Thought you might be interested in some fun BBM stats related to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Over the past month, RIM saw a clear correlation between BBM traffic and significant events during the World Cup as fans shared their delights and despairs in real time with friends and family during live match action.
For example, during a thrilling World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain on Sunday at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, Spanish International and FC Barcelona Midfielder Andrés Iniesta scored the winning goal only three minutes before the end of extra-time, which as the lone goal of the match crowned Spain Champions of the tournament. At the time of this exciting goal, that was viewed around the world, BlackBerry Messenger traffic increased immediately by 280% as virtual communities of fans shared their reactions through BBM.
Throughout the World Cup, there were several other notable moments that correlated with BBM traffic. Some of the most significant included:
·USA v England, June 12th (Match Day 2): traffic spiked 35% globally at the time of the first goal, scored by England.
·Netherlands v Brazil, July 2nd (Match Day 20): traffic jumped by 122% globally at the time of the second goal, scored by the Netherlands.
·Argentina v Germany, July 3rd (Match Day 21): traffic rose by 178% globally at the time of the 3rd German goal.
The news broke today about Flash being made available to BlackBerry in the back half of this year, of course the comments went wild on sites like CrackBerry. However, the opinions vary widely. I’m not sure how I feel to be honest, I know very little about technical development with Adobe Flash but I know that there are obviously a lot of difficulties using it on the less powerful hardware of a mobile phone so it’s usefulness will depend largely on the execution and performance upon release. Obviously since I use a BlackBerry and a PC, I am not an Apple Chearleader but it seems like a crazy decision for them to shun Flash at this point. So much evolution in web technology will have to happen before it can be written off in my opinion. It would be cool if we are able to see it in action on a BlackBerry at WES although I doubt that will happen. I am quite a bit more anxious for webkit so that my BlackBerry will render javascript at a much better pace then it does now than I am looking for flash. What I think will be a huge boost will be the potential for developers to utilize Adobe Flash and Adobe Air to create BlackBerry applications, that part I find incredibly exciting.
If you are a Minnesota Vikings fan and you are rockin the Blackberry 8900 or Tour then this free theme might be right up your alley. Here at Geek Toon Design we are offering premium quality sports themes for you avid fans out there, although feel free to donate if you love the theme for your theme! Please click on the image of your model phone below for the OTA link.
I can’t say that I will be making pink themes for every NFL team because I won’t. I know for some teams male and female fans alike would be ready to fight over the defamation of their team colors. The Cowboys on the other hand have made pink an acceptable addition to their "colors" so here is a pink Dallas Cowboys theme. Click on the donate button, er I mean the image of your model phone below for the OTA download.
OK now I have to be honest, since I am a Seattle Seahawks fan this one was a little bit painful for me. But in the honor of the sport and the many many fans out there, I present you with the San Francisco 49ers Theme and I am going to dedicate it to my old boss Bill because I know he was probably hammered and ridiculously giddy on Sunday. Click on the Image of your Blackberry below for the OTA download, and don’t forget to donate if you love it!!
Continuing on in our venture to get all you crazy folks a theme for your favorite team, we are bringing you the New York Jets! Now you don’t have to take off your shirt and paint your man boobs to show that you’re the biggest fan around but on Monday morning you can show your Jets pride on your Blackberry in the boardroom too!! Don’t forget to show your appreciation with a donation as well. Click on the image of your Blackberry model below for the OTA link.
I am working on getting all the teams out as quickly as I can since the Season is underway and all us football nuts are getting pumped about our teams, but since I am a Seattle Seahawks fan I had to hook this one up for Game Day! Keep an eye on us because we will have a theme for you soon if it isn’t up already. Click on the image of your phone below for the OTA link. And don’t forget we will customize any theme for a small donation, so if you want it tweaked or want it made for your model blackberry send us an email at requests@blackberrysportsfan.com and we will let you know if we can do it.
So this week we have a pretty strong game on Sunday night. The 1-0 Giants meet the 1-0 Cowboys. Let’s face it. Both teams looked really good this past weekend especially the Cowboys. Giants made me a little nervous because they played the Redskins , oops, I suppose that is no longer politically correct. Lets just say the Washington team.
So enter Week 2. This week I have to make a prediction. The Cowboys are home and in danger of a blackout. How messed up is that? This billion dollar Taj Mahal can’t sell out the first game?? I gotta say this game is gonna be tight but Dallas will not lose at home on this night. Dallas 27-24.
But let’s celebrate this great game with the new Dalls and NY Giants theme.
My buddy Chad over at Themes4BB is a HUGE Arizona Cardinals and #90 Darnell Dockett fan, so here is a tribute theme for DD and the Cardinals. Click on your model phone below to download the theme.
UPDATE: Chad here. I need all my Arizona Cardinals fan to show some love for this theme. Nine-0 is about to have a sick year so lets show some support. BlackBerry Storm users – never fret. Yours is coming soon.
First and foremost, lets give a huge round of applause to the fellas at GeekTOON for building this theme. Make sure you follow them (@geekTOONdesign)
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