Who is Profound?

I recently purchased my LIME Bold (3G) and was eager to ensure that it maintained that pristine look until I was ready to sell it and buy another Blackberry in another six months. There are a few ways to achieve this.

Bodyguardz - In Box

1) Get a belt-clip and never-ever drop the phone. Additionally you should never use the belt-clip for fear of it scratching the edges (the horizantal ones are best for not scratching I think.)

2) Get a Blackberry skin and never place it in a pocket with keys or other objects

3) Get a transparent coating/protector for all the shiny parts and the screen.

I chose the third based on my history with Blackberries and the failure of options 1 and 2 in the past. There are two companies that do this type of thing (to my knowledge) but I chose BodyGuardz over Clearcoat based on a review I received in my email from someone from RIM. To be fair to him he just forwards random stuff on Blackberry from the net so I am not sure he personally endorsed it.

I wish I did not choose BODYGUARDZ! I admit, I am not an art-and-craft major so this type of thing doesn’t come naturally. I got the screen protector on- perfectly- but my first attempt at the shiny parts failed miserably.

I didn’t use my phone for 12hrs during that first botched attempt. Thankfully they gave me two in the box so I could try a second round. This time I ensured that I was careful. Everything was well aligned and left to set for about 10hrs. I covered most of the edges. A week afterwards I noticed that the very thin pieces were loose and therefore causing moisture to be caught under the thin plastic skin. The thin pieces I refer to are near the MicroSD card slot, the bottom where the battery is unhooked and the small piece above the volume button.

Once moisture gets under there it becomes unsightly and I decided to remove the entire thing. Just to be clear I cannot remove the screen protector- I read a bad review about someone who tried to remove a bodyguard from his phone’s screen. What a waste! Why build a thin strip that won’t stay on? Why bother telling me to set it for so many hours when in a few days of normal blackberry use (which blackberry user doesn’t use their blackberry?) it is all messy and worthless?

I heard there is a place near me that uses Clearcoat. What is even better is that THEY will apply it for me. I am going to try them out shortly and review them accordingly.