Birthday Contest: Win an OtterBox! Ten Cases up for Grabs!!
Another Birthday contest! Things are gonna get a little crazy on the blogs today with contest posts... but I have a feeling nobody is gonna mind the interruptions to our regular content schedule. Next up, the awesome folks at OtterBox sent us some CrackBerry birthday greetings and BlackBerry goodies...
OtterBox is always down for a party and to celebrate CrackBerry.com's 2nd birthday TEN lucky enthusiasts will win an OtterBox BlackBerry case of their choice. Safeguard your precious BlackBerry from the elements with these completely interactive, drop and scratchproof cases for on-the-go security. Protect your device no matter what the day brings. Tell us your worst BlackBerry disaster story and why your smartphone needs protection.
Thanks OtterBox! Be sure to visit OtterBox.com for more information on their line of great products. Good luck!!
tmsmedic Mar 1, 2009 at 9:42 pm
these things are awesome
RoscoXIV Mar 1, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I could have used the otterbox today. I was in an accident in a school vehicle and needed to get in touch with law enforcement, administrators and parents and when my phone hit the floor of the bus I freaked out thinking that I would be out of contact. Thankfully, it's a blackberry and kept on working. I guess the scratches are just war wounds. I would love to have this for my BlackBerry Storm 9530.
sleepphd Mar 1, 2009 at 9:55 pm
ME, ME, ME, oh PLease me
Twisted2 Mar 1, 2009 at 9:56 pm
i hope i win!
Earmance Mar 1, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Ok so my Bold never broke, but I dropped it one time on the sidewalk and forever my outside silver rim is tarnished, with a piece chipped off. I would LOVE an OTTERBOX case!
NEOFRAG Mar 1, 2009 at 10:03 pm
This would be awesome for my "hostile" environment! :P
xhoodiegirl Mar 1, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Leaving comment to enter contest (:
Bigbadger Mar 1, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Okay. So up until now I've never had a BlackBerry. I've always been a PALM guy. One day my PALM and I were in a stormy squall walking away from work and I was trying to keep the rain from hitting my screen. I stepped in a puddle and stumbled, my PALm went flying and landed on the pavement. the until fell out of the case the stylus went into the puddle and the rest of it skidded along the sidewalk. I picked it up soaking wet and the 2 halves seperated. I was so pissed off as I had just bought it 2 months earlier. If I had that case I would have been much better off. Ah well, What can ya do?!
Seps58 Mar 1, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Never had a BB so I have no story, but dropped my cell phone on a roller coaster and, well figure it out.....
Thanks for the chance to win and Happy Bday Crackberry!
styling333 Mar 1, 2009 at 10:22 pm
i live on the area where it got flooded in heavy rain. One time i was trapped inside my home with no electricity, disconnected phone line and the flood was getting higher in minutes. I was planned to leave the house and I had to report this situation to the emergency flood coordinator, to keep watch my house, the only thing available to do this was to use my BB and when I tried to reach it, it was slipped to the flood water, that was the end of my BB, so i thought, if I have protected my BB at least it would not be that bad.
Otterbox for my BOLD
bman99 Mar 1, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Love otterbox products! Very well made. Keeps my storm safe at work. I'm a technician at a busy car dealer.
frazed#cb Mar 1, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Happy Birthday! Keep up the great work! Proud to say Im a crackberry addict. ;)
coviner Mar 1, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Happy BDay
clothing_co Mar 1, 2009 at 10:30 pm
good protection for the device
etheridgej Mar 1, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Otterbox = Yummy.
killersilver Mar 1, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I should win at least one of all this wonderful birthday week prizes, you are giving away a lot of things!
gucci_goonda Mar 1, 2009 at 10:41 pm
For people who are known as butter fingers and for those of us whose kids play with our Blackberries... the Otterbox family of cases is perfect.
Raven2260 Mar 1, 2009 at 10:51 pm
I need one of those I have butter fingers and keep droping my storm. Thank god its built tough
beanyboy15 Mar 1, 2009 at 10:52 pm
choose me!
elya003 Mar 1, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Happy Birthday Crackberry !!!!
This site rules !!!
I can't get enough of it.
Thanks to all.
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Well I can't say its my own personal story. But my buddy sure is an idiot. I guess he just couldn't get enough of his girlfriend. Because during the flat tire he had to change he was worried he would miss her call on a return trip home from Florida back to Michigan he decided he was going to set his Storm on the back bumper well he changed the rear tire on his vehicle. Well the fool drove off without grabbing his precious Storm. He had to go up the freeway three miles to turn around. By the time he got back. His Storm was no longer recognizable. Apparently a Berry VS. an oncoming vehicle at 80 MPH is no comparison. He still has the parts and pieces. But he No longer has the girlfriend !!! LOL Poor bastard ! I dont know if an OtterBox could have saved it. But they sure look tough.
tolowkjr Mar 1, 2009 at 10:57 pm
My BlackBerry day of doom was about 5 months ago, when I got a email from a freind telling me that they were all going to lose there job due to cut backs. Then about a few minutes later I got a email that my job wasn't going to last also then I got acall from my wife that the she wanted to buy something that we really didn't need and she just would let it go. So she kept on pressuring me that she want what she wanted and not knowing what info I just got in an email and I didn't want to tell her at that moment so I just snapped and threw my blackberry in the wall and when I realize what I had done it was to late and i lost all my info and email. What a way to start over with a know blackbery and know I have storm 9530 and she got what she want any way.
Ryan BG Mar 1, 2009 at 10:58 pm
pleassssssssee!!!
spidermonkey242 Mar 1, 2009 at 11:02 pm
So I had to find out the hard way that BB's DO NOT float! I was stationed onboard a Navy Submarine, showing off my BB to a fellow submariner while topside, and all of a sudden a huge gust of wind about knocks us over the side and of course, my BB falls out of my hand, bounces nicely off the hull, and PLOP, right into the Thames River! If anyone wants a free 8100 Pearl, theres one on the North side of Pier 12 about 50 feet down!
snowboardsports Mar 1, 2009 at 11:09 pm
so three weeks after i bought my first blackberry storm im talking on the phone with a friend and im at the top of a large flight of concrete stairs when out of nowhere my friend hip checks me and nails my arm at the same time causing my blackberry storm to launch out of my hand and tumble down about twenty-five concrete steps breaking the screen, and totally ripping apart the rest of the phone, without having insurance i had to pay five hundred dollars for a replacement so now i have a new blackberry storm and i am so scared to even just use it now because if i break this one I'm not paying five hundred to get a new one this time
nramir01 Mar 1, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Happy Birthday crackberry!!
Ashesofthewake Mar 1, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Mines pretty straight forward, I got pushed into a pool with my phone in my pocket. bye bye phone :(
I need an otterbox to prevent future mishaps
s25843 Mar 1, 2009 at 11:20 pm
my bold got run over by a car!
DarthDennis Mar 1, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Looks good, I'd like to win!
Felonious_Monk Mar 1, 2009 at 11:25 pm
I drive a jeep offraod.....need I say more?
tgorda Mar 1, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Just bought my Storm a week ago and I could sure use an OtterBox to keep her safe.
trej89 Mar 1, 2009 at 11:29 pm
VMy blackberry saw its final day scratch fee âtat the stadium right before I dropped it down the stairs and it fell from the top all the way to where the stairs start
GinaR1173 Mar 1, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Happy Birthday Crackberry!!!!!!!
allurevibe Mar 1, 2009 at 11:32 pm
pick me!
allurevibe Mar 1, 2009 at 11:33 pm
pick me happy b day
737 Mar 1, 2009 at 11:36 pm
i don't have one, but i sure would like to have one.
spubin Mar 1, 2009 at 11:41 pm
thanks in advance
mrjustified Mar 1, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Woo hoo free cases !!!!
SuperDaveBold Mar 1, 2009 at 11:54 pm
I bet this could have saved my Bold from the 12 foot drop off the ladder it suffered over the weekend!
A replacement is on the way already, but the sheer horror and nightmares i'll have for the next month from clumsly hitting the hammer off my phone causing it to drop 12 foot, bounce about a foot in the air off the flooring, and then shatter into about 17 peices!
I'll never sleep good again till my new blackberry and otterBox protecting it is here!
willyb Mar 1, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Happy Bday!
rob_ashsu Mar 1, 2009 at 11:57 pm
i need an otterbox!!!! =)
topher65001 Mar 1, 2009 at 11:58 pm
pick me pick me
rammerjammer Mar 2, 2009 at 12:06 am
Sure would love to win this prize. Happy Birthday Crackberry.
My disaster story is that after camping out for the storm and coming home succesful day one, I ruin my storm the first day becuase the case I bought did not protect it properly. No insurance.....
thecrippler Mar 2, 2009 at 12:19 am
That's one hella burly phone case.
RHT Mar 2, 2009 at 12:39 am
Pick Me!
Miguelanator Mar 2, 2009 at 12:40 am
OtterBox reminds me of OtterPops... Good Times!
Juan911411 Mar 2, 2009 at 12:42 am
Happy Birthday Crackberry!!!!! I been around since the first days. I am on my 4th BlackBerry, thanks to you.
bdking2 Mar 2, 2009 at 12:49 am
sign me up, i loved my old otterbox.
Emtplatt Mar 2, 2009 at 12:57 am
I work as an EMT.I have had my phone thrown at me, puked on, run over, dropped and then kicked onto the freeway and even shot at. When I am saving lives I barely have time to protect myself let alone my phone. I have to wear protective clothing so I need the very best in protection for my phone and that is the otterbox. Since we lifesavers don't get paid very much especially not to deal with some of the stuff that we do. It would be fantastic to win one of these awesome baby bullet proof vest for my bb baby.
Thanks
EMT
benatrrgolf Mar 2, 2009 at 12:58 am
otter box otter box ah ah ah otter box YEAH
turtle1360 Mar 2, 2009 at 1:01 am
I just got my first Blackberry, so I don't have a disaster story yet. I need an Otterbox very badly so I can still say that next year....
Morningstar812 Mar 2, 2009 at 1:06 am
That is the sturdiest as well as one of the best looking covers I've seen so far.
ComicDom1 Mar 2, 2009 at 1:19 am
I was lucky enough to get told about and see the OtterBox by someone at the Mall in one of the Cell phone booths. I think is an outstanding accessory for my Storm because of the protection it provides.
Jason
manchild420 Mar 2, 2009 at 1:20 am
Protect my phone Mang!
boxer01 Mar 2, 2009 at 1:28 am
Help, my blackberry's fallen and it can't get up! Happy birthday Crackberry!
shabbasuraj Mar 2, 2009 at 2:02 am
I so need this after my original OB was stolen along with some of my other stuff from my gym locker.
ya sux to be me.
Desizra Mar 2, 2009 at 2:13 am
Between me being clumsy and my dogs... i've been thru a couple of cases and phones due to my phone always going off during normal and not so normal hours my dogs tries to turn it off by biting of hitting off the bed, couch or scratching my phone. And then my phone usually falls out of my pocket when i sit down, and the list goes on...
mohebenterprises Mar 2, 2009 at 2:27 am
I work in construction and my storm which i love and adore and try to take very good care of is always ending up being dropped in mud, plaster, and being rained on. The OtterBox would help ALOT!!! Happy Birthday CrackBerry! You guys have the best crack around. When it comes to you guys drugs are good. Thank you for all the wonderful info you have taught me about my Storm.
Tohsh Mar 2, 2009 at 2:32 am
Pick me!
DMunny#CB Mar 2, 2009 at 2:37 am
put one down for me
GSR Mar 2, 2009 at 2:58 am
Me leaving a comment comment :P
TMP123 Mar 2, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Well since I just got a BlackBerry I don't have a story for it yet, However, being a Jeep owner with no top I am a Cell phones / insurance claims worst nightmare. Usually happens when I leave the bar, leave the phone in the jeep and it rains...
irishmuse Mar 2, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Happy Birthday Crackberry!!
gabe_vinci Mar 2, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Please?!
vpwdoc Mar 2, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I love free stuff!!!
DaTerpsDaTerpsDaTerpsDaTerps Mar 2, 2009 at 9:37 pm
i want one!
juliodj Mar 2, 2009 at 10:19 pm
I like the OtterBox for my Bold because I AM A REAL CALAMITY. The OtterBox is like me, black and STRONG. Please, I don t want to destroy cellphones any more.
juliodj Mar 2, 2009 at 10:19 pm
I like the OtterBox for my Bold because I AM A REAL CALAMITY. The OtterBox is like me, black and STRONG. Please, I don t want to destroy cellphones any more.
JGLADIATORS Mar 2, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Hey what's up I just cant afford one of this for my storm but since its free all I can say is more power to u crackberry and happy birthday and iam ready for my otter box...thanks a lot for all the goodies you've given us.
JGLADIATORS Mar 3, 2009 at 12:03 am
My storm can really use the otterbox and if its free much better.more power to u crackberry and happy birthday
Lord Chrispin Mar 3, 2009 at 2:20 am
I had a friend try to play a prank on me,and through a series of mix ups, my storm ended up getting thrown at the grown at full force.........Granted it was in still working condition and verizon replaced it for free......I was really scared. I do my best to keep my storm safe but S*&t does happen.
arff808 Apr 28, 2009 at 1:53 am
In my line of work having a otterbox case for my storm would be great! I'm a firefighter for the state of Hawaii, when there is an emergency I have no time to gently set down my storm, or worry about it getting lost, damaged etc. Having a otterbox for my storm would give me great peice of mind.
yukon4512 Jul 9, 2009 at 8:10 am
Hi, does anyone know what the fix is for an 8350I with an otterbox cover that eliminates people calling you and getting a bad echoe on their end? Outside of removing the rubber cover and leaving just the hard plastic case..
netnomad_ca Mar 5, 2010 at 3:38 pm
I leave mine on the counter in the bathroom and it would offer basic splash protection. I need this case!
Bob_B Mar 5, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Would love an Otterbox
kansascitylive Mar 5, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I work in construction field and the Otter's are by far the best on the market! PERIOD!!!!!
DKipien Mar 5, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Had one for my centro and loved have since upgraded to blackberry so it would be great to have the same protection as my centro!!
MannyGeee Mar 5, 2010 at 4:30 pm
free otterbox please
Lunnabelle Mar 5, 2010 at 4:42 pm
some otterbox! Happy Birthday Crackberry!
jkerv75#cb Mar 5, 2010 at 4:42 pm
First time poster...long time viewer. Gotta try it.
Gisabun Mar 5, 2010 at 5:01 pm
OtterBox would devitely be handy. I don't know how many times I've dropped [or came close to] my phone. I have been lucky so far that nothing has been damaged - except a few scratches.
drachma Mar 5, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Thanks CB OtterBox
phelps848 Mar 5, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Pick me, pick me!!
hbo518 Mar 5, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Pick me please Otterbox's be nice.
hbo518 Mar 5, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Pick me please Otterbox's be nice.
drflores81 Mar 5, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Otterbox has always made outstanding cases!!
epoxyoyo Mar 5, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Cool. Like the yellow border.
n9las Mar 5, 2010 at 6:50 pm
I have defender case for my phone. I would love to win one for my wife.
Ronzdaname Mar 5, 2010 at 7:06 pm
I love Otterbox cases. Need to have it!!!
liqrsicc Mar 5, 2010 at 7:41 pm
This is a must need case, im always out and about and I need a case that will provide the protection that I need to keep my storm in top shape!!
grimmy900 Mar 5, 2010 at 7:44 pm
I NEED ONE BAD!!!
dsmith3427 Mar 5, 2010 at 7:52 pm
This would make my week!
hlevin Mar 5, 2010 at 8:23 pm
One for me! One for me!
alimlou Mar 5, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I love this otterbox. It would really be great protection for my curve 8900.
GlitchZero Mar 5, 2010 at 9:02 pm
So down.
lspot@bellsouth.net Mar 5, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Been looking at this case for a long time for my storm. Happy B-Day Crackberry hope you keep up the good work. Very good information about the OtterBox and all the other apps and products..
rethcork Mar 5, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Otterbox rocks! Being a very outdoors person I have dropped my 8900 more often then I want to remember so any protection would be great!
jrod1221 Mar 5, 2010 at 10:31 pm
work outdoors and this would be great.
topgunc6 Mar 5, 2010 at 10:48 pm
In the Auto industry have to get one of those for my Tour. Just about busted a couple times. If I won one that would be great. Might bring some sales to fellow Salesman
rlmenardjr Mar 6, 2010 at 12:21 am
my 1 year old daughter thinks my new 8530 is a chew toy!!
st_temps Mar 6, 2010 at 3:42 am
I'd love one!
montycarlo55 Mar 6, 2010 at 4:11 am
I have not had a fatal or major incident with my BB yet but I just got my new Curve a few weeks ago & am known to drop my phone(s) quite a bit plus I work around heavy steel & plenty of water & hydrolic fluid leaks in my plant.
rwcohen@gmail.com Mar 6, 2010 at 6:27 am
nice
Dalibuford Mar 6, 2010 at 7:34 am
A very nice Birthday gift!!!! Thank you!!!
froussy Mar 6, 2010 at 8:14 am
please.. add my name :D
I dropped my 9700 on the floor at my work.. i had to buy a new one :( So if I had the otterbox case, it will had be saved!
fae49 Mar 6, 2010 at 10:41 am
This case is amazing!
nynay Mar 6, 2010 at 10:43 am
Since I was born in March. Yesterday was my birthday. I would really like this case to help celebrate my 50th birthday. I have hit a milestone. I love my blackberry and I want to keep it safe from harm.
Netman2008 Mar 6, 2010 at 11:52 am
Happy Birthday to you all at CrackBerry
Yet another wonderful year has gone by and I have not missed a moment with all of you at CB.
Please enter me in this Otterbox contest so I can put my Berry into the DPP disaster protection plan.
Thank you CB and Happy BD !!!
meeday4u#cb Mar 6, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Otterbox sickest designs!
schrack3000 Mar 6, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Would be nice....
miscshorty#cb Mar 6, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I have concrete floors and dropped my new BB Bold 9700 the day I bought it. Luckily it didn't get injured. This OtterBox will protect it from any damage. Please pick me I really want this case.
Mahal Mar 6, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I'm addicted to your site. A wealth of info.
philschutt Mar 6, 2010 at 11:28 pm
I was just getting ready to order one of these this week but after seeing this I'm going to hold off for a bit and see! I love the concept but really love the commuter series and couldn't find a holster to go along with it for some reason. While the next series up(Defender?) has a holster with it, it just seems a tad on the large side from the way the photos look.
Would be awesome for my backpacking trips with clients, or climbing/mountaineering trips. I've been taking a cell phone on every mountaineering, climbing, kayaking, canoeing, and backpacking trip since "cellular" phones were in fact portable to the point of carrying an extra 7lbs in my pack and taking up a HUGE amount of space just so I would have the bag-phone along for those "just-in-case" emergencies. I work as a therapist with adjudicated male youth(11-18) in an all boys facility so I do week long adventure trips 5-6 times per year and they require I either take my sat phone(now that they are affordable) for trips where a signal is not available for the majority of the trip or my blackberry along in areas I know I can reach a signal. Back in the early days this was not a requirement but having 10 young males int he woods for the very first time for most of them it just seemed like a good idea. Thus far I've "lost" 4 phones to the woods from issues derived from things like getting slammed into a rock face (even though inside my pack), getting dumped into a quick moving stream while crossing, being lost into a lake while ice fishing and just plain being lost lol. Having a strong case would certainly help keep the phone safer which of courser makes the boys I take along safer in the process. Phil
jeep.tj Mar 7, 2010 at 7:07 am
I could really use the OtterBox!
lphil24 Mar 7, 2010 at 7:59 am
I did a keg stand and my phone fell out of my pocket and into the bucket of ice/water. I realized it an hour later but it was too late. Submerged! OtterBox may have saved me.
wgriffith415 Mar 7, 2010 at 10:25 am
Last weekend, I was folding laundry and left my 9630 on my bed. After all the clothes were folded, I gathered up all my sheets, not realizing that my beloved Tour was inside it, and threw it the whole batch in for a wash cycle. I only realized my error 20 minutes later when I tried to BBM a friend.
The best part is that I had already used my 2 annually allowed claims with Assurion on my previous phone, so insurance was pointless here. I had to buy a new one, and it is getting here on Tuesday.
F0nage Mar 7, 2010 at 10:48 am
No disaster story here, I prefer to avoid them.
So lay an OtterBox case on me! Thanks guys!
samerman02 Mar 7, 2010 at 2:03 pm
This looks awesome! I love great cases and hear great things!!
trapper mike Mar 7, 2010 at 6:36 pm
the otterbox would haved saved my first bb i will be getting one either way
tommyj77 Mar 7, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Just got a Bold 9700 and I need a case. Send the Otterbox my way!
GoBlues Mar 7, 2010 at 10:28 pm
My friends call me "Butters" because I have habitual 'butter-fingers' and bear a striking resemblance to said South Park character. Please send a case my way, Uhm-Kay?
cayenne224 Mar 8, 2010 at 10:46 pm
! need some serious protection!
r1rider13 Mar 12, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Yes it is a bad story. I work construction and in construction you have to relieve yourself in a Porta Potty or Porta John. Yes you know where this is going! Just as i walked into the porta potty i received a call from my boss and i reached into my pocket for my Blackberry and out of my hand it popped and right into the toilet. With nothing to protect it the blackberry was a goner. With a OtterBox i am sure i would have saved the phone. Not sure i would have used that Otterbox again :)
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