@Kevin-

At first glance, I'd agree with you, but if you just look at the overall size, shape, and colors of the new crackberry, it looks strikingly like an iPhone with a hard keyboard.

Both are black with silver back, both have rounded corners with silver looking trim.

Try this...hold your iPhone up close to the picture of the crackberry with the camera turned on...center the frame so that the keyboard and flower screen are all that you'll get a picture of.  Take the picture, go to the camera roll, view that picture.  Now hold up your iPhone next to the crackberry in this article, almost identical twins.

There's no doubt in my mind that the crackberry was influenced by the iPhone's design and form, even if it's keyboard makes it a not exact clone.