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So what do you do when that BlackBerry Bold with faux-leather backing needs to take a casual Friday? Why, swap in the denim-clad battery door from CNN. $50 is a little steep for a back cover, but well worth it for a corporate suit looking to stick out from his uptight exec colleagues. It’s currently out of stock, so you can put your credit card away. You can’t help but wonder where this thing came from, though – generally CNN gets mobile parts direct from Hong Kong OEMs, so someone is probably putting these out to the mass market. Perhaps this denim door is due to land on a certain big carrier as a special promo…
[via BBWorld]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
