Got a Crackberry - game/utilities suggestions?

[edlavallee]

Title says it all.

I do have Texas Hold'em King 2, but that is about it. Your thoughts and suggestions (aside from throwing the devil device out the window) are appreciated.

Zipper

[schild]

Do you mean Blackberry?

I wasn't aware people played games on it.

[Eldron]

Texas Hold'em King 2 is the only one i have as well. Nice for wasting time in the arirport.
Havnt found much interesting stuff for it, so hoping for suggestions as well :)

[edlavallee]

Do you mean Blackberry?

I wasn't aware people played games on it.

Yes, I meant Blackberry. And yes, they have games for them (like they have games for Palm products). So, aside from being a useful business tool for me, it does offer some diversion when I am sitting in an airport, or trying to find a way to while away the idle time where I would otherwise stare into space or twiddle my thumbs.

[Chimpy]

Do you mean Blackberry?

I wasn't aware people played games on it.

I saw a clip on CNBC about the cracklike addiction many people in big business have for some game that is standard on all Blackberrys. I think it is a tetris type game? They even got a comment from one Fortune 50 CEO who said he had to have one of his IT guys uninstall the game from his blackberry as an intervention he was playing it so much. Apparently the CEO fell off the wagon.

[Yegolev]

Standard game on mine is Breakout.  Sucks.  I take my DS on business trips.  Most useful things (other than email+SMS of course) are not really games, such as Google Talk, gmail client, and the ever-popular Idokorro MobileSSH.

[Paelos]

Throw it in a lake, get yourself a PSP, and never look back.

[edlavallee]

Throw it in a lake, get yourself a PSP, and never look back.

That course of action would also involve leaving this corporate haven that feeds my family.

[Fabricated]

The PSP is a better gaming system but the Blackberry is more useful for checking and sending IMs/Emails in places you shouldn't while developing repetitive stress injuries.

[Bunk]

Well, I can set you up with some industry leading Real Estate software for it if you are interested.

 

[sigil]

Well, I can set you up with some industry leading Real Estate software for it if you are interested.

 

For those of us with Exchange servers, A windows smartphone kicks  a Blackberrys ass.

[Righ]

Midpssh and a server with Nethack on it. And a magnifying glass.

[Paelos]

Throw it in a lake, get yourself a PSP, and never look back.

That course of action would also involve leaving this corporate haven that feeds my family.

Oh I'm well aware, I just think they are a fucking blight on society. Not to mention that most corps are starting to require them as an electronic leash now.

My problem is that where I work on a golf course, every few rounds some dickhead on the teebox decides it'll be a grand idea to answer a few emails while people are waiting to hit. Then, he'll take too long and not realize it's his turn to hit. Then he'll make a few calls while walking down the fairway. Then, when reinformed that all communication devices are prohibited, he'll try to defend his actions because it's a weekday and he's "working" today.

No you aren't, fuckstick. You're on a golf course where Bobby Jones grew up and the history is over 100 years old. There's a ban on blackberries posted in the clubhouse. Don't be that guy. Don't even try. Just pick golf or the office, leave the blackberry in your locker for four hours, and shove the justifications up your ass.

[Nonentity]

If there is one part of gadget society I am never quite fully caught up to, it is the phone society.

I just last weekend got a Razr v3, because I am a cheapass, and it was cheap with my new provider (Verizon).

I hacked the firmware to put my own MP3s on it, so I don't have to use VCast.

[Righ]

No you aren't, fuckstick. You're on a golf course where Bobby Jones grew up and the history is over 100 years old. There's a ban on blackberries posted in the clubhouse. Don't be that guy. Don't even try. Just pick golf or the office, leave the blackberry in your locker for four hours, and shove the justifications up your ass.

The problem is that the current popularity of golf owes a lot to people "working" on the fairways. You might be lucky enough to work for a prestigious club that has enough membership demand to survive kicking those hard working CEOs out, but most clubs don't have that luxury, and no matter what the course rules are, Fat Joe T. Bigwig knows it. If they all bugger off to "gentlemen's clubs" again to do their "work" instead of golf courses, there will be a lot of course closures.

[Paelos]

Yes, Righ, you are correct about that. However, I work at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. It was born in 1904, is the home of the Tour Championship, and this year it will host the Fedex Cup final round where $10M will go to the winner.

In other words, I take pride in my course and it will do just fine without Fat Joe Bigwig and his addiction to a Blackberry. Most people that do "business" on the course are doing it by talking to their clients that they decided to take out there with them to play. I have zero problems with this. I have a HUGE problem with the man that decides to insult the course, the game, and his playing partners by pulling the blackberry out in a round.

[Merusk]

Remember kids.. golfers are insane.

But!

Golfing monkeys are insane primates with weapons.

[Chimpy]

Remember kids.. golfers are insane.

But!

Golfing monkeys are insane primates with weapons.

You just gave me an idea for Paelos avatar modification v2.0 .

Will have to work on that when I get up.

[Selby]

Not to mention that most corps are starting to require them as an electronic leash now.

My company gave me a cell phone.  I turn it off when I am not at the office.  If I am not at work, I don't work.  I don't see why more people don't understand that.

[Signe]

I live on a golf course but I don't have a Blackberry.  Or a cell phone.  They give you brain tumors! 

I don't golf, either.

[Ironwood]

If I could take back one invention of my people, it would be golf.

Seems like anyone attached to golf instantly grows an ego that they don't actually merit.

[Viin]

which blackberry did you get? 8800?

[squirrel]

Honestly I've had 3 corporate blackberry's, I own a Treo for personal use, and my latest acquisition is a Windows Mobile phone (which I like a lot btw). They all suck ass for gaming. I have a PSP I use for mobile gaming/movies. Do whatever you want but these phones/smart phones suck ass at gaming. A DS or PSP is a small addition to your already crowded carry-on luggage and is totally worth it. There are no good games on a blackberry/treo/win mobile right now, not when compared to a DS/PSP.

[edlavallee]

I was hoping someone knew some decent card games that are relatively safe to install. I am not looking for anything too game-like -- I agree, those are better on tools designed for that use. What I need is something that is going to help me fill the idle time while I wait for something else more interesting to happen. Like most meetings I am in... Corporate America, at its finest. Ah well, I'll try to make my fame with Texas Hold'em.

My model is the 8750(?)... I can't remember because it's charging downstairs at the moment. I chose not to pay the premium for the 8800 because I already have an iPod 60gb.

As for golfers and where I stand on the cell phone/blackberry issue... I'll save that for another time.

[Yegolev]

My company gave me a cell phone.  I turn it off when I am not at the office.  If I am not at work, I don't work.  I don't see why more people don't understand that.

My problem is that I am salaried and am expected to be on hand if my services are needed.  Hourly would be awesome.

Passing time on a Blackberry just requires you to type f13.net into the browser.  Think of it as a mobile MOG client and you are grinding postcount.

[bhodi]

Progress Quest, one post at a time.

[Furiously]

Well, I can set you up with some industry leading Real Estate software for it if you are interested.

 

Hook a brother up!

[MrHat]

Working in Alexandria and commuting for fuckoff long hours a day by public transport, I see a ton of people on their Blackberrys.  I can't help but glance and see what they're doing, and, I kid you not, 4/5's of them are playing Araknoid.  Does yours not come w/ it?

[Yegolev]

Is Arkanoid the one where you break the bricks with a ball?  That's what I was calling Breakout.

[MrHat]

Is Arkanoid the one where you break the bricks with a ball?  That's what I was calling Breakout.

Ya, I have it on my cellphone, and it's called "Blockbreaker".

[edlavallee]

Working in Alexandria and commuting for fuckoff long hours a day by public transport, I see a ton of people on their Blackberrys.  I can't help but glance and see what they're doing, and, I kid you not, 4/5's of them are playing Araknoid.  Does yours not come w/ it?

The brickbreaker one comes standard I think. If you follow the standard blackberry weblinks on your browser, you can download the Texas Hold'em game for free. There are also many games that are available, but I have heard some horror stories about ppl having their BBs hosed after intstalling them -- which makes me concerned. I loved the Rummy game I had installed on my Palm before the BB, and I was looking for something like that...

[Selby]

My problem is that I am salaried and am expected to be on hand if my services are needed.

I'm salaried as well.  I have a personal cell phone that my boss has the number to (he likes things to go through him first for some reason) and a home phone they can call.  I just don't like bringing home work with me if I can avoid it, and so far I do.  I do dislike being called at 7:30AM on a Sunday morning and being bitched at because the software isn't working properly when I make the hardware for the machines work, not the fucking software.

[Yegolev]

I do dislike being called at 7:30AM on a Sunday morning and being bitched at because the software isn't working properly when I make the hardware for the machines work, not the fucking software.

That, sir, is a problem; not sure if you can have it dealt with but that sucks.  That is also why I only answer my phone if I recognize the caller, and when I'm not Really Working I am rather lax in answering.  Work to live, not live to work.

Reminds me of how I hate the fact that the Blackberry does not allow me to assign separate rings to specific phone numbers.  Someone needs to cook up a competing product, yesterday.  Remeber Kids: Don't be a fool, use a real phone.