Still baking in the oven... almost ready!

From the Editor's Desk: Just a little bit longer...

We're soooo close. Last Sunday when I wrote my weekly From the Editor's Desk post, I was optimistic that by the time you read this week's FtED it would be on THE NEW CRACKBERRY. Instead, we're going to DELAY things (insert your BlackBerry-related "delay" joke in the comments), just to ensure the user experience is a little more polished for launch.

By Kevin Michaluk on 17 Feb 2013 11:21 am

Don't worry though, we won't be pushing things back for too long. On our dev servers the new website is looking really good. If we were launching a brand new site we already would have pulled the trigger. We just want to take an extra week to go back through our existing content and tweak up as much of it as possible so it looks optimal on the new design. With changes to CSS styles, image sizes, etc., some of our existing pages are not up to par yet with the new look going forward. This means going into old articles and tweaking up the formatting one by one. CrackBerry is a massive site with a lot of popular pages, so that takes some time. Giving our writers a little extra time to get used to all of the new features on backend is another benefit of the slight delay.

The feedback has been ultra-positive on the changes we made. If you haven't ventured into the forums in a bit, GO THERE. They are absolutely buzzing.

So stay tuned for the new CrackBerry experience. It's coming soon... I promise! In the meantime, be sure to jump over to our CrackBerry Forums. We did pull an all nighter earlier in the week and reorganized the layout of the forums. We archived old devices, grouped things more logically in the forums given that we now have three BlackBerry platforms (BlackBerry 10, PlayBook OS, BBOS). The feedback has been ultra-positive on the changes we made. If you haven't ventured into the forums in a bit, GO THERE. They are absolutely buzzing.

And on that note, I'm off to the airport... again. CrackBerry's BlackBerry 10 Launch Campaign Headquarters are now closed. I actually tried flying home yesterday, but due to snow in Toronto everything got backed up and after six hours of sitting there my flight was cancelled. Hopefully today's flight home is a go.

Until next time,

Kevin out!

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41 comments

red2wu Feb 17, 2013 at 11:28 am

So do the Americans have to wait 2 weeks?

BBVegasGirl80 Feb 17, 2013 at 11:32 am

+1 LOL! But the date could get pushed up earlier. You never know. ;-)

illini2097 Feb 17, 2013 at 11:47 am

HAHAHA! +1

Snipperdo17 Feb 17, 2013 at 11:48 am

I wish it was only 2 weeks. Gonna end up being 7 weeks

bonercotton Feb 17, 2013 at 1:10 pm

+1 It's not CB's fault! Blame your ISP! haha

pundit06 Feb 18, 2013 at 12:06 am

htcwf Feb 17, 2013 at 11:43 am

You guys at crackberry are learning from blackberry, hahahhahhaha

CBDrew Feb 17, 2013 at 11:46 am

Hey Kev, are you also waiting for a new dual-core LTE chipset? Hahaha

rexxenex Feb 17, 2013 at 11:58 am

Its gonna be awesome! looking forward to it!

sauron4 Feb 17, 2013 at 12:05 pm

Looking forward to seeing the new CrackBerry :) will be worth the wait!

BBPandy Feb 17, 2013 at 12:12 pm

When the new CB website does come out, it's going to "Leap-Frog the Competition"!!!

wxmancanada Feb 17, 2013 at 12:13 pm

CRACKBERRY SOMEHOW DELAYS ALREADY LAUNCHED BB10 DEVICES!

TrickyCase Feb 17, 2013 at 12:17 pm

You should never announce a launch date, you should learn from Skype and just say that you are 'committed' to launching a new site... That way we will never know when and won't be too surprised if it never materialises :)

BruvvaPete2 Feb 17, 2013 at 1:13 pm

Touché

aha Feb 17, 2013 at 12:19 pm

Had to open from browser to comment on this...When is the CB10.1, Kevin?

Haha... just joking, you guys are doing great job, awesome team you got there!

livejam Feb 17, 2013 at 12:32 pm

Just spoke with a Verizon rep, and they had NO CLUE of an upcoming release!!! More proof that the release isn't even close!!!
/s

BruvvaPete2 Feb 17, 2013 at 1:10 pm

The ignorance of one rep doesn't represent the entire organization.

Kat0908 Feb 17, 2013 at 3:44 pm

He was joking.

Kiddo2050 Feb 18, 2013 at 9:35 am

Really? So far there is zero evidence these phone will be released in the US. My guess is release dates will be pushed to April, and US carriers will wait until they see sales data in other parts of the world (Which must be reported March 28th) before making any decisions. They certainly aren't supporting BlackBerry. Putting up a web page that says we'll tell you when we tell you isn't support.

And carrier testing? Come who is buying that BS.

npunk42 Feb 17, 2013 at 12:52 pm

That's the last straw, I'm installing the WebOS app. :))

DAnklaud Feb 17, 2013 at 1:06 pm

Hahahaha, kevin cracked the first blackberry related joke. ......."just a little more polished", how many time did i hear that one about bb10

BruvvaPete2 Feb 17, 2013 at 1:12 pm

Please make your site load faster

BBQNX Feb 17, 2013 at 1:51 pm

BB fans are used to salivate for every big debuts

itmccb Feb 17, 2013 at 2:11 pm

Well, color me impressed :O

itmccb Feb 17, 2013 at 2:11 pm

Well, color me impressed :O

TravKoolBreeze Feb 17, 2013 at 4:13 pm

I heard Time Warner Cable isn't carrying the new CB website. Time to start a petition.

Tariq.H Feb 17, 2013 at 5:28 pm

So will the new website be called CrackBerry 10? :D

BlackQtCoder Feb 17, 2013 at 5:37 pm

Lesson #1 of launch management:
1.- Under promise, over deliver : be discreet.
2.- Keep calm : not the end of world.
3.- If you do well, time will not matter. If you do it wrong, time does matter.
4.- Do it right.
5.- Do it right.
6.- Do it right.
7.- Turn to #4.

ddlax22 Feb 17, 2013 at 5:50 pm

Well. Since almost every comment had something to do with, "leapfrogging, new lte chipset, and polishing" I guess I'm left with this.
Who likes pizza?

BlackQtCoder Feb 17, 2013 at 6:01 pm

BbBoY161 Feb 17, 2013 at 7:47 pm

I was about to ask... "WHERE IS IT??"

El Platanero Feb 17, 2013 at 7:51 pm

Why are we waiting so long. Enough is enough. I'm moving on to N4BB. Hahahhah

Funny thing is that they updated their website and it o so SUCKS!!!

BlackQtCoder Feb 18, 2013 at 6:48 am

N4BB, terrible update for me. Dont like Windows 8 style.

route664 Feb 17, 2013 at 9:12 pm

I'm a long time crackberry reader.. i love the site, information it provides, and the people. Even though everything is great. Making me wait is horrible..

with that said.. i'm going to switch to the imore site and have given up on crackberry entirely!

Brianflys Feb 17, 2013 at 9:45 pm

Plueeze! No imbedded video ads for Intel!

Raestloz Feb 17, 2013 at 10:02 pm

Will the new site still be BlackBerry6-and-lower friendly? I'm still using Bold 9700 until I get my Z10
On an unrelated note, when will Aristo be launched? By the time I can get my Z10, might as well wait for Aristo