Breaksclusive: Introducing the BlackBerry KickStand!

on 17 Oct 2011 08:32 PM

[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]

Ok, Ok. For ALL the times I've yelled at Adam Zeis over the years for being lazy and not doing enough creative blogging, I take it all back. Adam knocked it out of the park today with his discovery, no... invention, of the BlackBerry KickStand.

While I was sitting down giving an interview to some nice folks from CBC for a piece they're working on for The National, Adam was sitting bored... twiddling around with his BlackBerry Bold 9930. The eureka moment struck. Turns out if you pull the battery door only halfway off your Bold 9930/9900 and prop it up, it turns into a perfect BlackBerry KickStand. Great for desktop use. Awesome for watching videos. Check out the video above to discover how to set the BlackBerry KickStand up for yourself on your own Bold 9930/9900. Great job Adam!!!

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Filed Under: News & Rumors, Editorial; Tags: BlackBerry KickStand, DevCon11

51 Comments

Posted by Bla1ze Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

My favorite accessory!

Posted by EvilmasterMMA Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Posted by Michelle Haag Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Awesome. The rest of DevCon could be a bust, but at least this was discovered. :P

Posted by gordongr Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Yes ive noticed how smart Adam is in the past, shoulda been a brain surgeon I think

Posted by sirenseye Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

This is for sure an 11 out of 10!!!

Posted by the brother Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

The best part was when he said he was out!

Posted by dakid72 Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

This is the best DISCOVERY/INVENTION, for a BB, eveeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
Great Job Adam, you are not as worthless as Kevin makes you out to be! :-)

Posted by Just Me Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Excellent. Now go enjoy a pint.

Posted by stubbornswiss Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Excellent idea!

Thanks for sharing this with us.

Posted by jin-n-juice Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

NFC doesnt work with the Kickstand :( lol

Posted by sineco Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

lol

Posted by kaznaaa Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Well, that's 99** owners freebie from RIM for the outage. They wont allow free premium app downloads on 99** now. Thanks Crackberry.

Posted by misskalunji Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Nice.......! but sucks for those that have a case...

Posted by TheTechGuy Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Seems to me it will take 2 mins for a fool, or a cat or an accidental moment to lean on it with to much weight to break the clips at the top. It will no longer be a battery cover or a stand. I'm just saying.

Posted by Foppa_21 Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

Glass half empty

Posted by eKafara Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

That's the first thing I did after I took the battery door for first time. I should have posted it here :(

Edit: well that's not entirely true. The first thing I did was put the battery in :)

Posted by tfmartin Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

How much does it cost?

Posted by djdonnyk Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Wish the 9850 had one

Posted by chiefbroski Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Works with my 9860. An awesome feature, although its not very robust. A strong breeze and its down.

Posted by mister160 Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

couple quick questions right off the bat: is this compatible with my 9700 and will there be a contest? lol

Posted by chiefbroski Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

One question though, will this work with my Playbook?

Oh, and Kevin or Adam, if you're reading this, how about making a contest (like someone before me mentioned) about it?

"DIY Blackberry Accessory Contest"??? Could be fun eh?

Posted by Liquid_Revolver Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

This is the best you got LOL...oh god RIM is falling apart.

Posted by Auli Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Loosen up man ... Why take this so seriously LOL

Posted by Liquid_Revolver Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

because lol = serious every time...how can i be serious with clowns like you LOL

Posted by Auli Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

Trolls use LOL all the time when they mock, I was referring to you saying rim is falling apart

Posted by TIMSHULL Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

Tell em to kick AT&Ts ass and relaease the 9900 and 9860 wtf ???????

Posted by travaz Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

After a studing the video very carefully and making learned analasys I believe there is BEER involved!!

Posted by l ll llll l l ll Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

available on shop crackberry soon? :P

Posted by m12k1177 Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

is this what's become of the BB? that we need to make up "features" of this awesome phone as selling points??

unless of course this video was purely done out of humor, then i feel like a fool for not picking up on it, haha.

Posted by robtanz Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

I believe you are a fool.

Posted by robtanz Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

I am sure that this was actually going to be announced at the keynote speech...thanks for spilling the beans guys....

Posted by m12k1177 Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

i believe you are a fool.

Posted by narci Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

When is it gonna be aired?

Posted by yvpan1 Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

awesome invention Adam!!

Posted by JonManu Monday, Oct 17, 2011 219 days ago

but does it work in landscape mode?

Posted by kaznaaa Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

second best accessory is the hard case. people ask me "what phone is that?" and "oh theres a case on it?" when that white one comes out, i'll have my "white 9930"

Posted by Rgainsmi Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

This will leapfrog the competition...show me an iPhone that can do that!

Good Job guys...

Posted by 00stryder Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

Posted by snoozininsomniac Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

woo! this works for 9650 too!

Posted by jason18 Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

Has anyone broken their battery door prongs yet? I have had that problem on my tour 9630 and bold 9650 and had to use cases to keep on the battery door, not to mention after the fact if I set my phone down to hard the battery jossles loose and the phone restarts. Thankfully the restart time on the 9930 is amazing, but I do not want to break this kick ass battery door. And don't want to have to buy multiple replacements. Anyone had a breakage yet?

Posted by chanpisan Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

lol, innovation

Posted by TBone4eva Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

Works on my Storm 2 too!

Posted by kojita Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

Unfortunately, I do have an otterbox commuter case on X (

Posted by Connor83 Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

They have a much better (easier) one for the 9700.
Take the case that comes with the 9700 and lay it on a flat hard surface with the clip down and flap up. Then tilt one of the side down so it leans. Then set you phone on it with the side of you phone touching the bottom of the outside flap.
I use this all the time to watch video.

Posted by anthonybaker Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

.....i use my playbook to watch video :)

Posted by staraf Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 219 days ago

go Adam go! any thing else ?

Posted by boldkeyboardholic Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 218 days ago

LOL

Now I know my device has a failer - or Adam has adamatium finger nails ;)

My battery door is so hard to open that when I do not have a paper clip (plastic/no metal ;) ) or a credit card - I can't open it. When I try it with my thumb I will hurt my self.

Posted by 17.michal Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 218 days ago

quickly get it patented before someone beats you to it!!!

Posted by tda_tda Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 218 days ago

eureka....

Posted by CL8Baller Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 213 days ago

Nice, works on the Bold 9000 too.
Looks like something was passed down.
I guess the 9700/80 didn't get that gene.