BlackBerry

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See also blackberry

English

Proper noun

BlackBerry

1. (telephony, computer hardware, trademark) A smartphone brand. The brand name of a wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, by Research in Motion (RIM) or by extension similar apparatus made by competitors.

Translations

device (transliterations)

• Arabic: بلاك بيري (ar) (blāk birī, blak beri) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑莓手機 (cmn), 黑莓手机 (cmn) (hēiméi shǒujī)

• Greek: Μπλάκ-μπερη (el) (Blák-beri)
• Hebrew: בלקברי (he) (blaqberi) m

• Japanese: ブラックベリー (ja) (burakkuberī)
• Korean: 블랙베리 (ko) (beullaekberi)
• Marathi: ब्लॅक्बेरी (mr) (blǎkberī)
• Persian: بلک‌بری (fa) (blak-beri)
• Russian: Блэкберри (ru) (Blékbɛrri) m (indeclinable)

Derived terms

• BlackBerried
• crackberry

See also

• iPhone

Verb

BlackBerry (third-person singular simple present BlackBerries, present participle BlackBerrying, simple past and past participle BlackBerried)

1. To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device.
   • 2007, Kristin Gore, Sammy's Hill, Miramax Books (2007), ISBN 9781401360290, page 219:

     "I BlackBerried a sort of risque joke message to this friend of mine — it was totally a joke — but, um, I accidentally sent it to two hundred strangers. […]

   • 2009, Colleen DeBaise, The Wall Street Journal: Complete Small Business Guidebook, Three Rivers Press (2009), ISBN 9780307408938, page 205:

     We've interviewed female entrepreneurs who say they were BlackBerrying up into the final stages of labor; […]

   • 2012, Matthew Zencey, Unlikely Liberal: Sarah Palin's Curious Record as Alaska's Governor, Potomac Books (2012), ISBN 9781612341859, page 144:

     But Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin told me she was well known for BlackBerrying during face-to-face meetings.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.