Author Topic: BB service now down in the US as well! (Read 7610 times)

mercaz1 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 18, 2011, 10:00:27 AM »

RIM is gonna give away free apps to make up for the outages

what is the best app that they will give away?

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #21 on:** October 18, 2011, 10:28:41 AM »

Quote from: mercaz1 on October 18, 2011, 10:00:27 AM

what is the best app that they will give away?

they didn't anounce all yet; best to wait

AsherO · « **Reply #22 on:** October 18, 2011, 03:45:30 PM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on October 18, 2011, 10:28:41 AM

they didn't anounce all yet; best to wait

There's a limit to how many of the apps you can download?

mercaz1 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 18, 2011, 04:19:25 PM »

i dont think there is a limit but did they release the list yet of which ones are free

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #24 on:** October 18, 2011, 05:26:13 PM »

Quote from: mercaz1 on October 18, 2011, 04:19:25 PM

i dont think there is a limit but did they release the list yet of which ones are free

I understood that you get a voucher or so...

jj1000 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 18, 2011, 07:15:29 PM »

The big Blackberry outage is having an unexpected positive side-benefit. During the days the Blackberry service was out, there's been far fewer traffic accidents.

In Dubai, while Blackberries were offline, traffic accidents fell 20% from their average rates. In Abu Dhabi, accidents fell by 40% and there were no fatal accidents.

The director of the Abu Dhabi police department told The National that "accidents were reduced by 40 per cent and the fact that BlackBerry services were down definitely contributed to that."

It seems that with drivers unable to check their messages, they're focusing more on the road and driving safer.

http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/10/17/blackberry-outage-linked-to-massive-drop-in-traffic-crashes/

(I just copy pasted an email someone sent me)

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #26 on:** October 18, 2011, 07:54:51 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on October 18, 2011, 03:45:30 PM

There's a limit to how many of the apps you can download?

the message I got said $100 worth of apps. I don't know if thats the amount they'll make available or everyone can take their pick among a wider selection.

AJK · « **Reply #27 on:** October 18, 2011, 09:13:07 PM »

http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=5214

dealvr · « **Reply #28 on:** October 26, 2011, 12:44:49 AM »

Anybody dl any of these?
If so, please give feedback.

• SIMS 3 - Electronic Arts
• Bejeweled - Electronic Arts
• N.O.V.A. - Gameloft
• Texas Hold’em Poker 2 - Gameloft
• Bubble Bash 2 - Gameloft
• Photo Editor Ultimate - Ice Cold Apps
• DriveSafe.ly Pro - iSpeech.org
• iSpeech Translator Pro - iSpeech.org
• Drive Safe.ly Enterprise - iSpeech.org
• Nobex Radio™ Premium - Nobex
• Shazam Encore - Shazam
• Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant - Vlingo

AsherO · « **Reply #29 on:** October 26, 2011, 12:52:50 AM »

Quote from: dealvr on October 26, 2011, 12:44:49 AM

Anybody dl any of these?
If so, please give feedback.

• SIMS 3 - Electronic Arts
• Bejeweled - Electronic Arts
• N.O.V.A. - Gameloft
• Texas Hold’em Poker 2 - Gameloft
• Bubble Bash 2 - Gameloft
• Photo Editor Ultimate - Ice Cold Apps
• DriveSafe.ly Pro - iSpeech.org
• iSpeech Translator Pro - iSpeech.org
• Drive Safe.ly Enterprise - iSpeech.org
• Nobex Radio™ Premium - Nobex
• Shazam Encore - Shazam
• Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant - Vlingo

Where are these available for free download?

dealvr · « **Reply #30 on:** October 26, 2011, 01:07:34 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on October 26, 2011, 12:52:50 AM

Where are these available for free download?

I believe in BB app world. My app world is all messed up so I'm two steps behind.

elikay · « **Reply #31 on:** October 26, 2011, 01:36:50 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on October 26, 2011, 12:52:50 AM

Where are these available for free download?

Quote

The complete selection of premium apps will become available to download at BlackBerry App World over a period of four weeks beginning Wednesday, October 19th.

AsherO · « **Reply #32 on:** October 26, 2011, 02:02:23 AM »

Quote from: dealvr on October 26, 2011, 01:07:34 AM

I believe in BB app world. My app world is all messed up so I'm two steps behind.

I found two of then in app world (neither of which I wanted to DL), the my BB crashed

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #33 on:** October 26, 2011, 08:27:15 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on October 26, 2011, 02:02:23 AM

I found two of then in app world (neither of which I wanted to DL), the my BB crashed

You see the ratings of those apps, its a disgrace !!!!

AsherO · « **Reply #34 on:** October 26, 2011, 09:03:34 AM »

Quote from: SuperFlyer on October 26, 2011, 08:27:15 AM

You see the ratings of those apps, its a disgrace !!!!

+1 yes, I noticed

(2 star and 3 star, in case someone reading this is wondering)

mercaz1 · « **Reply #35 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:12:57 AM »

so far they only have 2 up i think

dealvr · « **Reply #36 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:14:59 AM »

Thanks.
Guess i'll avoid it.

Sorry about your crash AsherO.. That was precisely my concern.

AsherO · « **Reply #37 on:** October 26, 2011, 06:02:59 PM »

Quote from: dealvr on October 26, 2011, 10:14:59 AM

Sorry about your crash AsherO.. That was precisely my concern.

I didn't install any of the apps. The new app world (while it looks great) is a resource hog on my 9630...

dealvr · « **Reply #38 on:** October 27, 2011, 03:47:52 PM »

Does it?
My 9650 is extremely slow already. Probably not worth the dl, right?

mercaz1 · « **Reply #39 on:** October 27, 2011, 04:06:00 PM »

RIM is now getting sued in federal court over the outage