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powersrus
02-11-2008, 11:05 PM
Just heard this on the news...just what does that mean? And could this ever happen to the iPhone?
IphoneTony
02-11-2008, 11:07 PM
it happend the other week edge was down...
Buffy
02-12-2008, 12:04 AM
It happened today, and their voice and texts were actually not affected - only the email. They're speculating that it was due to a software upgrade, but I haven't heard a definite cause of why it happened. ??
Youngbinks
02-12-2008, 12:28 AM
I can imagine all the Crackberry users going crazy not able to check their e-maill.
Lincoln
02-12-2008, 07:46 AM
I haven't seen anything about it. Link to an article?

- John
jpmihalk
02-12-2008, 08:41 AM
I suppose because all Blackberry email goes through the RIM servers, it is possible for ALL customers of that service to go down. As someone already stated, it would only affect email and not voice or SMS services, as those go through the carriers. Blackberry service goes through the carrier's data service to the RIM data center and then out to the registered devices.
Buffy
02-12-2008, 09:32 AM
I haven't seen anything about it. Link to an article?

- John

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/11/AR2008021101947.html?hpid=moreheadlines


http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200802120309DOWJONESDJONLINE000106_FORTUNE5.htm
aggieman
02-12-2008, 09:57 AM
I'm scouring the news sites for any reportings of crackberry cliff jumpers due to not having their push email for several hours.