The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice!

[Catherine Vincent]

In case you wanted to know how they came up with the name "Blackberry"...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry#Name_origin
Name origin
RIM settled on the name "BlackBerry" only after weeks of work by Lexicon Branding Inc., the Sausalito, California-based firm that named Intel Corp.’s Pentium microprocessor and Apple’s PowerBook. One of the naming experts at Lexicon thought the miniature buttons on RIM’s product looked "like the tiny seeds in a strawberry," Lexicon founder David Placek says. "A linguist at the firm thought straw was too slow sounding. Someone else suggested blackberry. RIM went for it."<11> Previously the device was called LeapFrog, alluding to the technology leaping over the current competition, and its placeholder name during brainstorm was the PocketLink.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. I think they should just officially change it to Crack Berry, since it seems so addictive.

I am going to resist getting one (who wants to be that available all the time!!!) - but when I travel or sit in meetings, people are on them constantly (and pretty much ignore whatever is going on at the meeting!).

[ZombieHorde]

2. PSP is way cooler. Internet access, listen to music, plays movies and kick ass video games, and

no phone calls.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. I agree. nt

[Deja Q]

4. At least they didn't call it "Dingleberry".

:puke:

[Warpy]

5. ....and the worse the chiggers?

Every single time I went blackberry picking I got bitten to death by those miserable buggers.

I'm afraid the name has unfortunate connotations to me.