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BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) caused the outage yesterday

Hans — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:46:37 +0000

Research in Motion (RIM) has made a blog post about the BlackBerry outage that occurred yesterday. They are saying that a flaw in BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) versions 5.0.0.55 and 5.0.0.56 caused database issues within the BlackBerry instructure. They have also apologized for the inconvenience caused to lots of BlackBerry users yesterday.

RIM has also released BlackBerry Messenger version 5.0.0.57. If you are a BlackBerry user, it is recommended that you update to the latest version. You can download the BlackBerry messenger by going to http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrymessenger.

A quick search on Twitter reveals that there are still people having trouble with their e-mails and other services. Are you one of these people? Let us know in the comments.

5.0.0.55 and 5.0.0.56

BlackBerry outage December 23, 2009

Hans — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:09:43 +0000

The BlackBerry outage that I recently posted about isn’t only affecting the United States, but it is also affecting Canada and South America. E-mail is down for everyone, but users are also reporting that their Internet and BlackBerry messenger services are all down. This is not the first time this has happened, there was a BlackBerry outage on December 17 as well .

A spokesman from RIM says that they are working on fixing the problem but they have no estimates as to when it will be fixed. An AT&T rep has told us that they estimate it will take 6-8 hours for it to get fixed.

It is frustrating that RIM has not provided any details as to what is going on. Neither their Twitter account, or Facebook account has any updates. They never gave an explanation of what caused the outage last time, and I don’t think they will this time either. BlackBerry users will just need to wait until RIM fixes whatever problems they’re having.

BlackBerry outage: BBM, E-mail, and Internet down

Hans — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:21:50 +0000

Today is a bad day for both Research In Motion (RIM) and BlackBerry users. BlackBerry users around the world are reporting that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), e-mail, and Internet are all down and have been down for many hours. This is not the first time this has happened., it happened last week on December 17 as well. None of the carriers are responsible for this outage, RIM is.

A spokesperson from RIM says that they are working on fixing this problem, but there is no estimate as to when it will get fixed. BlackBerry users are getting really frustrated and venting their thoughts on social networking sites.

Is BlackBerry down for you? What is working, and what is not working? Share any thoughts you have about this in the comments!

BlackBerry App World is online now!

Hans — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:05:35 +0000

RIM has launched their BlackBerry App World online. Instead of having to rely on the BlackBerry App World mobile app to find apps, now BlackBerry users have the added convenience of browsing for apps online.

How to use the BlackBerry App World Online store

1. Go to http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/

2. Search for an application that you’re interested in downloading

3. Click on the application you’re interested in downloading

4. You can see the price, reviews, description, filesize, release date, version, supported devices, suported countries, and supported carriers on the application page. There are also social media links on the top right so you can share your favorite apps through e-mail, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, StumbleUpon, or Digg.

5. Click Get it Today to download the application you want.

6. Enter your e-mail address you use with your BlackBerry smartphone and click the Send App Link button to have the application sent to your BlackBerry device.

BlackBerry 9700 coming to Bell?

Doug — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:45:07 +0000

We’ve heard about the BlackBerry 9700 AT&T and BlackBerry 9700 T-mobile models, but a recently posted image on the Howard Forums suggests that the BlackBerry 9700 smartphone will be coming to Bell Mobility in Canada as well.

After looking at the screenshot closely, I can see the model number is HER978KU HSPABB Bold 9700 UNSUBSIDIZE. The person who posted this screenshot, BellCSR mentioned that the BlackBerry Bold LG Xenon, and Samsung T746 are also now on Bell’s inventory.

[via Howard Forums]

BlackBerry 9700 T-Mobile Spotted

Doug — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:03:59 +0000

Kevin Michaluk from CrackBerry.com was lucky enough to spot a 3G Black Berry 9700 T-Mobile smartphone in the wild. This BlackBerry 9700 model has a silver chrome color instead of the rumored charcoal color. AT&T probably gets the Charcoal color while T-Mobile gets the silver chrome color. Instead of a trackball this model has a trackpad.

AT&T users: Don’t worry, your GSM BlackBerry 9700 is rumored to be launched soon too.

[via CrackBerry]

BlackBerry 9700 Specs and Details

Doug — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:52:00 +0000

Rumors of a new BlackBerry model, the BlackBerry 9700 have been spreading around the web. According to a reliable source that tipped Boy Genius Report, RIM will be releasing the BlackBerry 9700 soon. The only details we have about this BlackBerry 9700 are rumors, but Boy Genius Report is known to have reliable tipsters so I’ll go ahead and post them here.

BlackBerry 9700 Specs

Quand-band GSM/GPRS/Edge
UMTS/HSDPA
468 x 360 Resolution Display
Wi-Fi A,B,G
OS 5.0
QWERTY Keyboard
3.2 Megapixel AF Camera
Bluetooth

Remember, these are just rumored specs and nothing has been confirmed. GPS was not mentioned in here, but I’m sure the BlackBerry 9700 will have GPS once it’s out.

BlackBerry 9700 Carriers

Today Boy Genius Report got a picture from a tipster which shows them a pre-launch list for AT&T. The BlackBerry 9700 appeared in that list along with other smartphones like the Garmin Nuvifone G60, HTC Tilt 2, and the HTC Pure/HTC Snap.

[via Boy Genius Report]

Top Selling Smartphones for the Second Quarter

Doug — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:52:13 +0000

According to research firm IDC, RIM’s BlackBerry Curve has taken the top spot as the top-selling smartphone for the second quarter in the US. Despite the iPhone and it’s success with the App Store, the BlackBerry has managed to do better in sales.

Here is the list of the top 10 selling smartphones for Q2:

BlackBerry Curve (8310, 8320, 8330, 8350i, and 8900)
Apple iPhone 3GS (16GB and 32GB)
BlackBerry Pearl (8110, 8120, 8130)
Apple iPhone 3G (8GB and 16GB)
BlackBerry Bold
BlackBerry Storm
HTC/T-Mobile G1
Palm Pre
HTC Touch Pro
HTC Touch Diamond

I’m surprised that the BlackBerry has been able to perform better than Apple. One of the major factors that I believe is bringing lower sales to the iPhone is that it’s only available on AT&T. If the iPhone was to be available on other carriers like Verizon, or Sprint I’m sure that it would easily beat BlackBerry in sales.

If you read the list you’ll notice that there are five different models of the BlackBerry Curve, while there are only two different models of the iPhone 3GS. So the list is a bit unfair! IDC is also saying that they haven’t finalized the numbers yet, they’re preliminary.

The Palm Pre which was launched on June 6th ranked 8th in this list. It’s good to see that Palm’s new Pre at least ranked on this list.

[via Information Week]