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The Story of the RedBerry
Howard H. Thaw writes "In my youniverse -- where I increasingly get to chose the devices I want, the services I need and customize them to my own specifications and standards - RIM offered me the BlackBerry device I wanted and needed - but that still only got me part of the way. Here's the story of my RedBerry, I hope it will inspire your own. According to Mathew Ingram, tech writer for the Globe and Mail in his column entitled Pimp Your Device this may very well be the world's only triple-coated and glazed Ferrari-red BlackBerry."
Okay, this is really cool! Can anyone point me to some DIY article that shows how to get a computer desktop or tower case other than beige?
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FTA: There isn't a meeting that goes by - or a tradeshow, or media interview that someone doesn't salivate over my Red BlackBerry. As they brush their fingers over the glossy coat, there's a moment of hesitation before the inevitable question emerges: where did you ever get that from? And so the conversation goes.... Apparently I wasn't in any of the same meetings.
This isn't even not a story (apologies to Peter Woit).
that's the stupidest article I've ever read. I'll save everyone a few minutes of their lives and summarize.
-People drool over my red blackberry
-I'm a free thinker and everyone else is an idiot
-I got a car paintjob on a blackberry case
I was thinking that the article was going to be about China's response to the blackberry but instead ot was just an idiot who discovered simple modding.
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
Sure, like the first few comments said, the writeup wasn't that amazing, and there's nothing that special about doing this. But it's still cool, nonetheless. As far as I know, nobody else has done this to a BlackBerry. If I were ever to get a BlackBerry, I would want it to be in a color other than black or navy blue. Perhaps RIM will take a hint and offer a choice of colors. (But all the corportate IT depts will buy the black ones, saying it's cheaper and easier to get the default color.)
ttuttle is a rankmaniac
I had a clear vision of what I wanted: a shiny, triple-coated and glazed, Ferrari Red BlackBerry that would accessorize my personality.
-article
You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking red-glazed blackberry.
-Tyler Durden
Slashdot needs a "-1, Wrong" moderation option.
The Urban Hippie
You're just all jealous.(jk)
God spoke to me.
looks like crap, but i guess he's happy enough
Was this article posted on purpose to make everyone upset?
Silly me thinking this was actually an interesting article about China's Redberry platform.
Okay, like everybody else I thought:
But... no it's some MOUTH BREATHER who painted his blackberry red and wrote a TWO FUCKING PAGE ARTICLE about it. Can I have the last 5 minutes of my life back please?
The quotes are entertaining though:
Motherfucker's got a HOLSTER! BackDaFuckUp!
Nothing says non-conformist like a blackberry!
Yes, I am definitely getting the fuck out of your way, Mr. Awesome! (whispering) damn, with a blackberry like that, can you imagine how big his cock is? (/whispering)
Seriously, is this guy for real? I sense a motivational speaking career in the making...
He should have just called it the StrawBerry.
Mill Avenue Vexations
this is really, really, really shitty.
it's a puff piece about how the dude is The Dude, the most creative Dude in Town, bar none. Talk to the Dude, dudes. Watch, listen, and learn. How DOES he do it. How CAN he be so very, very redberry-entrepreneurial.
Note: Be vewwwy vewwy caweful around anyone who calls himself an entrepreneur. I mean it.
Sorry, I'm just not impressed by some dude who basically used his pull and contacts to get a nice toy. I mean, he didn't do any of this himself! He used the old-boys network to get his keen "mod". I'm not even saying he didn't get those contacts for a good reason -- if anyone frequented my business for 20 years, I'd hook them up too. But this is so irrelevant as /. material.
If we substitute "how I got some nice free golf clubs" for "Redberry", that would be about the same result, and just as boring.
Oh, and the other article? Talk about over-the-top hype. I thought I was reading Wired from 1992.
It's a strange world -- let's keep it that way
Does this mean I can submit my friends and mine gamecube to slashdot? It's got a two tone paint job and the controller ports have hotrod flames. We also changed the power led's color.
Why not fork?
Boring. Lame. He modded a case. An easy one at that.
Here I thought this was going to be an article about the REAL redberry, China's rip off of the blackberry.
This is not newsworthy. Someone paints a case and thinks it is special. Well I have the only briefcase PC configured a certain way, because I built it. Put me on front page slashdot! I'm so damn special.
This guy couldn't even be bothered to get the equipment or learn to do it himself. He had to go to a body shop and have them do it.
-- Having a Creationist Museum is like having an Atheist place of worship
If this guy can get a slashdottish number of people to visit his page because someone else painted his Blackberry, I can repeat what has already been said - WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!! Just how did this get submitted? I would much rather be lured to a page about cold fusion or Bigfoot. THOSE would at least be entertaining! But no, I had to read the whole STUPID thing, HOPING there was real substance...and now, this guy will be bragging about how 'Popular' the story was! Ahhh... Thanks for letting me vent. BTW, I put color shifting vinyl on my old treo. It looked real cool, but was NOT worthy of the Slashdot crowd. Neither was the StopSignBerry. No, the Cranberry...uh, LittleRedChevetteBerry?.... Now - ON TO A REAL STORY!
What the hell is /. doing posting a lame arsed blog about a guy that made his PDA shiny red.
/. replacement please, as this place is going to hell in a hand-basket.
Someone point me to the
"Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far
Yeah this isn't groundbreaking stuff, I'm way more impress by this cool laser-etched Blackberry. It was done at Nike's facility using their laserium machine, too bad it's not open to the public.
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/04/24/001666/
is that he got about $150 (maybe more) in free paint and labor out of a car dealer.
"Howard is co-founder and COO of Iotum Corporation, an emerging technology company based in Ottawa that is helping to redefine the web by "Bringing Relevance to Communications"
Because a red blackberry is oh so relevant and emerging.
"I probably broke every rule in the book"
Oh yeah, he's a real badass. Wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley would you?
To err is human. To forgive is not company policy.