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so blackberry is not considered a company? only a name for RIM's phones? i have to say it's a bit confusing, i know that RIM makes blackberries but if i was her i would've said blackberry too... plus im sure they do know it's RIM but they would accept either answer.

Does Rim make anything that is not referred to as a Blackberry?

If not, that does lend to the confusion.

Nice Video :p

I saw this tweeted by @azeis last night and it got me to thinking... Does it really matter?

I then jumped on BBM and asked 4 contacts who aren't necessarily tech geeks, and they all responded that "BlackBerry" makes their device. None of them knew who or what RIM was.

Bottom line: They still love their device and won't give it up for anything.

does anyone seriously care?

does it really matter what other people think, be it correct or not, as long as it doesnt affect me personally?

if someone says something wrong, like, states that blackberry is the manufacturer of the blackberry smartphone, i just really dont care, if i were to even notice in the first place. it just doesnt affect me.

i have more important things to concern myself with in my life besides whether jeopardy got the manufacturer of the blackberry device right or not... like what color i'm going to do my hair this month.

it is kinda humorous, though. :)

What would have been better is if the contestant said RIM and and Xela said, no sorry its Blackberry.

I too was watching, as I do every night, and I answered with "RIM" and my wife corrected me. The answer had to be a fruit and "RIM" is not a fruit. Blackberry, as incorrect as it may be, was the best answer in this instance.

I would think that surely they would have known...smh

I too shook my head when this question was answered incorrectly. I was telling my girlfriend (who wasn't aware that RIM existed) that the question creators over at Jeopardy should be ashamed. She then asked, "What if the contestant had said Research In Motion, and if so, could it be contested when considered the wrong answer?"

I told her, "Probably not based on the category it was under, but nevertheless, it is still wrong."

The average person, and obviously Jeopardy too, are clueless to RIMs existence.

to fit the category, the question could have been aptly worded, "The smartphone Reasearch in Motion specializes in"

fakkk, Alex Trebek is givin us Canadians a bad rep! i think he needs a RIM job...haha

Yes, I knew. Kind of like JETSKI is a Brand made by Kawasaki and nobody else. Range Rover is made by Land Rover, which is manufactured by TaTa motors in india.

But here is the big question, why did it take so long for ANYONE to buzz in. That was the type of question that someone should have buzz before alex was done talking.

But this is Jeopardy. A game show that prides themselves on the correct question/answer.

I've seen them get pretty picky hundreds of times and not give the contestant credit.

This would be like answering "What is iPod" from "The Nano is among this company's series of media players"

Jeopardy FAIL! She should be -$1200

I think you can read the question in an alternate way that makes her answer correct: BlackBerry is this company's "series of smartphones".

I asked this question to a few friends and they all said Verizon. I should note that they are all Verizon customers.

I'm pretty sure that BlackBerries are edible fruit...

Back in the day the RIM logo was branded on all Blackberry phones, however in recent years the company has made a push to become more consumer friendly by solely pushing their products as a Blackberry and not under the RIM Blackberry name. So it's easy to understand how newer consumers get confused by this.

They would know that some answers given by contestants are allowed to be 'right'...even if TECHNICALLY the answer isn't right.

Have you never seen an instance where a contestant gives an answer that may not be technically right; but that is in the general framework of what the category is asking? In turn Alex Tribek looks over to his producers and seeks confirmation as to whether the answer given is permissible or not?

Yes.

When i first bought the phone, i did not realize that RIM was the company that was behind BlackBerry. There was no indication that it was. And if there did happen to be a mention of it somewhere in the manual or in the phone. I admit, when i saw the manual, i just tossed it aside and started learning on my own. :D

It was not until i started exploring the web about blackberry that I learn it was by RIM.

This was about 2-3 years ago. =]

makes you wonder how many other questions they let slide through

I always said if I lost my job I would want to go work for Research in Motion...that way I can say I got a rim job.

I think mostly half of you are lying on the poll. Come on, there's no indication on the phone itself! Jus guess what?...BLACKBERRY.

I just submitted "Feedback" on the jeopardy site with a link to this post to boot

Cenloe's wife! The reason "Blackberry" is correct in this instance is not because the Jeopardy question writers or Alex Trebek think that the company is really BB and not RIM, but because the category is "Non Edible Fruit." Your answer HAS to be in the form of a fruit.

Jeopardy often tweaks correct answers in order to fit into its categories.

as a blackberry abuser it matters a lot.

Did that girl win? If so, I think the other contestants would have a legitimate beef.

Too bad one of we crackberry addicts wasn't playing. If we had, we would have answered, "Excuse me Alex, I believe the answer you are looking for based on the category name is 'what is blackberry', however, that is not the company name. It is in fact Research in Motion."

That would have been the ticket......

seriously, its not that big of a deal. I think (not to offend anyone) but only geeks of the crackberry nation would
make it a big deal that she said "Blackberry" and not "RIM". I think most of the US populations would have given the same answer