It's time to next level the CrackBerry Meetup fun. We've just added 45+ more cities to our CrackBerry Meetup Groups list. If you live in one of these cities and would attend a meetup with other BlackBerry fans, SIGN UP NOW!
As part of our 10 years of CrackBerry celebration fun, I'm trying to bring as many BlackBerry fans together as I can. So far we've hit up Barcelona, Toronto, Winnipeg, Miami and NYC and we've had a blast in every city, giving attendees the opportunity to get an early hands-on look at the BlackBerry KEYone. I'll soon be announcing four more cities I'll be bringing the CrackBerry Meetup tour to in May - you'll want to sign up for the city you live in on our CrackBerry Meetup Groups page so you don't miss out when a meetup gets scheduled.
Making CrackBerry Meetups Happen in More Cities!
I've realized two things from our meetups this year:
- It's about bringing BlackBerry fans together. As cool as it was for everyone to get to see the KEYone early, the best part is having a bunch of hardcore BlackBerry fans together in one room who can meet in real life and talk BlackBerry for a night.
- CrackBerry Kevin doesn't scale that well. Even living out of a suitcase for a couple of months, there are only so many places I can hit up.
Reflecting on those points, a light bulb went off. We could also have CrackBerry Meetups take place in cities where CrackBerry Kevin can't get to. We can find a volunteer or two in each city be our designated "CrackBerry Meetup Coordinator" and with the support of CrackBerry and our amazing community events/contests coordinator, Michelle Haag, we could bring meetups to life even if I can't be there in person (we'll send out a CB-Meetup-in-a-Box kit to our meetup coordinator, have an awesome prize to be given away at each meetup, etc.).
To that end, we've setup a new CrackBerry Meetup Group page that has FIFTY CITIES on it from around the world. We can add more locations too - so if your city isn't listed you can leave a comment letting us know and we can look at getting it added if enough people mention. I think it would be awesome if we could get 50+ members signed up in each city listed.
So that's it. Hit the link below to jump over to our meetup group listings and SIGN UP for your city. This will also help me to prioritize the cities I'll line up to visit, so if you participate in local BBM Groups, etc., be sure to rally your local BlackBerry-using friends and colleagues to sign up. Spread the word!!
Visit the Crackberry Meetup Groups page to find your city and SIGN UP!
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Sign up for a CrackBerry Meetup Group in your City!
The DTEK50 I bought for my husband was a real hit, until yesterday when the top half of the touch screen was totally unresponsive. In the light this morning a diagonal crack in the screen appeared. It has never been dropped, so what happened? Can it be fixed? It is less than 2 years old.
This meet up in Montreal with Crackberry Kevin, was way overdue!! The KEYone is a beautiful device, feels premium, sleek, easy to hold and typing will take a little adjustment for some. Overall, this device should have been the first BlackBerry Android in my opinion, but that's me.
The event was AWESOME! A little food, a few drinks, some amazing stories told by Kevin of BlackBerry, The Crackberry Team and his own personal journey over the last 10 years! Happy Birthday to Crackberry this past Feb 26th, which happens to be my birthday too! Yes, I bought the MUG!! :)
Wishing you a Happy Birthday Kevin and continued success on your journey in the future!!
Come back and see us soon!!
Cheers!!!
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Signed up for Montreal 😀
Guys please come to atlanta,ga
Hello.. I'm new here. Ilike to install the play store on my bbq 10.
Not getting the meetup email
Don't want to sign up via Meetup, but I will be there in Vancouver if before end of June or in Hamilton afterwards!
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You must do something about Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Kosova...
Thank You.
Taipei 101 building, anyone?!
Hey There. I am ready to host a meeting in Hannover. Once hosted german-wide palm powered meetings with my website nexave.de - so there is enough experience. We already have 20 members to attend from a Smartphone usergroup meeting once in a month. Plus those we can activate here online.
Sad that NYC only has 231 members out of the 10+ million who live here. Not many BlackBerry and BlackBerry Android fans.
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10+ miilion?? What NYC do you live in? The NYC I live in, has a population of a little over 8mm.
Long Island doesn't count.
If I was marketing the KEYone, my advertising dollars,would be spent in Toronto and NYC based on interest.
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Why will I want a meet up group when blackberry is not meeting up?
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I'll gladly offer up my time to be a CrackBerry Meetup Coordinator should you need the help in Toronto, Ontario. Let me know. Cheers!
Hi, I would like to partake in the Ottawa CrackBerry celebration of BlackBerry and BlackBerry Mobile in Ottawa, but I'm not interested in becoming a member of meetup. Can I just crash the party?!
Seriously? It's a private party so sign up or stay home!
That's a first...
I believe you're wrong actually. This event is very much a public event. The more the merrier. I can understand how they need to have a pretty good idea of how many people are coming to rent a place that is the right size, but other than that, anyone curious about the KEYone will be welcome (or should be). The idea is to reach as many people as possible, not just CrackBerry fanatics. As for me I may or may not go if I need to become a member of meetings, but I'm glad Ottawa is one of the chosen cities. Most likely I will find a way to get there without becoming a member of meetings. Finding it where without becoming a member of meetings would add to the excitement of
being there. Let the hunt begin. If necessary. :)
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Can BlackBerry Meetups utilize Meetup.com? You need to register to login then anyone can create a meetup in their city. It can be as uncomplicated as beer and pizza nights. People who may not be on CrackBerry regularly can find others who have "those funny looking phones."
Zurich? Anyone in Zurich? Switzerland that is. International Finance and Asset Management. Must be some die-hard BlackBerry fans. If there are, I will set up a Meetup group. People of Zurich, manifest yourselves !
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I used to pass through Zurich all the time, well in transit at the airport that is. We could have had a meetup at the Burger King there......the worst and most expensive BK on the planet without a doubt
No doubt.. There's the Big Dawgs. CrackBerry Kevin and CrackBerry Chris! Word up! #Sexy #Tupac #Xbox #PotatoChips
We need to do a meetup in Gary, Indiana and Trenton, New Jersey..lol
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Montreal, Canada
What about a BB meetup in Cebu City, Philippines?
Chicago!!!!
Yay!
No China🤔
This sign up should be posted over at android central as well.
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Looking forward to the Windy City meetup
Awesome! Hope to see you there!
Just signed up to the Toronto Meetup group but I live closer to Buffalo. How do we get a meetup group started here? Also, thank you Kevin and Michelle for the free book prize a few weeks back!
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Munich in Germany would be great.
And i know a few people who would love to attend :)
Alright! Houston TX!! So how do you sign up and where is it going to be? I'm using my Z30 as my main driver!
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Philly? Anyone?
Pittsburgh has everything but a Crackberry meetup! We may have to go in with Cleveland (shudder) to make this happen.
I'd love to start one of these in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Can anyone help with that?
Las Vegas
Add Buffalo NY
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Tom, I am in Buffalo and want to help get this started!
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Great and nice to meet a fellow Buffalonian that loves BlackBerry. How I read it from CBK, we need to generate enough demand to get it set up. I'll push this article out to people I know would like to check out KEYone.
Did you join the Toronto Meetup group? I joined and mentioned interest in a Buffalo group. Every 3 or 4 months I run into a BlackBerry user in this area. Feel free to hmu to get this going.
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BLACKBERRY needs better marketing
Why do BB users have to reach so far for apps to work correctly. No wonder nobody buys BB.
WTF is IG native app...?
Glasgow?
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Signed up...and wiping the rest of the cities off the map ;)
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Looking forward to the Crackberry meet-up in London. Welcome the Keyone into the BlackBerry family.
No love for Brazil? I'm in São Paulo
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Ok I signed up for several, realistically, probably can only do Chicago (IF I get enough advanced noticed) and DC (and of course if there is NYC part 2), BUT I signed up for London, Mumbia & Berlin also. Hey I can dream can't I?
Hope to see you in Chicago!
This is something Blackberry should have been doing as soon as BlackBerry 10 was launched.. take the phones to the grassroots community! At least it's happening and will have nothing but positive results.
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I have to agree with that! If people would've known about, seen it & had some hands on with BB10 it would've been a success. Not saying it would've overtaken Android or iPhones but BB10 could've been a real contender & not slowly abandoned.
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Signed up for Calgary :)
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What about Latin America travelled to different cities and saw that a lot of people are still in love with the BlackBerry Brand and I think there is not enough marketing, because they get surprised when they see me with the new BlackBerry models,many still think BlackBerry doesn't exist anymore.
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How about one in Brussels? The capital of Europe
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We need more sign-ups for Calgary in order to have a meeting here. Get to it Calgary BlackBerry users. Yahoo
I signed up for cowtown and I know a few others here that are keen...I'm hopeful we can get more!
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Kevin, Waterloo, Hamilton and Toronto are close by (you know that :). ) why not remove one of those locations or even just keep Toronto and setup on in London ON or Windsor ON. That would spread it around a little bit...
I will go wherever between these cities but.. I don't think it makes sense to have all these locations clustered together.
Excellent idea Kevin... although I would like to meet you in person too :)
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Waterloo should have enough chaps if words goes around.
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Good point... and Waterloo is special :) with that said, I still find that these 3 cities right next to each other is to much, one is enough. Personally I signed up for all 3 of them.
Also, maybe this would be one where Kevin could come.
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If there was one in Windsor I'd there for sure with a few friends.
Need one in Windsor, ON
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Want to start one with me?
Come on people in Spain.... We are just three registered for Madrid's meet up
Nothing for North Carolina?! :(
It won't let me edit my comment. I am in Raleigh-Durham but, I'm willing to travel further if one gets setup that I am able to attend.
none of mention hardware...Have a nice party for launch BB. glad to see the big turn out in major city. Cheers. (feel like fish out of water... but jealously watch the other fishes in the sea).
Does this mean we are 45 - 50 days away from a release of the KeyOne ??? What's really going on, why can't folks just be straight with us... all on news sites, saying April Release ...then a forced tweet after the BlackBerry CEO meet..and now Nothing from BB for 23 days... TERRIBLE
Yes i think. This is a ridiculous situation. BlackBerry and TCL are laughing at us. I'm sure Kevin knows what is happening and how long can be the delay because in other case it has no sense news meetsup
I'm somewhat worried you are correct. One of those, "Hey Kevin, here's some cash, keep them quiet over there so we can save face while saying nothing" kind of things.
This is about introducing the new phone, not about longer delays. It is brilliant. CrackBerryKevin said that even if it is launched, he would do these. I hope I can go to one. The nearest is about an hour away. It means a clear schedule from early evening on, which is hard to make happen.
Signed up for Paris 😉
In da Paris Group now !
Super Coooolll!! Please add Hyderabad, India in the list for Meetup.
Czech Republic? It would had been probably quite small group, I'd have guessed...
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Signed up for Portland. It is an hour away and we have a busy schedule in May so I don't know if it will work out to go. It is worth a try.
What about Australia? Cabramatta or Bankstown
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3 cities in India! I'm on board!!
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Come to Indianapolis please..
I wish too, but I'll make the trip to Chicago if needed.
Any in australia? Lol
Yes Sydney and Melbourne. So far 5 signed up between both cities.
Not likely going to happen... just MHO
Insanely good idea
Dublin signed up :)
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Nice. Like to see you come up North (Netherlands) in Groningen (student city - 60.000 students here, bike city and most pubs per square meter per resident - )
http://www.groningenlife.nl/en/night-life and movies and pictures http://www.groningenlife.nl/en/pics
The Hawks are done. Bring on the KEYone next month, followed by the Chicago meetup! #ChicagoMeetup
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Woo hoo!
Awesome! Let's do it in Madrid
BlackBerry a lifestyle and now more with KEYone!
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Signed up! My wife already thinks I am crazy because of my BlackBerry obsession. Wait until she hears I am going to be getting together with like-minded others!
Any chance of getting a San Diego meetup added to that map? I know LA is close, but I'd still rather stay here ;)
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Signed up for Amsterdam
Kolkata, India
S8. Yesterday arrived to my house. Launched one month later than K1. The don't need "meets up" , Samsung does what Samsung says, that is the reason they share 90% of the market. Please bb/tcl, learn about this.
Valencia, Spain. Would be amazing to have a meeting in each city!! I'm thinking about having a beer just myself even if there is not a meeting in Valencia... 😂😂😂 Maybe Blackberry Mobile could send me a Keyone, just to play around a bit... Jajaja!!!
Signed up for Berlin!
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Brilliant, signed up for London.
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We don't need meet up, we need the keyone. More meet up= more delay?
^^^ THIS^^^
How frickin many meet ups could possibly happen before this device is released???
Seriously? Look at the numbers! If all these cities have meetups before the release, this phone isn't going to hatch until June.
I signed up for Edmonton!
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Very cool. I see you guys are doing it big for the KEYone launch.
Baku is not on this map :(
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Signed up for Houston TX.
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+1
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I would be absolutely thrilled to have the meeting in Brisbane Australia
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This is a fantastic idea!!
Behold, my thumbs have spoken.
We did it! 4-0 on number one seed!
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Signed up for a CrackBerry Meetup in the Mile High City... Happy 4/20!!!
Bob
#longLiveBlackBerry
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Signed up for Chicago. All I'm saying though is @CrackBerry Kevin you've got to make it to Chicago.
Awesome! Come on Chicago people. Sign up, we need the numbers!
come on down here in the philippines kevin haha letz boooz and enjoy BlackBerry
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This is a great initiative for the RoW! Any chance if a meetup would be in New Delhi? Can we add New Delhi to the list of cities?
Signed up for Edmonton, AB
I posted tons of good reasons!
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Signed up for Minneapolis
I'm willing to help out for the Chicago Meetup!
Hey, lets do this! Signed up for Los Angeles and Las Vegas!!
Fantastic someone has already set up a Meet up in Melbourne Australia. Hope it comes to fruition.
Would like to see one in Tampa, but just signed up for Orlando! Need some more folks to join the club. We really need one in Tampa too though!
Can't wait to get my hands on one to see if I'll move to Android from my PPSE (probably more a question of when than if). But there's still the question of PKB or VKB. BlackBerry's VKB is soooo nice!! It spoiled me. I swear it would read my mind! Even the PPSE can't keep me from missing it. A mere three suggested words is not nearly enough.
Shanghai or Hong Kong?
Yeah, I'm seriously surprised at the lack of anything in North Eastern Asia (Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan).
Done. Go Nashville! We could do it at one of the historic music bars. Then there is our awesome botanical gardens and zoo! We have amazing hotels, convention center, and other venues!
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Milan(Italy) don't forget!!!
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I know at least three BlackBerry users in Springfield, MO. Think we need to start a group.
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Does the meetup kit come with a KEYone? ; )
For real! Ha
Adding a regional forum might work as well since some of us are willing to travel. My BlackBerry house accounts for 2 of the Dallas sign ups.
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Signed up for Montreal
Nashville baby!
Just did the New Orleans! Oh yea!
West Coast Baby! Done.
Delhi,India
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Bangalore, India?
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Or Mumbai will be an equal distance for all.
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Kolkata,India
So how do you become the meet up group volunteer for your city? That part wasn't explained at all
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First, sign up for the group. :)
Second, we're going to to setup a CrackBerry Meetups forum in the forums and a thread for each city. Can volunteer there. Once the groups have some followers, we'll also send out a message through the meetup platform looking for volunteers.
Where's Kuala Lumpur? Can't be missing us out. Z30 world launch was here.
Share some love and we'll shower you passionate BlackBerry lovers with more loves, Kev.
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Where should i sign Up for the group? The Link from the article only allows to sign up for a given city, or did i get something wrong?
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Signing up now... 👍
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Awesome signed up already!
So cool!
YEAHHHHHH! Spread the love!
SUPER cool!
Southern hemisphere doesn't exist...?
At least not on CB10 app on my Passport... :-(
Aussie BBM user group was in Sydney in March, so we had ours.
• Long live the SPARK! * ... the evil N shall not priv-ail...!!! •
Sydney and Melbourne are on the map.
Wow, extraordinary! The bizarre bbm group that you belong to doesn't speak for BlackBerry users in Australia....
No mention of anything in Africa... matter of fact, they only show half the continent...Great! making the same mistakes as the old BB already... keep sleeping on that continent, and that continent will let sleeping dogs lie.
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Another one in Winnipeg? Haha
I promise I won't be carrying the plague this time
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