Say goodbye to the old CrackBerry... the new CrackBerry launches today!

By Kevin Michaluk on 6 Mar 2013 10:06 am

Today is the day CrackBerry Nation! We are literally minutes away from beginning the rollout of our long awaited and much anticipated "CrackBerry 10" website upgrade!

This is a MASSIVE push for us. It has been over two years since we have given the site a visual refresh and is the first time in our 6+ year history that we are upgrading our backend content management platform.

During the upgrade we will be taking the CrackBerry homepage and article content offline.

While you wait...

Take note, you will still be able to purchase goodies at ShopCrackBerry.com and browse and post in our CrackBerry Forums.

Site Relaunch Forum Contest: While the blogs are being upgraded, you can win a FREE BlackBerry Z10 from CrackBerry! Jump over to our CrackBerry site relaunch contest thread and leave a post - this is your last chance to enter!

ShopCrackBerry Site Relaunch Sale: Jump over to ShopCrackBerry.com and use coupon code NEWCB at checkout to save 15% on ALL BlackBerry Accessories! Sale ends tonight at midnight PST.

What happens next?

Once we take the site offline, expected downtime is approximately 4 hours. Be sure to follow @crackberry and @crackberrykevin on twitter and we'll keep you in the loop as we work through the process.

As we bring the new site online things may be a bit messy for an hour or two as we get everything in place. Once the relaunch dust settles, the next article you see from me will be a quick note welcoming you to the new and improved CrackBerry.com! Let's Rock & Roll This!!

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70 comments

green_ember Mar 6, 2013 at 10:08 am

Can't wait!

AngryEdmontonian Mar 6, 2013 at 10:08 am

Nerdgasm!

I Bleed Black & Berry

piko 72 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:08 am

Ah! Sweet :)

eve6er69 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:09 am

Good luck.

Dave Peckens Mar 6, 2013 at 10:11 am

Congrats on 2 milestones! BlackBerry 10 and now CrackBerry 10! Rock on!!!

Adam Zeis Mar 6, 2013 at 10:11 am

Man. No one tells me anything.

AngryEdmontonian Mar 6, 2013 at 10:12 am

My Dog eats pooh. There, now you know something.

I Bleed Black & Berry

borbella Mar 6, 2013 at 10:16 am

Can't possibly be worse than mine but I love him anyway. He's just not allowed to lick me LOL

feldmen01 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:36 am

Winnie the Pooh!?

What did he ever do to your dog?

AngryEdmontonian Mar 6, 2013 at 10:11 am

...In the mean time, we will be downgrading Android Central, iMore, WPC, and WebOS Nation, to bring them in line with their outdated OS's

I Bleed Black & Berry

Sirhill Mar 6, 2013 at 10:46 am

Funniest thing I have read all morning

Xader Mar 8, 2013 at 5:44 pm

Android Central will be flooded with malware; iMore will have only one clickable link, all users must return to the home page before visiting any other pages; WPC will automatically update your OS to look exactly like the site, despite reducing productivity; and WebOS Nation will no longer be supported or updated with new material....

Ganon541 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:12 am

Can't wait!

LiLAzNNewB Mar 6, 2013 at 10:12 am

Sweeeet :D

Beesh1 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:14 am

Congratulations at finally doing it! Can't wait to see what you've come up with! Go Team CrackBerry and BlackBerry!!

Motorhead777 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:15 am

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ThaMunsta Mar 6, 2013 at 10:15 am

WOOT! CB10!

Innerchild Mar 6, 2013 at 10:23 am

Been checking every day multiple times expecting to see the new vision. I hope Kevin isn't too exhausted since he vowed no sleep until the new site is finished.... about 5 days ago!

And I LOVE Breaking Bad!!!

Kevin Michaluk Mar 6, 2013 at 10:35 am

To be honest... we're all pretty messed up right now.. tech, design and editorial team have pretty much going off three hours of sleep a night for the past week. Going to be worth it though!

sk8er_tor Mar 6, 2013 at 10:20 am

Looking forward to it!

AidenSurvival Mar 6, 2013 at 10:21 am

Finally! Can't wait to see it!

Zach Gilbert Mar 6, 2013 at 10:21 am

ARE YOU READY???!

Superbuddy2007 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:22 am

Pumped!

Iamanonymous62 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:22 am

Why wouldn't you do it overnight? Avoid the inconvenience.

Marcus Adolfsson Mar 6, 2013 at 10:34 am

Only 1/3 of CrackBerry's readers are in North America, plus it ensures that we are awake to fix bugs ;)

Spinfusor Mar 6, 2013 at 10:22 am

Awesome! I can't wait to see the new site!

q649 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:24 am

Am I blind?

When does the outage start?

Edit: Oops, they are "minutes away".

SkaterGuy2k Mar 6, 2013 at 10:24 am

Lets Get Ready to Kick Crackberry Up times 10 :) BB10 :D

NamelessStar Mar 6, 2013 at 10:26 am

very cool cant wait to see what the new cb looks like

morganplus8 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:26 am

The stock is up nicely, the market can't wait to see the new CRACKBERRY!!!!

thatplaybookguy Mar 6, 2013 at 10:26 am

Are ye gonna update the app as well?

Marcus Adolfsson Mar 6, 2013 at 10:35 am

Yes later today.

EsJayDee Mar 6, 2013 at 10:27 am

Withdrawl!

bribert Mar 6, 2013 at 10:27 am

Looking forward to the new site! Bring it on.

SkaterGuy2k Mar 6, 2013 at 10:28 am

Forgot to mention love the Breaking Bad image :)

SlcCorrado Mar 6, 2013 at 10:28 am

That picture is aweome. Good work guys

adjdudley21 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:29 am

4hrs with no crack...??? nooooooo btw i love the breaking bad reference

walt63 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:32 am

I hope the first article posted on the new site is a surprise as well (USA availablity, new apps, new Z10 updates and features, etc). That would be freaking awesome!!!!

Bring it.

SwissCuban Mar 6, 2013 at 10:32 am

Right on, thanks for your input, effort and support through the years. I'm loving my Z10 and Crackberry 10 as well.
Crackberry.com addict.

Kuttysark Mar 6, 2013 at 10:36 am

Can't wait! Just want to wish Kevin and the Team god's speed with the update!

psarna Mar 6, 2013 at 10:37 am

All the best for the change!

OriginalLucy Mar 6, 2013 at 10:38 am

Can't wait. Bring it on

jason_sa Mar 6, 2013 at 10:42 am

Excited, can't wait for the new rebuilt, redesigned and reinvented CrackBerry homepage. Best of luck, will be waiting anxiously for it to come online. Goodbye and hello to some more memorable times. All the best.

jjperezc Mar 6, 2013 at 10:43 am

Nice! Good luck guys!

walabe16 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:45 am

Are you changing to BLUE?

Rider Prider Mar 6, 2013 at 10:45 am

Let's Git R Done....

npatrin Mar 6, 2013 at 10:46 am

Good luck CB..! (keep refreshing the page) :-D

andrewmcwhirter Mar 6, 2013 at 10:46 am

4 hours without Crackberry?!? Are you kidding me?

-Addicted

bluetroll Mar 6, 2013 at 10:49 am

good luck with the migration!

SFWriter Mar 6, 2013 at 10:51 am

That graphic scares me just a bit. Please tell me this is not tiles (as in Window's 8 style). That would be unfortunate.

dannyd86 Mar 6, 2013 at 10:51 am

Why we still online. Hit the lights

thatplaybookguy Mar 6, 2013 at 10:53 am

With Spring just around the corner, in with the new, out with the old.

Koolthug Mar 6, 2013 at 10:56 am

Lets Rock an' Roll This!!!!!!!

currentodysseys Mar 6, 2013 at 11:10 am

Crack On CB Team!!!!!! :)
and Adam... (hahah he always complains nobody says anything to him in comments :-P).

experiment 626 Mar 6, 2013 at 11:12 am

"Make It So...............!"

Scooter68 Mar 6, 2013 at 7:44 pm

Let's Rock and Roll this...

Sweet look

herculesinwyoming Mar 6, 2013 at 7:59 pm

looks great on my brand new i mac

chindoberry Mar 6, 2013 at 8:42 pm

Looks edgy already. Can't wait to see it fully up and running. CrackBerry rocks!

CB.Mike-D Mar 6, 2013 at 8:46 pm

New site is up and running and its looking good! Congratulations!!

ELoXL Mar 6, 2013 at 10:37 pm

Talk about "Cooking Crack!" #ZING

You left yourself open with that one; especially with the Breaking Bad theme. Regardless, congratulations and I'm loving the cleanliness of it all. I reckon "sophisticated" would be well suited to describe the new CB - love it.

Continue to mature and grow - cheers.