![\"BlackBerry](\"http:\/\/rimblogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/fotm-february.jpg?w=550&h=329\" "\\"BlackBerry")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ah, love. It\u2019s in the air! Call us hopeless romantics, but we absolutely adore Valentine\u2019s Day. Hearts, poems, candy, flowers\u2014 the season of love is packed with so many special symbols that fill us with warmth. Still, nothing quite embodies the spirit of this enchanting holiday like a great love story. Just in time to celebrate, we\u2019re putting the spotlight on two BlackBerry lovebirds. Recently, Julie, one half of our BlackBerry duo, took to our Facebook Page<\/a> to share her amazing BlackBerry love story<\/a> with the world. <\/p>\n Julie and Andrew* first met in England, where their love story began. After exchanging a few flirtatious BBM messages, their relationship took off and the two quickly became inseparable. Sadly, when Julie moved back to Canada to be with her family, the pair thought that their love story was over\u2026until BBM brought them back together! Our hearts melted when we read Julie\u2019s incredibly sweet story about how BBM rekindled their romance and helped bridge the distance across an ocean. <\/p>\n We were so moved, in fact, that we\u2019re bending the rules a little bit and crowning this adorable BlackBerry couple as our BlackBerry Fans of the Month for February. Team BlackBerry, please join us in congratulating Julie (@Jules_Kernal<\/a>) and Andrew! If you thought their love story was swoon-worthy, just wait until you see what they had to say in response to our questions: <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n I have been a part of Team BlackBerry since 2008; I think Andrew has been a Team BlackBerry member since at least 2007, he says he can\u2019t remember off hand \u2013 but he is now a convert, with at least 2 BlackBerry devices at any given time!<\/p>\n For me, I first fell in love with BlackBerry when it still had the Chicken game (any chance you\u2019re bringing that back?). As for my devices I\u2019ve had the BlackBerry Curve 8900, the original BlackBerry Bold 9000 and then the BlackBerry Torch 9800, which combines the touch screen and QWERTY keyboard in one \u2013 and my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet! Andrew has had the BlackBerry Bold 9900, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and the BlackBerry Torch 9810, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and then this really old one he cannot remember and his BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that he takes everywhere!<\/p>\n I have 32, Andrew has 81, so collectively 115 though we tend to use one contact more than all the others!<\/p>\n I like the smiley face. The first BBM?! Truthfully, we wracked our brains and don\u2019t remember exactly, but I think it was probably me and said \u201cLook who\u2019s got BBM! xx\u201d (before then I had been texting from another phone I later got rid of) and I am 90% sure there was a emoticon kiss as a response!<\/p>\n I think I have two that are tied. The first was when he sort of said he loved me via BBM; I believe it went something like \u201cI love it, and you\u201d; not the most romantic way to say it for the first time, but most certainly memorable. The second was the BBM I received when we had been apart for so long. I think it simply said: \u201cHello. I miss you, can I call you?\u201d But it meant the world to me at the time. <\/p>\n Andrew says that \u201call\u201d of my BBMs to him are the best (aww, how cute).<\/p>\n I would say \u201cA thousand times, thank you for being my life line, my knowledgeable companion and my reminder of all things important. Thank you for capturing amazing life moments and lighting my way in the dark. I\u2019m sorry if I don\u2019t tell you enough \u2013 You are Ah-mazing!\u201d I hope my BlackBerry would respond with a Happy Face! (Maybe the new BlackBerry Z10 could actually say \u201cyou\u2019re welcome\u201d with Voice Control!)<\/p>\n Andrew: \u201cThanks mate.\u201d<\/p>\n Actually, I\u2019ll be in a commercial coming up this spring! <\/p>\n I was so excited about the launch! I have been WAITING for this. As an avid Team BlackBerry member, I did not wish to stray from my trustworthy BlackBerry, though my current one (well-loved and used!) is slowly aging and becoming less reliable (due to overuse, I am sure). The new features of BlackBerry 10 encompass all the things I want in a new phone and more \u2013 the camera feature means no more eyes closed!! I have been talking about it to Andrew for months \u2013 to the point where I was most certainly telling him things he already knew! <\/p>\n Oh I think we can handle it! We are just happy to be a part of the Team and for the opportunity express our thanks to BlackBerry for creating their products. We both use it as a lifeline to each other and our families. Without it, we would not be together now. <\/p>\n<\/ol>\n Be sure to check out the other awesome members of the BlackBerry Fan of the Month (FOTM) club:<\/p>\n January<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brian<\/a>\u00a0(@newshutr<\/a>) Do you have your own BlackBerry love story? We\u2019d love to hear it! Share it with the world by posting on our Facebook<\/a> Page or in the comment section below. <\/p>\n Keep sharing your FOTM suggestions with us, either by leaving a comment below, tweeting to us @BlackBerry<\/a> on Twitter, or posting on our Facebook page. Stay tuned \u2013 our March FOTM could be YOU!<\/p>\n\n
It\u2019s easy, to the point and universal. Oh and I use the hug one, too. I probably use the smiley face and the heart with Andrew the most. Andrew uses emoticons ALL the time, I think his \u201cmost used\u201d with me are the heart (aww) the big happy face 
, the angry one ~:-) when we are discussing frustrating issues (outside of our relationship) and the \/:) which I call the \u201creally?\u201d face, as it is always in response to an interesting point he wants me to elaborate on.<\/p>\n*Name has been changed to respect privacy requests.<\/h6>\n<\/p>\n
![](\"http:\/\/rimblogs.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/r1_fotm_inside_bb_hero.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
\n
\nFebruary<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ivan<\/a>\u00a0(@IvanSHarris<\/a>)
\nMarch<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jane<\/a>\u00a0(@photosfromabb<\/a>)
\nApril<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Josh<\/a>\u00a0(@BBbrodyBB<\/a>)
\nMay<\/strong>\u00a0– Mark<\/a> (@AllAboutMyBB<\/a>)
\nJune<\/strong> \u2013 JT<\/a> (@jt_teran<\/a>)
\nJuly<\/strong> \u2013 Kimberly<\/a> (@kmcooley<\/a>)
\nAugust<\/strong> \u2013 Mike<\/a> (@flash0p<\/a>)
\nSeptember<\/strong> – Jon<\/a> (@nerdologist_jon<\/a>)
\nOctober<\/strong> – Guido<\/a> (@FuriousGuido<\/a>)
\nNovember<\/strong> – Ange<\/a> (@Afl2277<\/a>)
\nDecember<\/strong> – Zalman<\/a> (@Zalman5K<\/a>)
\nJanuary 2013 <\/strong>\u2013 Arisham<\/a> (@arisham2003<\/a>)<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/rimblogs.wordpress.com\/15990\/\")
<\/a> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blogs.blackberry.com&blog=17235670&%23038;post=15990&%23038;subd=rimblogs&%23038;ref=&%23038;feed=1\")