Plato said "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." This is particularly true if you meet someone using a BlackBerry, perhaps the hardest of all battles. But they don't deserve pity. Around BlackBerry users, we must remember manners, courtesy, and a few basic rules of kindness.


Don't be a snob.

Gadget snobbery is never OK. It's ignorant and obnoxious to tell someone they're a bad person because of a phone (unless that phone is a Galaxy Note). Within the rest of the handset nebula, you should let your fellow man stand by his choice.


But BlackBerry owners are different. They were once a haughty, QWERTY-clutching elite—bankers, lawyers, Illuminati chairmen, Yale professors, and various other broad-jawed goons from the corridors of power. No more. The RIM faithful are the people who got left out of the doomsday vault—the Japanese soldiers still wandering around the jungle waiting to snipe GIs. They're at a point beneath teasing. We need to start giving them sympathy. We have to coexist.


It's probably not their fault.

Your typical BlackBerry user doesn't use it because they want to—they use it because they have to. Maybe their Paleolithic employer probably requires it—it's still a requisite for modern business in someone's faded brain. Or maybe they can't afford a new phone. Or maybe they really, really love a good keyboard, which can't be found elsewhere. Maybe they're chained to a family plan. The point is: They have no other options.


So you can't fault someone for using a BlackBerry, because nobody really wants to be using a BlackBerry. Have you ever made fun of someone for using a wheelchair? Probably not. If you have, you're awful.


Don't ask.

"Dude, you're still using a BlackBerry?"
 Yeah, they are, dickhead. You know they are. Highlighting the misfortune of others isn't going to get anyone to make out with you. And a BlackBerry user isn't going to change their ways because of your ridicule. They know they have a BlackBerry. Whatever the reason is, it's their business. When they make a call, just look away, and try to smile.

Don't stare.

Unless it's on a hip-holster, in which case, walk away.


Compliment BBM.

RIM still has one thing going for it: BBM is the best phone messaging system of all time. It makes iMessage look like a poopy diaper. Giving your friend's 'Berry the respect it deserves for instant, reliable phone IMing is a good way to establish common ground. Sample conversation:
 You: "Oh, man, I wish my phone had BBM. It's still the best."
 Them: "Thanks. But I want to die."


Loan your phone.

When you see someone pushing a busted bicycle along the side of a dark, muddy road, you don't just leave them there. You give them a ride. Open your door—this is a metaphor— and let a BB user borrow your phone for a second. Sample conversation:
 Them: "Hey, do you mind if I check the Orioles score? I'm following them in the World Series."
 You: "Um, sure!"

Share what luxury you have.
Let them use your phone's snappy browser. For a moment, you both feel content. Until they learn the truth about the Flock.


Be sympathetic.

Be understanding. Be generous. Be nice. Because someday, you might be on the bottom rung of the social ladder, still clinging to your hopelessly outdated old iPhone.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5953043/be-nice-to-your-sad-friends-with-blackberries

Rubbish! you dont even need any phone to survive in the first place. Rubbish.

How does this reduce the price of garri in the market?

Long tin..... I still dey use my BB. Notin dey pa

Bb or not, I read the same information that u read on ur ios or android, talk with the same people. Why bb bashing? No one bashed motorolla, sony-ericsson. People are just hating on bb for no reason. Come hate on me cos I dey use bb nah. Maybe nah ur money I use buy am. What of those using china phone like chichamcham, zumyon, sumshuang etc? Waht should they do? Commit suicide? This bashing is baseless and pure envy

Oya Round 2....I cant wait to see d BB users come swingin out with various punches....

I would have bash the hell out of the author of that crap but this is Sunday morning so I'm in a sacred state,I'll be back for you.

Sha eventhough Im an android user and would never use a bb in my life, I wonder weting BB do some people for NL? Why all the BB bashing? lol

What is BB na phone or diapers?

This is a sponsored post.  remains the best phone with flexible bundles and the best qwerty keypad in nigeria for now, so they can keep spilling the BS, I don't care. Love my  and I aint changing it for nothing.

How does this stupid rambling from an old twisted fuc (whoever wrote the thread) affect my life?

I have practically used all phone os and even though, i couldnt compare the BB OS with that of android or iOS, heck, even symbian, I have come in terms with the fact that the BB is for me. It gives me a whole lot more than what I want, productivity and socal wise.

99.9 percent of people with all these so called HD exta smartphones does not even have a single HD video on their phone. If I'll ever use another phone,I'll still have my spare BB.

So haters should die.

PS: Na dose useless ashawo girls wey dey use bb for dia market cause all these BASHINGS. Cause they have no other use for it except for pinging!!!

Anoda nonsense thread making de front page *wandering is this how low de IQ of our mods have desend* waiting 4 my ban again 4 expressing my feeling. (Hitler mods)

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Bla bla bla irrelevant topic tsw

Bash all u want,I get what I need from  and android.

's qwerty keyboard....good for IMing
Android swipe capacitive screen for smooth browsing n gaming plus puting me in Admin position(after rooting) and several ROM's to choose. I just carry both!

Summary Please...
Btw,
Why did the OP create this thread?
What is the purpose of this thread?
What does OP hope to achieve with this thread?
Why should it be on frontpage?
Are mod's still doing their jobs?
Has the job of mods been compromised?
Is it right to torture NLanders with such senseless threads?

People must surely talk.

Hehehe..., nice jab, even if its below the belt. Personally, I think too many peeps, including you OP, are too attached to your phones. Its just a gadget. It does nothing for your status. That's just an illusion. Get over it.

I even hear some folks say they can't do without their phones. Err, except you are 11 yrs old and under, you once did without it. You still can.

Don't be a phone junkie.

blackburial na phone

infact na snail nobi smartphone,,, if u need smartphone go for iphone or symbian OS....period!!

all blackburial users if ur phone never hang dis morning raise ur hand up.............

And this rubbish made front page? BB haters! Why don't you invent something better yourself? Don't hate BB hate the people using it if you can. Next story please.

Americans and their propaganda. You dont have to bury BlackBerry (Canada) to sell an iPhone (USA).

Am I missing something here? I admit I'm not a phone geek but I do know my math and money management. A friend of mine who bought an android cos she was told it's better than BB spends a 1000 for 200MB. With my BB plan, I spend 1400 for 3GB, which if I'm to calculate is abt 15000 for the same 3GB with an android. Does that even make sense economically? Or is there something I don't know

Hehehehe! Dis is the silliest post on Nl dis month.
Who told ya bb users are sad?? Do u knw how happy people feel the first time they own a bb??
Believe it or not, BB hav been making peeps happy even before the android and galaxy renovations.

Oh no... Not again. Am I the only one tired of seeing these blackberry bashing posts on the front page? One of these Mods has to be a blackberry hater... Whatever happened to choice, different strokes for different folks. Every man to his own!

Na wah oh! I wasted my megabtye just to open this stoopid thread only for me to see that it's a bashing on my preferred phone. Thank God I am using a BLACKBERRY which otherwise I will crying for my lost/wasted megabyte now.
Like seriously, if your so called eye abi na nose phone is good why all the hate? Why don't you allow the phone to sell itself? No be una fault sha na d mods I blame because they have to eat garri by all means and the price of garri has gone up in the market.

mrkels: This is a sponsored post.  remains the best phone with flexible bundles and the best qwerty keypad in nigeria for now, so they can keep spilling the BS, I don't care. Love my  and I aint changing it for nothing.

Same here o! BB or nothing!!!

Lady Winona: Am I missing something here? I admit I'm not a phone geek but I do know my math and money management. A friend of mine who bought an android cos she was told it's better than BB spends a 1000 for 200MB. With my BB plan, I spend 1400 for 3GB, which if I'm to calculate is abt 15000 for the same 3GB with an android. Does that even make sense economically? Or is there something I don't know

Thanks 2 Airtel u can use their blackberry package subscribtion on any phone but nt many are aware of dis

BB bashing again lol...

*clears the chairs and tables*

*hurrys to one corner with my E5 waiting for the BB guys to show*

Let the war begin!!!!

eDiot poster.

DanoskyZ: Hehehehe! Dis is the silliest post on Nl dis month.
Who told ya bb users are sad?? Do u knw how happy people feel the first time they own a bb??
Believe it or not, BB hav been making peeps happy even before the android and galaxy renovations.

My childhood friend would always say and I quote, "I love my blackberry more than my girlfriend". So quit hating and get a life dear bb haters

@xcitedjay,candieangels12 and other haters of BB, you guys are just noise makers because if you know what Blackberry can do, you all won't be here writing trash. Apart from the office functions BB provides, emails, BBM, internet, etc. Now entertainment, what's the best form of relaxation? For me is watching hollywoods movies, seasonal movies (current movies). I watch most of this movies free, even before it's being premiere on Stv cinemas galleries. The interesting part is with just N500, I get to watch as many movies I can for 1 week thanks to Mtn with their unlimited data plans (who say mtn no dey try, which other network can give you that kind of a plan). For me O, Blackberry still rules.

Youngzedd: People must surely talk.

nd wat ar u doing , looking