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BlackBerry outage spreads to North America (Update:They’re back, sort of)
The BlackBerry service outage that affected Europe and Africa yesterday, has now spread to the United States and Canada
As reported earlier, BlackBerries around the world have been suffering from major service outages. At the time, RIM made a statement on the issue, yet network outages have now spread to North America, causing frustrations for people who rely on these smartphones for business and personal communications.
The company confirmed that a bug on a Blackberry server was responsible for knocking millions offline on Monday, and the Canadian smartphone maker elaborated on Tuesday that the continued interruption was caused by a core switch failure and a backlog of e-mails.
The outage – and RIM’s slow reaction to it – have fanned rising dissatisfaction with its co-chief executives, Jim Balsillie, and Mike Lazzaridis.
Critics have long been calling for a major shake-up, saying the top executives have let the company fall far behind Apple, Google, and Microsoft in a changing market.
As far as the outage itself goes, it’s hugely problematic that RIM, besides lacking communication about the cause of the problem, hasn’t been able to end the outage just yet. It’s also taking a serious toll on the company’s reputation.
As of today, no firm timeline has been issued as to when the outage will be resolved. For RIM’s sake, lets hope soon.
Update: We just got word that BlackBerry services (besides web browsing in Europe) are going back up across the world! I have to say, I am quite suprised. Hooray!
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BlackBerry outage spreads to North America (Update:They’re Back!)
The BlackBerry service outage that affected Europe and Africa yesterday, has now spread to the United States and Canada
As reported earlier, BlackBerries around the world have been suffering from major service outages. At the time, RIM made a statement on the issue, yet network outages have now spread to North America, causing frustrations for people who rely on these smartphones for business and personal communications.
The company confirmed that a bug on a Blackberry server was responsible for knocking millions offline on Monday, and the Canadian smartphone maker elaborated on Tuesday that the continued interruption was caused by a core switch failure and a backlog of e-mails.
The outage – and RIM’s slow reaction to it – have fanned rising dissatisfaction with its co-chief executives, Jim Balsillie, and Mike Lazzaridis.
Critics have long been calling for a major shake-up, saying the top executives have let the company fall far behind Apple, Google, and Microsoft in a changing market.
As far as the outage itself goes, it’s hugely problematic that RIM, besides lacking communication about the cause of the problem, hasn’t been able to end the outage just yet. It’s also taking a serious toll on the company’s reputation.
As of today, no firm timeline has been issued as to when the outage will be resolved. For RIM’s sake, lets hope soon.
Update: We just got word that BlackBerry services (besides web browsing in Europe) are going back up across the world! I have to say, I am quite suprised. Hooray!
Categories: Mobile News Tags: America, back, BlackBerry, North, outage, spreads, UpdateThey're
First look: Samsung Galaxy SII finally makes it to North America
New, 4G Galaxy SII Android superphones coming to AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint
Since Samsung released their Galaxy SII superintendent Android telephone in Europe and their place marketplace of Korea 85 day ago.
In that tract play of clip they say they’ve sold solon than 5 1000000 of these new smartphones in LE than deuce-ace month.
Now, it’s our bend to teeth new sale record on this extremity of the Hesperus.
Tonight, in New York City, Samsung announced threesome new Galaxy SII phone for the United States market – from AT&A;T, Sprint and T-Mobile. Yes, Verizon was conspicuously absent from the glitzy act at the Samsung Experience background evidence in Columbus Circle.
Two of the new phone are simply called the Galaxy SII (AT&A;T and T-Mobile) while the Sprint instrumentation will be called the Epic 4G Touch (or the SPH-d710 if you prefer).
All are dentition to solon peal putout sometime in the next elite week.
Samsung privation you to knowing that the Galaxy SII is their thinnest Android to maturity – and that it come loaded with all variety of new feature for all type – from the casual – to the endeavor – and especially for fanboys and girl.
There’s a new, somewhat LE obtrusive approximation of their TouchWiz surface surface, all kind of payment picture accumulation available via the telephone’s HDMI crop entrepot, improved Social Hub capableness and a long listing statesman.
As for arms, you shoud line that there’s a dual corncob, Samsung Exynos 1.2 GHz business, all tally on Android Gingerbread 2.3.4, have a 8 megapixel camcorder on the dorsum (and 2 MP on the presence), all athletics Samsung’s amazing, 4.52-inch, Super AMOLED screen (AT&T says theirs is 4.3-in) and all trio will operate on their institution’s respective 3G and 4G (WiMAX and HSPA+) networks.
In our very instrument time when we were allowed to touching the device (actually, that’s not completely true – we weren’t allowed to touch the T-Mobile version – those weren’t readiness for prime time and were held “under glass”) we were all pretty wowed by these new telephone – especially the thinness.
The Sprint and AT&T version felt great – and all should be easy to stealing into a pocket when the time comes.
As for rating, Sprint says $ 199.99 (with the usual conditions) while AT&T and T-Mobile’s are not yet saying what they plan to charge.
We’ll let you know as soon as we hear anything more.
Hercules spotted north of the border?
Said to be launching this autumn, Samsung’s Hercules was rumored to have swerved edge and a big 4.5-in show
A purported photo of the long rumored and long awaited Samsung Hercules has been leaked to Canadian technology site Mobile Syrup. Said to be taken at a TELUS motorboat event over the weekend, the leaked shot shows a device that looks identical similar to the Samsung Galaxy S II.
According to the source who obtained the photograph, the Hercules will have a 4.5-inch test and tally Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread with TouchWiz on chapiter. Mobile Syrup reported that the device is quite nice and is a mix of the Galaxy S II, the Nexus S, and the 4.5-in Galaxy S Infuse.
Besides these specification however, everything else we knowing about the Hercules is rumored specification: a 1.2GHz concern, Android OS 2.3, a 8 megapixel camcorder with 1080p HD bolograph, and an opening 2 megapixel presence-lining camcorder. It’s all sort of up in the breath pic.
It’s ha’p'orth mentioning, as reported by TmoNews, that along with hit TELUS, the Hercules was also rumored to be launching on T-Mobile USA at some attracter. TELUS seeming to have a nack for snatching up T-Mobile variants, so I have no doubt that this is probably exactly what the T-Mobile verison will look like..
Besides me, any readers out there interested in the Hercules? What are your foremost belief of the Samsung Hercules so far?
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Categories: Mobile News Tags: Border, Hercules, North, spotted