Comments on: RIMarkable Exclusive: Verizon Announces 3 New BlackBerry Devices

By: RP

RP — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:45:16 +0000

WEll, as a matter of fact…….I do alot of dealings with VZW for our company,here in VA. I hate to tell you this, but …the 8300 series IS true!! and VZW will be gettign them in MAY!! They jsut released the 8800 series and are expected to release the 8300 next month. So…keep your eyes and ears open. Most retail stores know nothing abut it…i deal with the federal side of things. Trust me..its coming!!

By: This Time It’s Not A Hoax: Verzion To Get BlackBerry Pearl In May | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:54:31 +0000

[...] Pearl on Verizon and Sprint is just over a month away. This is legitimate news as compared to the BlackBerry April Fools prank that I played on RIMarkable readers April [...]

By: BlackBerryCool » BlackBerry April Fool’s sightings

BlackBerryCool » BlackBerry April Fool’s sightings — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:43:43 +0000

[...] go unnoticed in the BlackBerry community. Robb over at RIMarkable had me fooled with his “Verizon releasing three new devices” post, and CrackBerry.com really had no one fooled with their “Palm purchases RIM” [...]

By: Nick Starr

Nick Starr — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:04:28 +0000

Good joke….I thought it was real for a while there…although every story I read on April first I take with a grain of salt. Either way, I’m a GSM guy so T-Mob and SINgular are the only companies I plan on getting my BB fix from. If ony T-Mob would release the 8800, I would be able to get rid of this Pearl POS.

By: Facing Reality

Facing Reality — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:59:58 +0000

Stopped into a Verizon dealer yesterday…they have no clue about any new devices coming this year at all. They indicated the 8703 was still very new to them so they saw no need for MP3 or camera capability. They view their network as significantly superior to Cings, and that is what they focus on.

I have had Cing network since 97, and have held out to get VZV network w/a move to a BB since my Cing contract expired 5 mos ago….unfortunately on am going to take the Amazon deal for the 8800 and reup w/the crappy Cing network because I just can’t wait any longer. So VZV, if you finally get some new BB’s maybe I’ll see you in 04/09, unless Cing can get their network together.

By: I Was Just Joking But Verizon Should Take It Seriously | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:27:11 +0000

[...] readers yesterday that I hope no one took offense to. I kind of leaked a fake story about how Verizon was releasing 3 new BlackBerry devices but I left plenty of clues that with in the story that it was a [...]

By: Disappointed

Disappointed — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:43:07 +0000

Mr. Dunewood,
Please keep us posted on Verizon info, especially when its legitimate.

By: BH

BH — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:41:09 +0000

I am only 22 so the 1985 reference went completely over my head. The fact that you used the word foolish in your post made me wonder if this was true or not.

All I can say is, “Good One”. You really had me going until the comments started coming in.

By the way, you should let your readers subscribe to your comments even if they don’t leave one.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:33:17 +0000

I confess. This was an April Fools Joke. I hope those that got got don’t take it personally. I tried to make the story plausible, but, made sure that I put some clues in there that made it clear that this was a gag.

By the way, the Sidd Finch story in the April, 1985 Sports Illustrated has got to be one of the best April Fools Hoaxes of all time.

By: Steve (BBCool)

Steve (BBCool) — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:31:58 +0000

I was fooled. I blame Monday morning.