To see the look on Palm's face when they opened this box!!
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Storm Contest Winning Entry #2 of 10 - So Long Palm! Posted in Site Stuff on 11 Nov 2008 09:54 by Kevin Michaluk | 
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The SECOND of TEN WINNERS in our We debuted our first of ten winners yesterday in the what What Would Would You Do for a BlackBerry Storm? Contest with an example of extreme brand loyalty. T.J.'s BlackBerry Storm tattoo set the bar high for just how far CrackBerry Nation is willing to go to get their hands on a FREE BlackBerry (plus win some bragging rights!). Today's winning entry is from another popular theme of ideas we saw emerge from the over 3,000 contestants who entered... breaking old phones! To make way for your new BlackBerry Storm, over 200 of you submitted creative ways to get rid of or destroy your current smartphone. I gotta say, the judging team had real mixed feelings on this notion, especially when it came to all of the entries which had a BlackBerry 8700, 8800, Pearl or Curve meeting a not-so friendly end. The consensus was that old BlackBerrys should never be destroyed, even if you are getting a new one. It's much better to pass your old BlackBerry onto a relative, friend or co-worker... give them a 'taste' and get them hooked on the CrackBerry. On the other hand, the thought of destroying a non-BlackBerry smartphone to make way for a new BlackBerry (and welcome in a new member of the BlackBerry Community!) could be a lot of fun. That brings us to Michael (mad-dog74) of West Virginia's clever So Long Palm entry:
Talk about making a statement! All of our judges had Michael's entry on their list of favorites. How could you not?! And Michael is definitely a deserving winner - watch the video above and check out the photos after the jump. He took this task seriously. Just a small note of caution: If you're a Palm loyalist, you best not watch this video. Oh, and I do have the tracking # and have been watching the shipment... it should be hitting Palm's office within the next 48 hours! Congrats Michael! We have eight more winning submissions to come in the days ahead. Keep in mind we didn't rank the top ten winners beyond being in the top ten - so these are hitting the web in no particular order. Once they've all been posted we're gonna let you guys vote on your favorite, and will put together an extra-special prize for the community top pick! Enjoy the show!!!!
So Long Palm!!
UPDATE: Somebody from Palm Took Headquarters took Delivery!! To see the look on Palm's face when they opened this box!!
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There are plenty of donation sites for old phones... especially cell phone for soldiers... it seems such a waste on Veteran's Day to destroy a perfectly good phone that could have gone to one of the brave men and women guarding our freedoms.
stfu
Veterans deserve better than old Palm Treos. Old Blackberries can go to the Veterans! This is a better end for a Treo. Maybe Palm will get the message and get to work.
My GOD !! There are way too many A$$H*LES on this forum !! If the tattoo guy wanted to get a tattoo, that was his decision and he should not have to endure all of the S*1TTY things people have said on here !! If this guy wanted to saw his Palm in half, he should also be able to do so without worry of ridicule. All of you little internet punks need to STFU !! It's VERY easy to hide behind a screen and talk S*1T !! Most of you are probably little nerds with no life rotting away in your parents basements.
Didnt the veterans go to war so that we could have the right to do what we want with our phones? Trust me, no one "gives away" a 700wx. That bad boy would have been on craigslist before it ever reached a donation bin.
I showed this clip to my friend who has a palm treo 700p and he told me that he would have broken his treo into pieces and ate it for a free blackberry storm.
Now that would have been sweet, im sure he would have won too !
Thats an awesome!! Kudos to you my friend!
Nice -- much easier than getting a tatoo.
I hope you took out the battery before you cut through it.
Was shipping insurance obtained as well? LOL!
A classy trick and well thought out concept... and quite frankly better than a tattoo on you back of your leg.
Ahhh, God Bless America... the difference between Red States and Blue States.
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Dangerous things this guy did in his video:
- Touched the blade of his recip saw to his palm.
- He did *not* securely fasten that Palm in the vice. It was clearly moving.
- He didn't wear safety goggles when sawing or drilling.
- When drilling, he has his fingers way too close to the bit.
I get he was trying to be clever but he seriously could have hurt himself. Also, mailing all that crap to Palm Computing or 3Com or whoever was obnoxious.
Why can't you just be happy for someone who did something clever?
I mean, someone is dogging on him for not having donated the phone. Newsflash, anyone can do whatever they want with their own property. And then you come along and criticize his saftey precautions? Wow. Just wow. This is bordering on childish jealousy. You're criticizing him on safety!!!? I really don't know what to say to such a dumb comment.
To the winner: awesome concept, great execution.
I'm not really criticizing on his concept because it was pretty clever (albeit obnoxious). I've just seen people really hurt themselves by not taking the proper precautions when sawing and drilling wood, let alone consumer electronics. This guy was not too bright. What good is a Storm if you cut off your fingers or blind yourself?
i thought it was hilarious
Hell, I'd rather take that saw clear through my palm than having a piece of obsolete mobile technology on my leg for life!
Mailing all that irrelevant extra stuff was the funniest part. I love how seriously referred to it as the proper way to ship electronics. This guy wins hands down.
Meh....I was looking forward to real crazy things for a storm. I mean, the tattoo was pretty good, not like amazing, but pretty good. This was just lame though...Hell, he may have even used a decoy phone and still has his Palm...oh so lame...please let the next winner be something that is interesting, worth watching, and worthy of a free Storm.
Maddog74 you are a creative bad ass. That was such a creative way to send off your palm and usher in the era of Blackberry. Congrats man, you earned the Storm.
BTW, what are you using for a phone now?
First, if you notice, the battery is not even attached when I touched the saw blade to my palm. Secondly, as far as safety, I was drilling and cutting thru plastic. Sure, accidents can happen at anytime, but I did not feel in harms way at anytime. Bottom line, an accident did not happen and I WON A STORM!!! And, I did take the treo battery out first.
As far as a phone, I have already switched to Blackberry. I am using a loaner Pearl until the storm arrives.
Thanks for all the positive comments.
Congrats Mad-Dog !! Just brush off all the negative comments from all of these JEALOUS HATERS !!! I have a feeling that all 10 of us winners will endure the same crap !! In the end, we have FREE Blackberry Storms though !!!
ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!! I am SICK of hearing about this d*mn phone. SICK OF IT. Change the name of this site to Storm.com. If a person was new to berry's, they would think RIM only sold ONE phone. BB's bread and butter are Qwerty phones, NOT this gimick. It was a mistake to chase the iPhone. A BIG MISTAKE. You do not see Coke trying to match Pepsi. When you are at the top, you don't put out product that brand #5 sells. Touch screens are not the wave of the future. Cool factor aside, they are very limited in what they can do. Which is why I gave my iPhone 3G to my 2 year old. And went back to my Curve. He's impressed. Watches Wonder Pets on it. Touch screens are a pain. You HAVE to constantly keep locking and unlocking it. It is VERY easy to make mistakes. You have to be careful how you hold it, how you carry it. Have to keep wiping the screen. And since Apple is on their second version, the "WOW" factor has worn off. People will think it IS a new iPhone at first. Think what COULD have been done with the money RIM spent on this....
Oh hush. First of all, coke does try to match pepsi because it's simple marketing, you don't want to let your competitor beat you in new things they are doing. Whenever a flavor comes out at one company it comes out from another. Incase you haven't noticed, Apple has surpassed RIM in smartphone sales. You may not like touchscreens, but as you can tell by the contests and posts, a lot of people do. So instead of being rude and taking away the excitement from this guy winning one, you just looked like an ass who gives a $200 phone to a 2 year old -- which was very kind of you, not too sure of your investment, but to eaches own.
Hush?? WOW. Bet you voted for our new "President". Voice a different opinion and your told to be quite. NICE. Apple has surpassed RIM in sales this year, not total, and only because the iPhone went global. I don't like you calling me rude; I could say that calling me rude was rude. As for as me giving my iPhone to my son: 1) It cost me $400.00, not $200.00. 2) It is more of a novelty than a device to use. 3) I was speaking of MY experience with a touchscreen phone, which I guess, according to YOU I am not allowed. 4) YOU called me an ass, which IS RUDE.
Yeah coke and pepsi match eachother everytime. Vanilla, Cherry, Zero? hello? I hope you were kidding?
Plus im sick of everyone talking down on the people that won the contests. Who cares? Tattoo, killing themselves or cutting phones who cares? Your not doing it so leave them alone.
well killing yourself is a little excessive... plus you won't be able to use the phone! But yea, I agree. They are just jealous. And plus the reason why there is so much talk over this phone is because its the first blackberry touchscreen... I'm pretty sure there was a lot of hype for the iphone? And no newbie would think RIM only made one blackberry... thats just stupid.
Really?? When is Pepsi coming out with their Coke?? My point is that myself (and I'm sure alot of other people) come to this site for Berry news and it seems like all that is here lately is Storm this, and Storm that. endless posts of people using pre-release phones and all the guessing abour release dates is getting very old.
if you don't like what they are posting, stop checking the site! losing one diva of a reader like you isn't going to trouble the CB team much, i'm sure.
also, go to the fox news forums and rant and cry with the other bitter babies if you don't like how the election turned out. ..or you could just leave the country. i hear france is lovely this time of year. :]
if you dont like it.. stop reading the articles. simple solution, no one's forcing you
this was pretty cool... but i would have much rather seen an iPhone get zipped in half... but beggars cant be choosy.
"Sure, accidents can happen at anytime, but I did not feel in harms way at anytime."
When you're complacent and don't think It's dangerous is when you're most likely to get hurt.
Congrats on your Storm, though!
Is it just me, or does maddog Michael look a bit like RIM's CEO Mike Lazaridus? Mike L has grey hair of course... but I swear maddog could be his younger brother. Crazy good video!
Very nice I just hope CB send you your ne replacement Storm, I demolished my 8707 to enter a BGR comp and won but never recieved my Prize Bold :(
Congratulations man! I would love to see the look on the person at Palm's face when they open the box and read the contents. :)
Congrats Mad-dog74 on wining a Storm :) Nice idea & video :)
Seems you can't even hold a fun competition these days without someone moaning about it, we don't pay to be on here so wining a BB is really cool...Kevin & his team don't have to bother but they do,to make things funny, exciting, cool & a nice forum to visit so everyone please just calm down & enjoy the winners ideas / videos :)
I cannot believe the stuff people are posting under this. Go to a forum and cry about the other stuff. Hell, start your own thread (everyone else does).
Hats off to you MadDog. this was great!! I would love to see the face on the Palm employee that opens it. Shit, you never know, your package may end up in the Development Dept's breakroom as a reminder.
Note note;@Mike L- I think he kinda looks like Jimmy Kimmel.
my favorite part is "I don't have any bubble wrap or packing peanuts so I'm just gonna use about 500 crackberry logo's" haha priceless.
This saddens me. I submitted almost this exact same idea, except replace the saw with a hammer and the Palm with an iPhone.
I even planned to mail the pieces to Steve Jobs.
Where's my love?
OMG.. this would SOOOOO be worth it, I think we should all pitch in a dollar toward you doing this!! There's enough of us to cover teh cost and then some!
This is an awesome idea.
Nice touch with the little sad face on the phone haha.
First was a Tattoo !
Second was a saw in 1/2 trick !!
I don't think I am going to be that interested in 3 to 10.
WHAT I AM REALLY ENJOYING ... IS READING THE POSTS ON JUST HOW STUPID... dull, dumb, brainless, witless, unintelligent, dense, simpleminded, simple, slow-learning, backward, weak-minded, doltish, rattle-brained, empty-headed, muddle-headed, dimwitted, duncelike, obtuse, oafish, idiotic, halfwitted, imbecile, imbecilic, moronic, cretinous, senseless, meaningless, silly, nonsensical, pointless, irrelevant, inept, inconsequential, preposterous, meaningless, purposeless, asinine and lastly .... Absurd some of these comments are.
Please feel free to append any synonyms or antonyms I may have excluded.
but how do you really feel?
Ohh.. I am really enjoying the posts... It is amazing that BB are designed to be used for typing ... and yet most posts are really not that intelligent (should I include more words)
I dont think some of these moronic people caught on. If you can think of more words, be my guest!
but really, I don't think you need to.
if i shoot my iphone that i stopped using after 3 weeks with my 50cal will i win a storm?
Wow that was great!!!! :)
wow Berry Pickin... stop drinkin that hatorade and join the club. If you're upset that this site is all about the storm then stop checking it. This site is called CRACKBERRY.com and a potentially revolutionary phone is coming out from Blackberry that has the potential to be better than the iPhone which just overtook Blackberry in sales so why wouldn't this site be excited about it? Judging by the pattern of new phones coming out now, touchscreens are the future at least for now until we switch to something else crazy. And most of the problems you've mentioned the storm has a solution for.. the clickable screen reduces mistakes, you can hold it pretty much anyway you want since the landscape mode works both ways, and as far as wiping the screen... from what i've read the fingerprints are kept to a minimum on this phone.
And lastly
"Think what COULD have been done with the money RIM spent on this...."
in case you haven't noticed... RIM is a phone manufacturing company hence they spend all their money on manufacturing phones... unless you have a better idea for them
Better than the iPhone...Don't bet on it. The iPhone is light years ahead of this thing. Know why?? It is in it's second version already. And, I have an iPhone....Do you have a Storm??? So, I guess you speak of what you know nothing of. How do you know how you can carry it?? About the screen?? Are you talking about yours?? OR, about what you have been told?? I know what my iPhone does, and it is not that great, that's all. When you get one, we'll talk. You said it your self.....POTENTIAL...What you heard....YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. All this sounds like a lot of wishful thinking. None of the touch screens are that great. Not the iPhone, not the LG's, none of them. Lest you forget, the yo-yo in the video cut up his Palm....AND IT HAS A TOUCH SCREEN. Palm has been doing touch longer than Apple. People make it sound like Apple invented this. All they did was take an iPod and add a phone. That's it. And what does RIM do?? Play Johnny-come-lately and make there own. The touch phone is limited in what you can do. Since there are no hard parts (buttons) on the exterior, the screen has to be everything. It limits the iPhone, and it will limit the Storm. Why do you think RIM left the 4 hard keys on the unit?? The iPhone allows you to have 7 home screens....does the Storm?? That one screen is going to get awful crowded.
well, by that same argument, if you don't have a storm then how can you tell the iphone "[is] light years ahead of this thing?". Simply because it is in its second generation doesn't mean the storm is using technology to match the iphone's first generation phone.
also, let it not go unnoticed that YOU bought a $400 glorified ipod, not us. so at one point you did fall for this touchscreen hype, so let us have our time my man. plenty of talk about the bold on the forums, or any other berry that may interst you.
O and congratulations to Michael and all the other winners on their commitment and innovative ideas. Good job guys you're the reason millions of addicts like myself have sites such as crackberry to check every 3 seconds.
lol!! i loved it and think you deserve a storm. way to go hope it doesn't take you too long to get it. Also what phone will you use in the mean time? lol!!