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BlackBerry C ustomer D isapproval. Blackberry customers across the world received bad connection for days . By: Garret Churchill. Who?. BlackBerry enterprise, A.K.A. - Research In M otion L imited or RIM More than 10 million BlackBerry users (awesome people) . What?.
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BlackBerry Customer Disapproval Blackberry customers across the world received bad connection for days By: Garret Churchill
Who? • BlackBerry enterprise, A.K.A. - Research In Motion Limited or RIM • More than 10 million BlackBerry users (awesome people)
What? • BlackBerry users could not send or receive text or e-mail • BlackBerry takes care of handling messages and delivers them to your BlackBerry relieving the user of having to “check mail” • BlackBerry failed to take in or send e-mails making it impossible to receive or send anything from your BlackBerry • BlackBerry’s crucial link in the chain of sending and receiving your e-mail caused a three day outage with no connection… whatsoever
When? • The incident occurred from Sept. 18 - 20th, 2011 • BlackBerry released a video apologizing for any slight inconveniences on Oct. 13th, 2011
Where? • Throughout North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East • BlackBerry headquarters located in Waterloo, Ontario
Why? • Most affected said it disappeared overnight simply from stronger connection and re-routed systems from BlackBerry • BlackBerry has been monitoring and reviewing the issue but still haven't released any information
Interesting Facts • BlackBerry was originally created by a Turkish business man named Mike Lazaridis who moved to Canada when he was five • In 2007, the French government banned the BlackBerry from the presidential palace - they feared BlackBerry was associated with foreign spies • BlackBerry used to be so mesmerizing that people called it “Black Magic”
Video BlackBerry apologizes for inconvenience
References • http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business-tech/111012/blackberry-down-again-third-day-rim-service-outages-us-canada • http://www.independent.co.uk/technology/ • http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/news/1251971/BlackBerry-outage-cuts-off-millions • http://funfacter.hubpages.com/hub/Fun-Facts-about-the-Blackberry • http://www.Google.ca as a search engine
Thanks For Watching You should all get BlackBerrys now!