News - RIM: “we’re letting you down”

[HEXUS]

A public apology as Blackberry problems go global and into a third day.

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[DR]

It's incredible the frustration that it's causing people.

What's worse is them going quiet and it just being sporadic.

[Smudger]

I think the worst thing is that it's somehow the IT Department's fault. It's almost 'I don't care if it's a problem at RIM, I need you to fix it now!'
And that kind of thing...

[Tarinder]

Mine is pretty close to being up-to-date now. It's taken long enough.

[.havoc]

I have a BB...and I gotta say im not sure what the fuss is about.

Ohhhh noooeeeeeesssss I can't use BBM!!!!!!!! ITS THE END OF DAYZZZZZZ

You know...you can still text and call people! The good ol' fashioned way...The outage hasn't affected me at all really...

[Guy]

No BBM fine that isnt too much of an issue. No internet or email access however!

[.havoc]

Well how did the world go by before we had email? Pick up the damn phone!

[DR]

Its not the BBM which worries me - we deal with companies all over the planet - and I personally am on email from about 6am through to 11pm so I want to see what is going on.

[Noxvayl]

I think this highlights the fact that relying on 1 way of acquiring email is not good enough. I also agree with .havoc, it may be more time consuming and disruptive but phones can serve as a good temporary solution to the problem.

[b0redom]

There's apparently an Blackberry emulator for Android - it's called flight mode

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39...layer_embedded

[Biscuit]

I think this highlights the fact that relying on 1 way of acquiring email is not good enough. I also agree with .havoc, it may be more time consuming and disruptive but phones can serve as a good temporary solution to the problem.

Definitely, there is a pretty massive lesson to be learned here. This could be the straw which breaks the camels back for blackberry and their loyal fanbase, its been crumbling for some time but a clear flaw in their infrastructure is something a lot of companies cannot afford to risk.

[GoNz0]

I'm waiting to see if Apple's network will go down too...
I mean, I'd love to see the headline "Blackberry and Apple crumble"

[Biscuit]

I'm waiting to see if Apple's network will go down too...
I mean, I'd love to see the headline "Blackberry and Apple crumble"

hahahaha... cheeeesseeyyyyyy

[The Hand]

I'm waiting to see if Apple's network will go down too...
I mean, I'd love to see the headline "Blackberry and Apple crumble"

Your wish maybe granted!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/24191...se_launch.html

Just imagine if it involved the Orange network here too... or is that too much fruit? lol

[shaithis]

reminded me of this

[Smudger]

Or this:

http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/878559-a...grade-glitches

The metro missed a chance there, in the actual paper, this and a blackberry update were on the same page...