staff here adores his and does most of the “curve related writing”) and as such, haven’t looked at them much – didn’t realize the curve has the BB logo on it… Thanks for the clarification.

By: 66Sweep

66Sweep — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:39:04 +0000

Hmm…I’m with you on the “B” being backwards but my at&t Curve 8300 has the logo to the left of the word BlackBerry.