Comments on: BlackBerry Storm images leak out from Verizon employee briefing http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/09/15/blackberry-storm-images-leak-out-from-verizon-employee-briefing/ All About Mobile 2.0 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:14:14 -0600 hourly 1 By: SoRG http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/09/15/blackberry-storm-images-leak-out-from-verizon-employee-briefing/comment-page-1/#comment-422273 SoRG Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:47:17 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=4045#comment-422273 good call justin, this is some pretty epic advertising. however, at the point where they have a fully functional unit, they've already invested in having tooling developed, so the vast majority of their manufacturing cost has already been spent.. good call justin, this is some pretty epic advertising.

however, at the point where they have a fully functional unit, they’ve already invested in having tooling developed, so the vast majority of their manufacturing cost has already been spent..

]]> By: john http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/09/15/blackberry-storm-images-leak-out-from-verizon-employee-briefing/comment-page-1/#comment-421234 john Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:46:14 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=4045#comment-421234 wow Mike, what an intelligent and thoughtful response - so glad you took the time to enlighten us - write again on your tenth birthday will you ? wow Mike, what an intelligent and thoughtful response – so glad you took the time to enlighten us – write again on your tenth birthday will you ?

]]> By: Mike Hunt http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/09/15/blackberry-storm-images-leak-out-from-verizon-employee-briefing/comment-page-1/#comment-421207 Mike Hunt Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:13 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=4045#comment-421207 @Donna - Jesus christ woman!!! This employee was nice enough to do us all a favor! If you don't like these pics why did you bother to look at them? Look at you.. "loyalty".. "job value" "blah blah". You're so lame. You really suck. @Donna –

Jesus christ woman!!! This employee was nice enough to do us all a favor! If you don’t like these pics why did you bother to look at them? Look at you.. “loyalty”.. “job value” “blah blah”. You’re so lame. You really suck.

]]> By: Justin Dorfman http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/09/15/blackberry-storm-images-leak-out-from-verizon-employee-briefing/comment-page-1/#comment-421199 Justin Dorfman Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:59:35 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=4045#comment-421199 @Donna I agree and disagree. I agree that there is no loyalty anymore. I disagree that it is sad. Verizon (or any other fortune 500 company in the gadget world) thrive on leaked images. It is free advertising and the blog sphere eats it up. They can also see what possible buyers are saying before they make a multi-million dollar investment into manufacturing. If there is no hype or critics are bashing the product, the company (in this case Verizon) wins before releasing a 'flop' and jeopardizing there bottom line as well as investor value. How do you think they let BGR and Phonescoop dot com stay in business? With out them they have no market research which usually results in crappy phones and/or gadgets. @Donna

I agree and disagree. I agree that there is no loyalty anymore. I disagree that it is sad. Verizon (or any other fortune 500 company in the gadget world) thrive on leaked images. It is free advertising and the blog sphere eats it up. They can also see what possible buyers are saying before they make a multi-million dollar investment into manufacturing.

If there is no hype or critics are bashing the product, the company (in this case Verizon) wins before releasing a ‘flop’ and jeopardizing there bottom line as well as investor value.

How do you think they let BGR and Phonescoop dot com stay in business? With out them they have no market research which usually results in crappy phones and/or gadgets.

]]> By: Donna http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/09/15/blackberry-storm-images-leak-out-from-verizon-employee-briefing/comment-page-1/#comment-421196 Donna Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:51:42 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=4045#comment-421196 I think it is a very sad state when a trusted employee leaks information and photos to the press. That person's job value just went to zero, in my opinion. There is no loyalty. I think it is a very sad state when a trusted employee leaks information and photos to the press. That person’s job value just went to zero, in my opinion. There is no loyalty.

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