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Bring your BBM to Life with BBMShirts!

by Kevin Michaluk on 14 Sep 2011 08:32 PM
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[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]

It's nearly twelve months to the day that we posted the BlackBerry loving Ping Me Baby! BBM Theme Song here on the CrackBerry blogs. The song went on to get a lot of play, even getting the song's mastermind Riz up on stage to perform it live at BlackBerry DevCon 2010.

A year later, Riz is back at it with a new BBM-related endeavor. This time it's not a song, but a new initiative surrounding t-shirts. He's launched BBMShirts.com where you can easily order up a t-shirt with your own BBM barcode on it. You can check out video above to get a good overview of what it's all about. I just ordered up two for myself - pretty stoked to wear them around (gotta mix it up with the RIMPIRE Strikes Back and #1 BlackBerry Fanboy shirts). I sure hope to see a lot of BBM Barcodes on T-Shirts out in public. I'll definitely be scanning any I see. Be warned ladies... :)

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34 Comments

Posted by adicktuz Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

First.

Cool idea. But I wouldn't wear that. LOL

 
 
Posted by slant Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

saying "First" on the first forum post is exponentially worse than wearing a BBM Shirt.

 
 
Posted by bigtime2 Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

Zing!

 
 
Posted by Zupof Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

I wonder how well the scanning process would be on a non-flat (curvy) surface...

 
 
Posted by goodbyegalaxy Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

Especially true for Bella, damn girl!

 
 
Posted by ippyg Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

Sucks if you switch BB's, lol steep price.

 
 
Posted by Deathcommand Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

Hey take a picture of my chest!

 
 
Posted by rapsball4 Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

Yeah, this has just provided a lot of men a lot of excuses to stare at and take photos of women's chests.

 
 
Posted by chiefbroski Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

LOL.... +1.

But hey, we take what we can get!

 
 
Posted by Marc_Paradise Friday, Sep 16, 2011 250 days ago

The mistake you made lies in assuming that any female of the species would wear one of these.

 
 
Posted by oldtimeBBaddict Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

Yeah, I'll wear one of these. It should go well with my Vulcan ears.

 
 
Posted by SCrid2000 Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

"Only" $19.99 :p I like the idea, but not the price. I'll print my own, thanks.

 
 
Posted by c0rinne Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

Do you get lifetime replacements for new blackberrys? Otherwise, I'll pass.

 
 
Posted by Gajetman Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

People are so funny! They think $20.00 is too much for a one off custom printed Tee Shirt!
Hilarious!
This shirt should be $30.00 or more!

I think it's a cool idea. Wear it at a bar, a gentlemen's club, or a job fair or a networking meeting.

 
 
Posted by Cb3540 Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

I think it's a great idea and the price is very reasonable. We buy t-shirts printed with someone else graphic all the time like Ed-Hardy or Nike for much more. At least this shirt is about me and customized to my Pin. I've already ordered one. Another great post @Crackberry!!

 
 
Posted by Dinodeal Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

Just ordered the xl in black. Cant wait!

 
 
Posted by El Platanero Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

hahahahah, when NFC kicks in everybody will be tapping their phones together and these shirts will be obsolete, hahahahahahahajaj

 
 
Posted by ignites Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

actually they'll be tapping their phones on other ppl's chest....... LOL

 
 
Posted by georgezc Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

cool idea i want one

 
 
Posted by Kerzhan Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

How about a RIMPIRE shirt with the barcode?

 
 
Posted by orangepit Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 252 days ago

So if I come up to a good looking chick with a QR code on her t-shirt, I wouldn't be out of place if I asked if I could scan her chest?

 
 
Posted by seaners Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 252 days ago

This is so nerdy, but I love it! I just ordered mine!

 
 
Posted by deathwalkr Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 252 days ago

RIM India did this for free!

And you could choose from a variety of stuff like keychains, mugs and of course T-Shirts.

Just had to register with full address and of course your BB details and voila in 2 weeks i got me a BB Bar Code T-Shirt!

The promo was called "Flaunt your BB" or something

 
 
Posted by jussimple Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 252 days ago

This is a cool concept. Nerdy as it is, it's screems of stand out in the crowd type personnalities. I love it. Going to order a couple today. The only issue I see is if you or someones says "No". The Scanner doesn't have a flash and doesn't make a sound. This could lead to some ramdom adds but maybe that's part of the fun. Wouldn't mind a "Rimpire" barcode shirt though. I'm a "bin there, done that, and got the T-shirt" kind of guy."

 
 
Posted by ritesh Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 252 days ago

I got my T shirt from flauntyourbbm.com for free. Unfortunately, I sold that phone :-(

Will order a keychain,since thats the cheapest thing :-)

http://apps.facebook.com/flauntyourbbm/

 
 
Posted by wobbly Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 252 days ago

I've got a shirt with WHEN IS THIS BIG UPDATE COMING FOR PLAYBOOK ?
THE END OF NEVER LOL

 
 
Posted by mophie Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

lol

 
 
Posted by nickbettschen Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

I just ordered mine Male/Black/S saying BBM me cant wait to wear it to the bar or out to a house party :-)

 
 
Posted by Wazzy9 Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

Is it just me or Steve is gay?

 
 
Posted by UnknownError507 Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

I might think so, cause i notice that to he only get scanned by guys :)
Or the pp who put this animation together dint thought about it.
If im gonna see a chick with one of this T-Shirts i definitely gonna scan their Bo*@s(Barcode).

 
 
Posted by Cb3540 Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

It's funny that the only thing you take away from such a brilliantly executed 'How-To' video is whether an animated fictional character was Gay or not. And if he was Gay, is there anything wrong with that? Gay guys do use Blackberry too you know.

 
 
Posted by ladeberry Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

yeah got this free in India, a flauntyourrbbm shirt with d QR as the shirt badge ... turned alot of heads

 
 
Posted by chuckmaster Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 251 days ago

Cool idea. My company (Mr. Creativitee - www.mrcreativitee.com) offers custom QR Code tees for just a fraction of the cost ($12.99) and you can have anything you want coded to pop up when scanned. Websites, a certain message, business card information, etc.

 
 
Posted by Rob-john_com Monday, Dec 26, 2011 149 days ago

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