BlackBerry Accessory Roundup - Hard Protection Special; Chance to Win an OtterBox for your BlackBerry!

hook me up!

I come home to leave my phone on the designated area on the kitchen table, and then sometimes my family members always put their stuff on top on my phone!! It has been knocked down a couple times onto the floor when they pick up their stuff from the table and in result pushing my phone onto the edge. Just got this phone 3 weeks ago too. Otterbox could have prevented the loose housing, and scratches all around.

I had never drop my bold 9000, but I have a 8900 before, and my Dad help my phone meet the ground a few times, that's were the hardcase would have been esential.

my phone was in my lap in the car and i have a tall truck and i parked my car and jumped out because its tall and forgot my bb was in my lap and it fell to the concrete and when i jumped out i landed on it cracking it and skidding the screen under my foot across the concrete D:

I could use one of these for my wife's 9700. It would save me the fun of paying an insurance deductible if she dropped hers.

i hate when i drop my phone on rough concrete and the plastic or paint gets messed up...a hard case would most definitely protect it from that

Pick me! Pick me!

.....not be chipped and dinged like it is now.

i have dropped mine several times due to the $.99 centcheap little cradle that comes with this $200 phone breaking apart and relesing my storm 2 to the floor demons.

I like to think I take good care of my 8530, but sometimes I get caught slipping. Phone is on your leg and you get out the car...one thing leads to another and it's on the concrete. Or running up/down some stairs and it falls, gets kicked, scratches everywhere, battery comes out, the whole 9 yards. This case would definitely be a good look!

I had an Otter Box on my old Curve. The Otter was the only reason why it lasted the 2 year contract!!! Now... I need one for my new Crackberry... to ensure I make it another 2.

I love these cases, a must have

Showing off my Tour, being extra careful to make sure the crazy drunk fools at the party don't destroy and encouraging them to go for a Berry in the future. Now, the only sober person come by to see the Tour. This knucklehead fumbles it on the hand-off back to me looking a girl at the party and drops it on the concrete steps at the spot. Cracks the screen and basically my brand new Tour is toast. If I had an Otterbox case, wow, I believe it'd definitely have survived that crazy situation.

This would save my Tour...then again never buying the Tour would save it too!

I don't wanna mess up my phone anymore.

Dropping the phone is a reality of life. This would eliminate a lot of insurance claims.

The first weekend after I got my 9700 it feel out of my pocket after getting out of a theater. I didn't have it in the holster because it was just too hard to get in and out. My bb was kicked a few times but luckily it only had a small scratch on the top. My heart stopped for a minute but I'm sure if I had an Otterbox on it there wouldn't be a scratch on it.

ive been using a rubber case i bought off amazon and my phone is so scratched. i tend to drop it drunk a lot and the otterbox would solve all my problems :D

Last Saturday looked at Otterbox in store.
Sunday morning, walking the dog, when a wasp flies full speed into my chest. I didn't make a girlish scream (whew) but I did send my 9700 skidding through a puddle and asphalt. A few new scratches left, but after a few hours in rice, no water damage! (Double-whew!!!)

While walking downtown to work, I pulled out my phone to check some emails but BAM! I ran into someone and drop my tour. To my luck, I busted my screen and had to pay insurance for a replacement. If I woulda had an Otter Box, that would have saved me, so as the motto says, Always wear protection, even if it is for your phone.

I drop my berry all the time in the garage.... I have even dropped it from the top of my loader which is 20 feet in the air

Thanks guys and Gals!!

Thanks Crackberry and Otter!!

I was walking around my garage and talking on my blackberry and i dropped it 3 times during the same call . If I had an Otterbox case i would'nt have to replace it !!

I was walking around my garage and talking on my blackberry and i dropped it 3 times during the same call . If I had an Otterbox case i would'nt have to replace it !!

And thank goodness I have been fortunate enough to not have dropped it yet but my previous Tour took a couple of spills. With such a BIG glass screen on this phone I am more worried about keeping that in tact than avoiding the nicks and scrapes my tour endured. The otterbox cases seem to have just a big enough lip around the screen to keep it off the ground in the event of a mishap. They also look like they can take a bump or two.

I haven't done any serious damage yet but being in the utility industry and working in all types of adverse weather conditions I'm fairly certain its only a matter of time. I do keep my 9700 in a skin and that does help tremendously but the OtterBox would be excellent.

i do work @ the cellshop..must say otterbox's absoulutely the best case for your mobile phone...whoot whoot...

I dropped my phone in driveway.....cracked the screen.....looked horrible!

my phone would never break

I would love to have this!

I've actually dropped my BB when I had a skin on it... and it didn't stop jack. Consider this my entry.

i work as an emt, and having this out would make it much better to use in in the line of duty for map help, and other stuff i might need to use...send one my way please.

REally need one

i went tailgating last football season. I got crazy drunk, too make games of flippy cup, and just could not keep my phone from falling out of my hands. It managed to survive, but its got some serious battle damage now.

I have to be honest in saying I have dropped my phones many times. When I had my blackberry 8330 I can tell you that it when through a lot. I think the most unfortunate time was when I left it on the kitchen table unaware that my daughter was eyeing it. All I heard was a crash on the floor and low and behold my curve screen was under the couch and the battery was out. Luckily I had insurance and it was covered but still it was my own forgetfulness that could of prevented it

Fell out of breast pocket and smash!!!! For sure the OtterBox would have kept the phone together. Go OtterBox.

had my tour for half a year now. but never got myself a case.. i got some nicks and scratches here and there and it hurts my heart to see them everytime! help me prevent this!

I was carrying a bunch in my hand and rushing when something slips out of my hand. Of course it coulda been anything else like my keys but no.. It was my blackberry. As I watched it in slowmotion I decided to try to ease the fall with my foot. Of course that didn't work but instead was deflected and kicked 5 or 6 feet in front of me while scraping the concrete. I was left with a scratched up blackberry and had to order a new housing.

Otterbox would help out tons

We all have dropped phones. This otterbox would provide a Fort Knox for my phone. So bring on the winners baby!

We all have dropped phones. This otterbox would provide a Fort Knox for my phone. So bring on the winners baby!

But every now and then gravity claims my Blackberry. My last Curve had to be replaced because I dropped it more than once. An OtterBox casing would definitely help keep my replacement phone from breaking.

I've only dropped by 9700 twice in 5 months, but with my previous phones I dropped them while walking all the time, which usually meant that it fell onto my foot (while walking), and then sliding 10 feet on the sidewalk.

Help me protect my phone!

2 Days after getting her a new 9700 she drops it, followed by a "punt" trying to catch it. Thankfully the screenguard protected the screen... but the battery cover, bezel, and top plate are now scratched.. a lot. To the point where there are gouges out of it.
First I need to buy some replacement parts for it, but I really would love if I knew there was a Commuter protecting it from happening again.

Please CB, let me win this accessory!

Prove me wrong. Give me one. :)

everybody loves an otterbox!

In a couple of instances, I have dropped my BB while trying to pull it out of my pocket. Every time (so far), I have been fortunate (i.e. - soft landing on carpet, etc.) An OtterBox would be great peace-of-mind.

Thanks, CrackBerry!

I was in a car wreck, luckily at a low speed. But I was t-boned and my driver's side door basically kicked my butt. Among all the bruises and broken leg, my BlackBerry was in my left pocket at the time. It was essentially Berry-dust after that. Saddest of days.....

I can't count the number of time I've dropped my storm. I work in an oil refinery where there are ample places to ding my phone or drop it on concrete. Plus dust and Catalyst gets in the screen and phone housing and scratches it up. Having an otterbox would be indispensable!

i live in a house with 2 dogs, 3 small children, 2 cats, and a ferret, as you can plainly see my blackberry is in constant danger of drops, scrapes, gashes and the like. but it doesn't have to be for just the small donation of an otterbox case you can ensure my tour recieves email for years to come. call now operators are standing by.

I would like to protect my storm 2:)

I purchased your case for my Blackberry Storm (Generation 1 case), and was pleased, but it needed improvements. I then inquired about a new case and was shipped a brand new one (Generation 2) FREE of charge. Well this past weekend, I went to Kings Dominion, and proceeded to ride with my phone (stupid, maybe, but I need my Blackberry!). As the ride (the Ricochet) climbed my phone fell, approximately 65 feet from the highest point on the ride, on to solid concrete. A sad day in the world of my Blackberry Storm! This was at 10:30am, and I could not go into the "Lock Out" area until after the ride is shut down, 12 hours later at 10pm.
10pm roles around and I get my phone. I about died when I picked up my phone and it worked fine. 3 days later and its still going fine, no damage to the phone, and minimal damage (a scratch on the plastic hook that the rubber sets on) to the case. Once again, a 65 foot fall onto solid concrete. Survived fully and operational 100%

For those who don't believe:
http://crackberry.com/e?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kqzyfj.com%2Fclick-3045577...

I thought I would share this story with y'all and let you know an OtterBox is 100% worth it!

Best of luck to all, but if you don't win, still buy one!

My Invasashield is great, but an Otterbox would be just that much more protection for my beloved 9700! Please !

I think a steady flow of these might keep the wifey's purse from "polishing" her BB.

i wanna win!

Once when I stepped out of my car I forgot my berry was on my lap and it took an AWFUL leap from my lap and SMACKED onto the concrete driveway!

One day walking out of work, which gives my blackberry enough abuse being in my pocket from being smashed into all the time, I get a text message and go to pull my blackberry out of my pocket when all of a sudden the moment it leaves my pocket it somehow winds up flying almost 7 feet in the air and falls straight onto the asphalt parkinglot and sends the battery door and battery flying. Needless to say since that point the battery door never really stays securely closed. I just got myself a storm 2 and would love to have one of those beautiful otterbox cases protect it from that fate, or one far worse, a cracked screen!

A hard case would have helped protect my 8330 when I left it in my pocket and dropped my pants on tile flooring.

the VZW store default case that I purchased a year and a half ago.

My 'stock' VZ case looks sturdy, but on the occasional time I drop the phone, the 2-piece case comes apart and leaves the phone unprotected. It's kind of like how an egg shell protects the yolk. It does a great job until the egg drops. Shell breaks, yolk is history. Please help me protect my BB like it should be protected! KH

I was getting into my car, had my blackberry in my pocket and my keys; as I sat down in the car I heard a crack, my screen was broken. An otter box would have had my curve on my hip instead of in my pocket, saving my screen.

I was getting into my car, had my blackberry in my pocket and my keys; as I sat down in the car I heard a crack, my screen was broken. An otter box would have had my curve on my hip instead of in my pocket, saving my screen.

My wife took a trip to Vegas for work, so as I waited and waited to hear that they made it there safe, I decided to lay down 'just for a bit' and have my BB right next to me on the bed... an hour later as I dozed off, and rolled around a few times onto my BB, she called. Startled as I was, I quickly grabbed everywhere for the phone with arms flailing everywhere in the dark. One good swipe of a left hook to the bed caught my BB and sent it down for the count 5 ft away onto the floor, battery popping out. Ten minutes later after waiting for a reboot, I call to hear her question me as to what I have been doing...needless to say, the box would have saved me alot of time.

Well I've never dropped my BB (knock on wood) but I once spilled coffee in it, and although it kept on working I've since upgraded to the Tour and would like to keep my BB whole and dry.

Simple slip of a grip...and down went my crackberry (that's what I call my 9550)

I frequently have to visit customers on-site (I'm a software engineer for a company that develops hardware for oil and gas production) in some of the worst terrain. And I never seem to travel during the nice months, its always middle of winter in the mud and the snow. Cell reception is always horrible, and one time I had to stand on the back of a pick-up to receive and email to update some firmware. Of course it was bellow zero and super windy and I dropped my 8310. My BB bounced off the roof of the pickup, onto the hood, and finally onto the ground where it slid across the icy gravel covered gas pad. Just had to dust off some snow and my BB was still working great thanks to my Otter Box. If anything would have happened to my phone we would have lost hours driving down off the mountain, drive to the office, download the update and drive all the way back.

Now I've upgraded from the 8310 to the new Bold 9700 and I wouldn't trust it to any other case.

Recently i have dropped my Blackberry electron to the pavement .. the casing gone bad .. lots of scratch on my blackberry. take it to the service.. and sell it for good.. i wonder if my blackberry protected with hard case i think it can absorb with that kind of bump and scratch.

I'm in the construction line. I am hoping to win the otterbox (and then try to get a new 9630 through warranty).

that's the reason why I dropped my bold once, lose the grip

I would be great to have a case that I know will protect the phone properly and so I wouldn't have to think about it so much.

i like it.

And this silicone case sucks!!! I needs REAL protection!!!

Breaking up fight when my Tour came out of the holster. Bam... worst sound ever. Thank Goodness for verizon replacing it.

Great contest!

I carry my berry in my pocket when I take the dog out. He likes to turn me inside out by making a sudden 180. So I go one way and the berry slips out of my pocket and keeps going the other way and crash!

Either I zip up my pocket or get an OtterBox...

Good luck everyone! :)

I've been trying to find the best case out there because no matter how hard I try to keep from dropping my phone....there's always one instance where I let my guard down and the phone falls on me! I've gone through many cases cuz either they're really cheap or aren't as sturdy as advertised....and those cases break....getting an otterbox would be so ideal for me!!

of having another Blackberry after the unfortunate accident that my 8700c had a few years back. I was hanging from the side of the Metropolis building watching the people and keeping an eye open for criminals and just all around bad people, when my Berry went off, a BBM. I thought I had set my profile to DND, but no. You all know how hard it is to ignore the urge to check your Berry, so I reached for my holster to see who could have been messaging me at a time like this, when floop out it went. I watched in horror as my berry was free falling, I swooped down to try and catch my 8700 to no avail, it hit the concrete below and was done for. Worst part about all this is, I have no idea who PIN messaged me or why, to this day. i swore off blackberry's for years after the incident but recently came back to a Bold 9000.

Please crackberry, help me continue to fight crime in style and never miss a PIN message again due to my butterfingers, give me the Otterbox :)

needs one of these

Would live to win an otter box for my blackberry!

just dropped my tour

I. Wouls kill. For one of these cases I'm a boat mechanic so o work out side in the weather and around water. Please please let me be a winner

I messed up my Berry one day trying to have a snowball fight. I sliped while going down a hill, out came my Blackberry, and I had to sit in pain and watch it tumble end over end fast past the bottom. Huuu, a horrible moment in BB history could have never happened if I had such a case. Hope I win!

-Drake

I have a defender case for my 8900 but would like to have a commuter one for those office days. :)

I would love one of these. I have a tendency to drop my phone. :)

Having one of these woulda prevented my blackberry from having a gash in the top corner from when it fell out of my pocket in my drive way. A fall that also caused the camera cover to shift, it hit so hard.

I have dropped my BB out of the car window going 55 mph. i was trying to take a picture of a skyscraper from the interstate...................Needless to say, an Otterbox would have been extremely helpful. It might have at least saved it when it fell out of the car...........probably not when it was getting run over by the 18-wheelers though!

Thank you, and please pick me!!

once a week my phone slips right out of its case and right onto the pavement. An otterbox would save it from any more dings!

A must have!!!

Dropped my 9550 this morning for the first time...scared the bejesus outta me

I drop my phone a lot. Im very clumsy

I once had an otterbox for my first gen storm which was amazing, loved it and it took a beating. I dropped it like 15 times a day and even more whilst partying at night. Then I upgraded to the storm 2 and did not get an otterbox. Needless to say I broke my storm 2 by means of dropping it. Bought a tour online and would LOVE an otterbox. I really support the use of them, just can't afford it right now.

A case like these would have saved the corner damage my Tour suffered when I dropped it onto asphalt.

Some times I would like to trough something at my husband but the only thing handy is my blackberry, but I could not through it because I love it so much. If I had an otter box on it I could just through away, It would probably be in my hands anyway.

My old 8320 fell out of my pocket while riding down the street on my motercycle and I did not know untell I got home. Luckely I found it just down the street and it had not been run over but it lots of scratches and a little crack on the bottom corner.

To keep my tour scratch/dent free.

I would love one of these. My kids, 4yo, are always messing with my Tour.

I drop and scrape my Bold a lot, thankfully never on the screen. I sure could use a durable case as well.

I like backpacking, and while my drops have typically not been while hiking, that is where I feel I need the most protection for my Blackberry.

I have a rambunctious 16 mint old that can now reach about every surface that I set my phone. The poor berry has taken a few spills as well as chew sessions. Teething is fun! So far, the berry ha been ok with my Incipio Feather, its about time for me to get it a little extra protection. A free Otterbox would be perfect!

Kat

I dropped my Storm 2 once while rushing for a meeting. Lucky I had innocase II with it and it drop on the carpet floor. It will be nasty if it was a concrete one!

Having a BB 9630 Tour has been great! Its my first BB and I was torn between that or the Droid. I think I made the right choice! I like the design and feel of the Tour, including the sleek smooth shell it has. It makes it a rather pretty shuffle board puck. I work in a PT department, from a mobile desk (small cart rather) and several times I have been wheeling around when my BB goes speeding off on its own. Maybe it got bored, or just wanted a holiday from work. It would be nice to have an Otter to help keep it chained to my desk. That way if it wanted a vacation it would have to take me with it!

I think this would of been a life saver when I dropped my blackberry last week as I got out of the car, smashed the bezel and had to get it repaired :(

My old 8330 looked like it had been in a war. The once shiny titanium paint looked sandpapered, and the trackball ring didn't hold the ball in right. I've been more careful with the 9550, but I have a couple corner dings and have learned with a good drop the battery and phone fly 50ft apart.

I haven't had my berry very long and I don't want to lose it because of a drop, please send me an otterbox to keep my berry safe.

... Pick Me! I can always use some extra protection for my BB!

I'm clumsy and need an Otter Box

makes for slippery hands and fumble fingers. Have dropped my bold on the desk, floor, computer, ground... you name it, I dropped it there. Sounds like I need an Otterbox!

Hard cases save my devices all the time..

One time my old iPhone (eww) fell from my pocket onto the concrete when i was leaving a subway station. It was in an otterbox defender case, and when i picked it up, it was fine, jsut a bit of stains on the rubber which i wiped off :P

Im a huge klutz..im constantly dropping my bb every where i go, i try to be careful but it slips out of my hand! I could REALLY use one:)

Hard cases are a must! Even the most careful people can drop their berry!

I was running down the hill at work, blackberry fell OUT of my pocket and smashed onto concrete.. thus LCD cracked.

It would have saved me!

I no longer have a camera on my Tour.

haven't damaged mine yet, but this would sure help prevent that from happening!

Man if i had a nickel for every time i've needed a hard case for my blackberry! This one time, at band camp, a bear, stole my berry, tore it up, and then, he ate all my cookies!

I have a bad habit of placing my Blackberry Tour on my lap when i get into the car and forget that its on my lap and when i get out the car it heads straight for the ground.

I have a Storm for personal use and a Tour for work. I'm always carrying the two and occasionally one takes a spill. Would love one for my Tour....don't want work thinking I'm a klutz!

I'm constantly dropping things this is the perfect solution to make sure i dont break my BlackBerry Storm 2. That would be very bad. Please pick me:)

Leavin the train station one day I had my phone in my hand as I was running across the road the phone slipped out of my hand and a freak move landed right on the tip of my steel cap boot and shot it bout 15mtrs ahead of me. When I got to it the screen was shattered, battery crack and a weird rattle came from inside of it. Luckily it was a shit nokia so I definitely need a hard case to stop it from happening to my bb bold

i've been looking for otterbox products here in our country but to no avail. there has been an increasing number of BB users here in the Philippines in the past few months..

i would like to be one of the first BB owners sporting an otterbox here in the Philippines. From what i've read here in crackberry and other reviews about otterbox it is the best protection there is for your mobile device.

thanks.

I was at the grocery store and my blackberry was in the infant seat of the shopping cart. My son pushed the seat closed on the cart and my storm was crunched shattering the screen. An otterbox would have protected my storm.

The last time I dropped my BB Curve the phone went one way, the battery went one way and the back went another. I was so afraid to pick up the pieces. OtterBox would sure save some tears!

i like this case, i looks like its slim enough and not bulky at all.. i wonder what it weighs

I spend a lot of time on hardwood gym floors. Unfortunately, my phone does too ...

and a hard case would have prevented several returns...*cough* warranty returns. ;P

When I got my storm2 I subjected my storm1 to a stress test. I repeatedly dropped it and threw it at the wall to vent the frustration it had given me in prior months. I suspect if I had an otterbox on it that it would still be alive no matter how hard I tried to kill it. Good for my storm1 but bad for my sanity. My storm2 needs that level of ever lovin protection that the otter box provides. I've already dropped my storm2 more often then I'd like to admit. :(

Save my phone(s)!!! With two kids and amanager for a retail store Im always bumping or dropping my phone. This would be a big help. Pick me guys!!!

Not a week after getting my 8530, one of my kids got a bit too curious. He didn't mean to do any harm but he picked up my phone and accidentally dropped it on the concrete. It got a nasty crack in the casing. Luckily my protection plan covered it, but with little kids running around, I desperately need a case. If there was ever a contest on here I needed to win, this or a hands free would be the ones.

I was getting out of the car and caught my cell phone case on the seat belt and it went flying. Half a second later it met the pavement with a sickening cracking noise. Phone still worked but the casing was cracked.

I have lost probably three phones now to dropping them from my balcony. I live on the 4th floor of my building, and I regularly talk on my balcony. Unfortunately, there always seems to be a strong wind where I live, and my phones always seem to get blown away!

Would love one of these. Once cracked a phone when I accidentally dropped it.

I had an otterbox for my old phone..... this would rock

I had my BB on my lap while driving; forgot it was there so when i got out; oops right on the concrete ground!! ouch... OtterBox would have been handy there!!

from me

I could really use this. I've dropped devices a few times...but actually crushed the screen on my last device (not a BB). This could really be a lifesaver.

I'm a rather clumsy person, so a protection for my berry would be very nice.

Down!!!

WWCD

I would love to have an otterbox communter case for my new 9700!!!!

I have several cases that my Tour hates; they're thin and cheap, and my Tour is unhappy with all the scratches and bruises on its "prideful" silver bezel. Fortunately, it has survived two falls...

Please help my Tour with a new + durable outfit like the OtterBox Commuter Case, much appreciated!

I dropped my blackberry storm2 once on the tile floor at my friend's house... I was terrified because the back cover came off and the battery popped out...

Luckily, the blackberry was fine but my heart was racing...
I would enjoy an Otterbox to minimize the damage done to my blackberry storm2 and the encounters with the floor! =)

The main reason I was able to own a Blackberry Tour is because I dropped my prior phone. Just a clutz. In fact, most of my phones have been replaced with newer phones simply because of dropping the old one with damage ranging from cracking the case to the phone not working at all.

An Otter would save me money and let me keep the phone I finally enjoy (My Tour :) ).

i drop my storm 2 all the time. It will either slip out of my hand or work its way out of the cheap verizon holster that I got when I purchased the phone (it was the only thing they had).

The otterbox would likely keep my storm 2 from ending up like my storm 1....which is why I had to pay full price for the storm 2.

I could so use this!

I currently use a OtterBox Defender for the Storm 2 and it gets top marks from me. Congrats those lucky enough to have won one....they are the dog's......... :)

I would definitely be able to use this and stop my BB from breaking or scratching every time it falls.

I never dropped my phones but I like to protect my phones with leather cases etc. to avoid headaches if I do drop it. If I do win the otter box I will put to use on my curve 8320 right away.

Thank you

I would really love to try one of these.

I always leave my bb in my lap when I would use it in the car, whether to talk to someone or to use it as a music player. When I would leave the car, I always forget that my phone is on my lap.. so, it would fall into the street, and have all this rock chip. So, when I got another bb, I made sure that I got a case for it first before switching to the new device. Yea, sure enough, couple of days after using the new phone, it fell on the ground, but good thing it had a case already so, it left no mark. yay!

If I'd'a had an Otterbox my first Curve would no longer be history, it was a beautiful Sunset red, had it on my lap when I was driving, got out of the car and Berry fell to the (hard!) pavement, cracked the case and ever after that, Berry was never the same, did all kinds of weird unexplainable stuff. Shoulda had an Otterbox!

I Otter get a hardshell case....

I've never dropped my Blackberry, but I've sure bumped a lot of furniture with the pocket where I carry it. The OtterBox might be my only hope since I think I'm destined to stay klutzy.

just wash me.

I have been comparing cases for my Storm 2 and it looks like Otterbox would be the best one that I have seen so far. I would love to win a free one of course.

a hot otter box

I'm always running from one building to another and I'm always scared I'm going to drop my Blackberry Curve 8530. With the OtterBox I would not only look cooler I would feel much better knowing that my Blackberry is safe and I can run to the next building to patch the fiber that was broken because someone drop their Blackberry behind the server and broke the fiber link between the buildings.... and they broke their phone because it was not protected by an OtterBox.

I have the 8350i and have dropped it 2 times. The 1st time was days after buying it and it cracked my screen cover, so I had to pay to have a screen cover installed. The 2nd time it cracked the housing which is hard to find and cost me another $50 for a quality OEM housing and another $25 to have it installed. The Otterbox is a TANK that will protect my phone no matter what happens. I have looked into it in the past but never had the money to buy it.

In the car, slam on the brakes and I had a 9530 projectile.

I work as a forensic investigator and I really could use the otterbox. I have had my phone knocked off my belt or its fallen out of a pocket into very nasty fluids if you know what I mean...

HAVE ONE AND THANK YOU...

I would love a Otterbox for my Storm 2! I'm in Law Enforcement and use my storm for work mostly. I used to have a otterbox on my BB Pearl and it worked great, I got the new storm and 2nd night with it on the job I had to wrestle a guy to the ground and cracked the screen. I plan on getting another Otterbox soon!

for those days when the unexpected is expected!

I win!

If I would have had a hard case it would have saved my phone from a nasty cosmetic blemish. My hands are often full unloading my daily stuff from the truck, and more often then not its the phone that bites the dust first.

kept my Curve from shattering when I dropped it on concrete a couple of years ago.

I have only had my Tour for 3 weeks but have dropped it, seriously, once already. Having a lovely OtterBox would save me in the future as I have no doubt that won't be the first time I will drop my BB. Thx

Looks as if I enter lots of contests to win things for the lovely Vicki, but it was she who left her Curve 8330 on the garden path while planting and not only stepped on it but watered it.

It might prevent my dog from eating by 9700.

It seems the favorite spot for my Tour (and a previous non smart phone) is to go in between the drivers seat and the console in my Mustang. Of course when you try to pull it out it gets scratched on the metal from the seat framing. Ugh! Thats where the 2 scratches come from on my Tour. An OtterBox would be great for my Tour! :-)

If they can make one with a bungee cord, that would help! this would do very well, though.

I could have used it last week when I dropped by Berry in the pasture when I was feeding the horses, and they stepped on it and I ran it over with the 4 wheeler. Yeah, I could have used one of these then.

Being in the military for 11 years I have dropped, and snapped a few too many phones and the OtterBOX would've saved me a massive amount of money.

My hands are sweaty and slippery, so I need extra protection for my blackberry. I dropped my 8900 once. Only from the height of a sofa it slipped down to the floor, and guess what? Next thing I know, it didn't make any notification sounds at all.

It turned out that the mute button was hit and got loose, and now it keeps making extra clicking sound everytime I press it. So please lemme win an otterbox case. I love my 8900 too much that I want it to have the protection that an otterbox case offers.

So apt-fully named, the OtterBox Commuter would have saved my Bold 9000 from being stepped on during rush hour. I was getting off the train, and I was being bumped into by a fellow passenger who was alighting as well. At that time, I was chatting on my Blackberry Messenger when my phone dropped onto the floor. The human traffic was so intense that I did not have enough time to pick my phone up, only to see it being stepped on. The person who stepped on my phone did not even turn back to apologize, and what's left was a cracked and broken Blackberry Bold.

I have since upgraded to the Bold 9700 and I'm loving it. God forbid something like this happens again, but if it should, I would love for my phone to be encased in an Otterbox Commuter, for my phone would undoubtly emerge unscathed. :)

Why do they make basketball shorts with pockets? It's too tempting and I was too distracted. Rushing out the door to meet the fellas at the local court, I put my Tour in my front pocket. All was well, until I got out of the truck and slippo - droppo! Out fell my beloved BB. There's that gut wrenching fraction of time when everything moves in slow motion. You know gravity will overcome wishful thinking and THUNK! No serious damage, though. Just a battered ego and now a near-perfect smartphone. Please pass the Otterbox.

With the Otter hard case I am sure my Tour would have been fine when it fell out my truck.

Was in a rush came around a corner into a different room and my phone hit the wall in my ouch and knocked it right out of my holster and crash against the concrete floor just one week old and fell apart battery door cover one direction battery in a different from device. that hurt to see it laying there.

Mardi Gras New Orleans 2010... Bacchus Ball in the Convention Center -- Drew Brees is king -- beads, booze, smooth concrete floor -- BAD COMBINATION for the Blackberry... The parade rolls right through the convention center and they continue to throw beads etc. from the floats inside -- LOTS of them end up on the floor. They try to sweep some of it up but it really just doesn't help. You must be in formal attire to attend the ball, and for women that means a floor-length gown. I had already taken my heels off and was wearing flip-flops under my dress and therefore was feeling a little more secure in my footing then perhaps I should have been -- we had been helping people up off the floor all night long after they ate it. It was the end of the evening, they had just turned the lights on, I was walking back to my table with my camera in one hand, my Blackberry in the other -- walking right down the main aisle which is the area that is almost devoid of beads so I thought I was safe. I think I was texting my friends so I wasn't really looking too closely at where I was going and I slid on a pair of beads and ate it big time - landed with my hand on my Blackberry I think and it completely shattered the screen. Who knew they didn't use any kind of safety-type glass or anything in the screens? I ended up with several teeny tiny little shards of the shattered screen embedded in my hand -- one of which was too small or transparent to see and it hurt like crazy for several days until it finally made its way out of the skin! Fortunately my Blackberry was insured (the camera was not so I guess it's a good thing it survived without so much as a scratch) but it did mean I had to spend the last 3 days of my trip completely cut off from everything and everyone with no phone until I could get home to get the new one. Talk about Crackberry withdrawal!!! The friends I was staying with had no land-line at home, so I did at least have my laptop for some means of communication and a way to get phone numbers so that I could borrow other people's cell phones in the event that I needed to talk to someone -- but it was definitely an eye-opening experience about just how dependent we have become on our Crackberries and just how hard it is to live without one these days -- insightful -- but not an experience I EVER wish to repeat! An OtterBox could definitely help me be sure the situation never repeats itself!

otterbox would have been real nice when my berry took a plunge and the pieces became a puzzle

ive dropped my 9700 so many times it pains me so much to see small scratches on my phone. I hope I win so that I can protect my beautiful phone.

Seriously. I carry the Curve in my top pocket, typically, and hate doing so.. but hate the OEM holders that I have bought. I am constantly digging it out of my shirt pocket and fumbling it to the ground. I am a traveling salesman, and use it often every day.. I hate putting in my pants pocket, because I 'pocket call' people all day, as I constantly forget to lock the keypad (which I hate, anyway..)
But the biggest reason it would help is that, when driving, I have it on the dash on one of those rubber key/sunglasses/phone mats that is SUPPOSED to keep it right there. I find myself reaching to the seats or even the floor when I have made a turn and the phone goes flying. So, you see, you could be saving my life.. or someone else's if I win one of these!

The plain fact is, i'm a clutz. I drop everything. Unfortunately, I need a phone for work. I communicate with my office through facebook, bbm, live messenger, and e-mail. I had to get a new bold 9700 just about 5 weeks after I bought my first one because it went flying. If u had a case that I could tie to my hand, I would be trying to win that. But here is the Otterbox. Nothing would make me (and my wallet) happier than to get one of these. Please choose me to receive an Otterbox so I don't have to buy another shortly. Thank you.

I bought the case and holster from Best Buy that is a copy of the Innocase because I wanted a case right then and there. I have dropped my BB a few times and the case has protected it. My cousin has a Defender on his Iphone and he swears by them. I would love to have the best case on the market.

I really could use an Otterbox for my Storm

an otterbox would have kept it safe. thanks :)

My drops haven't done anything more than a few scratches, but I know it's only a matter of time before I do some real damage.

Well i could have used it when my girlfriend got a hold of my blackberry and dropped it on the pavement outside putting a couple of large scratches in the top and corners of my storm :-(

My blackberry resembling humpty dumpty

I would love this for my tour!

I've always liked the look of Otter Box cases. The only thing that has kept me from putting one on my Tour (so far) has been the lack of charging cradle or car kit. I use my Tour for GPS in the car, so having it in a place where the screen can be viewable and charging has won over so far. I'd love to find a way to do this with the Otter Box on! :)

I drop my phone regularly while carrying my daughter and answering my phone at the same time. My current case isn't cutting it. Help me!

These things are tough. A friend of mine droped his curve from a 2 story apartment and it was still good.

these are great good luck all

My tour would be in better condition.

went to savannah for st. pat's a few weeks back and had my bold knocked out of my hands about 17times while trying to get pics/video/etc of the craziness there. anyone who's ever dropped their bb on cobblestone knows the horror i experienced each time it fell to earth. an otterbox would keep me from having another damn heart attack

I have a real bad habit of keeping my BlackBerry between my legs while driving. A few times with my old Curve 8310 I would forget it was there, get out of the car and drop in on the ground... Never damaged it though...

pleeeaaassssseeee...I can't tell you how many times I have dropped my storm or it has been drug off the table while charging by my 2 year old son...or while keeping it in my lap and getting out of the car...too many times...so glad it still works...but one of these cases can change all of that for good....HOOK A BROTHER UP!!!!

I have always used the swivel case that comes with my Bold 9700, and prior to that my Curve. I dropped my Curve a number of times, and my Bold less. The Curve suffered some road burns and gashes, and the Bold has been bruised a bit too. I am a bit Compulsive Obssessive with try to take care of my Bold, but being so has caused me to hold the Bold soooooo tight and I am always worried that I will miss when I blindly slide the Bold back into the swivel case. I would love to have an Otterbox which would alleviate some of my Compulsiveness and help pretect my precious Bold.

Please help me liberate my Bold.

i just got my first BB (8530) and now need to protect it for a long life span. Help me out.

I have an issue when I have my Storm plugged into my truck. When I hit the breaks.... well, I think you get it.

Ah, to think that if I had had such a wonderful protective case just a few days ago while on shift at the fire station, I might not have had to replace my poor BB Storm.

Of course, I dropped it from atop a ladder, so maybe not...still, I'd love to win!

I had an LG dare. Not bad, but not great either. Anyway. I had ordered a case for it, but before it arrived, I was at a baseball game. Same senario. Pulled it out of my pocket, slipped right out my hand, and hit the concrete at Citizen's Bank Park. Two day old phone, had a huge scrape down the entire side. Thankfully the screen didn't crack, but I constantly think about that with my BB. A lot more difficult (and expensive) to replace a BB than an ordinary phone.

I definitely wouldn't have the diagonal crack crossing my Tour's screen had I had something to cushion the fall it took down the front step.

I Found out in 2004 that I have 3 other sisters that my father had outside of being married to my mom. Sucks I know... Anyway, I don't speak to my other siblings often, but we do occasionally text each other. One night my wife decided to snoop through my phone, and didn't find anything. Then I got a text message that simply read "I love you!". My wife woke me up and was furious. The number that the text came from wasn't in my berry contacts list, so I was totally unfamiliar with the number, other than knowing it was out of state. As I kept telling the ol lady I didn't know who it was, she called the number from my berry, and it went straight to vmail (the automated computer vmail that reads the number, giving no indication of who it was who sent the message). My wife was sooo pissed that she hurled my berry into the wall... It was almost surreal watching the plastic and silicone shatter... Needless to say I slept on the couch.

A few days later my house phone rang, and it was the same number that sent the text message a few nights before. My wife once again got furious and answered the phone "who the hell is this and why are you sending my husband messages that you love him??". A few seconds later, my wifes face dropped, and she said "I'm soooo sorry! I thought that was some other woman trying to talk to my husband". The caller, and the person who sent the text message to my phone was one of my sisters who got a job in savannah, GA and moved down there. The number that she sent the text from was he new number that I didn't have yet. Now, had my berry had an otterbox, my crazy wife wouldn't have been able to destroy it. Fortunately, I have the handset insurance.

I enjoy playing Disc Golf and use my phone to play music while we play. I have had a few too many close calls of my phone dropping on hard ground or in water. At least this case would reduce the damage to my dear phone.

Please slap a box on my berry?!

Accident prone, nice protection.

I drop my BB a lot....sometimes it practically looks like I'm throwing it. I'm not, of course. ;)

I need all the protection I can get. It would be nice to win! The otterbox is not cheep in cost or prodection, Great Product!!!!!!!!!

If I had a case with my pearl (my last phone) I wouldn't have had the big scratches on it....

Late to a meeting I jumped out of my car took my Tour out of my windshield holder and it went flying. It had a nice new scratch across the battery cover plate.

I dropped my Storm and it had an otterbox defender on it.
Down a full flight of wooden stairs and on to the concrete floor. the storm didn't miss a beat. Otterbox cases are everything they claim to be. Need one for the Storm2!

Hope itz me!!!

They are building a new house across the street from me and i went outside to get the mail a few months ago and me being the stupid person i am dropped the phone out of my hands and it bounced off my BB into the middle of the street. and as luck wouldn't have it, it just happened to be at the same time that a bulldozer was coming. lucky for me it just caught the corner of my storm causing it to slide back to me on the ground, face down. i had a very very scratched up BB. because of that though, i was able to buy a storm 2 that i now guard with my life. but even that's not enough. i still find myself dropping my BB a few times a week. a new otter box would help me not worry so much about being a klutz and breaking my "new storm2.

I am a firefighter EMT, and I encounter many conditions that would make an Otterbox very handy for me to have. Calls on wet roadsides, putting on gear and knocking the phone off my belt, and just plain clumsiness in dropping the phone.

That would be awesome, this is the best protection that a BB can get:)

Love the Otter Box. Have sold bunches to those who are not only clumsy but also in harsh conditions (i.e. construction workers, Law Enforcement, Military, etc.)

had it in my lap as i got out of the car and it flew a good 20 feet, cracked the display right down the middle. doh!! Otterbox rules.

I have dropped my Blackberry a few times picking it up hoping its all intact...i would love to have one...

i need a commuter case to ward off my dog, baby and drops.ive dropped my 9550 a couple times and the case would absorb the drop but would explode on impact and then i have to put it back together. an otterbox would stay together on impact

my phone always falls when i am on the ladder

it would have saved my 8310 blackberry from my x-girl friend when we where fighting and she though it across the room and it exploded. The fight wasn't my fault ether.I hear these otter boxes are crazy girl proof

An otterbox case is the best acc you can buy for your beloved blackberry. I've had the storm 1 and now the storm 2 both have been protected by the defender case. Working on cars and working construction I drop my phone a lot at least 5 times a day and they both have held up awesome. I can chuck it at a concrete driveway and not have to worry. keep up the good work.

As I was getting out of my car, my old case broke, and phone met pavement.

SO FAR... I have the most unfortunate habit of having to carry my 9700 without a case and the phone has fallen out of my pocket! The worst so far was while getting out of my car! The phone must have been hanging just out of the pocket and slid out as I stood up. AND I SAW IT FALLING! Luckily, it only suffered some rash...

This would have saved many bumps and bruises to my berry. It always seems to slip out of my hands.

I keep putting off getting a case for my Tour, I just have a BSE on and that probably isn't going to help much for a nasty drop. The OtterBox cases look pretty nice...maybe I'll win one!!!!!

If I break it, it's the insurance company's problem. But they might like to see my BB wrapped in an Otter since they've already bought one for me.

While I was hurrying up the stairs at work, I cut it too close to a corner and my 9700, which was unprotected and in it's OEM holster on my belt, smashed into the cement wall and suffered a cracked screen and broken battery cover. A good hard case probably would have lessened or eliminated the damage - I'm checking the reviews now to see which one will be chosen to protect my new 9700!

When I go in to my office, I usually have quite a few things in my hands. At times, I wish I were a women just so I could carry a purse. Its inevitable, while fumbling for my keys, trying to rearrange my laptop, or opening the office door, something is going to fall. It just usually happens to be my Blackberry. My poor 8330 Curve was so abused. It had dents and sratches all over it, even though it had a case on it, the corners weren't protected and that was where most of the damage was. I have since updated to the 9630 Tour. I am trying harder this time to keep it in "like new" condition. I have been lucky so far, but I have also been very close to dropping it.

I'm one of those who has dropped my BB multiple times. A case would be invaluable.

My bro and I were doing some adventurous rock climbing, I whipped out my sweet berry 9700 to record some video because we had gotten pretty high up. When I was about to put it away it fell on some soft leaves then started sliding downwards on to the rocks. Quick thinking and reflexes helped me save my berry from tumbling all the way down the rocky little mountain. Luckily it only got a couple little scratches. Please send one of those awesome otterbox protectors my way. Thanks guys.

I dropped my Bold in a parking lot and now have a dent in the chrome. No doubt the Otter box would have prevented it.