crackberry

/ ˈkrækˌbərɪ /

noun

1. informal,  nickname for a BlackBerry handheld device that functions as a telephone, PDA, and e-mailer and appears to have an addictive hold on its users

Word History and Origins

Origin of crackberry¹

C21: from _crack (sense 30) + _BlackBerry

Example Sentences

The phone, with its teeny tiny keyboard, was transformative and such a mainstay of executives’ lives that it became known as the “crackberry.”

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It was the BlackBerry, a device so addictive that it became known as the “CrackBerry” among tech nerds and power brokers hunched over a tiny keyboard that was best operated with both thumbs clickety-clacking.

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Plans to resurrect the Blackberry brand with a new keyboard-equipped 5G Android device have been shelved, according to reports from AndroidPolice and CrackBerry.

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CrackBerry reports that “multiple sources” have confirmed to the publication that “OnwardMobility and their BlackBerry 5G keyboard phone dream are dead.”

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Kevin Michaluk, the founder of CrackBerry, a website and forum dedicated to the once-popular devices, waxed nostalgic on Monday about the rise and fall of the technology.

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