Have a work Blackberry and for 3 days now i have been without BBM and with intermittent emails (partly due to BES and wireless connection i suspect rather than RIM getting it working). I can't believe how much i rely on this device! It is rubbish coming back to the office with 20 odd emails from the morning, some of which relating to calls i could have dealt with whilst i had been out!

Seems to me that RIM have been hacked more than their story of a core switch failure.

The users comments on the BBC news reports are funny about people claiming to know all about IT are stating that iPhone and Android are better but neither of these OS's are secure enough for most corporate mail, particularly the public sector!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15276481

**Not sent from my Blackberry from Orange**

Edited 12 October, 201114 yr by jrw

Not personally... I wanted to see what all the fuss was about so I enabled Airplane Mode on my iPhone... I can see how that would really pi$$ people off...

The users comments on the BBC news reports are funny about people claiming to know all about IT are stating that iPhone and Android are better but neither of these OS's are secure enough for most corporate mail, particularly the public sector!

Working with the public sector in IT, I can confirm this statement is factually correct. The only phone approved for use by the CESG is Blackberry, neither the iPhone or any Android or Windows mobile based phone are approved for email / messaging use as they are simply not secure enough.

Working with the public sector in IT, I can confirm this statement is factually correct. The only phone approved for use by the CESG is Blackberry, neither the iPhone or any Android or Windows mobile based phone are approved for email / messaging use as they are simply not secure enough.

I know its correct, I work in IT for the public sector and have spent hundreds of thousands making sure we are government connect compliant;)

All its done is make things 10times harder from a support point of view with restrictive firewalls, encrypted hard drives and forced encryption for any usb pen plugged in!

Same boat here,

now apparently RIM have fixed the problem and are claiming that everything is now working, but with a massive backlog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZp8GemqTTU&feature=share

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZp8GemqTTU&feature=share

That Blackberry was alot more useful than mine has been for the last 3 days

That YouTube has had me in stiches havent seen anything that funny for such along time.

My Blackberry hasn't been working this week, I've had Blackberrys since 2003 when I got my 6200 and this is the 1st time I've ever had/noticed anything not work.

I also work in IT a wouldn't consider anything else for home use let alone business use

Is it just me or are the apps running really slow? Before the great blackberry crash it used to take a few seconds for my apps to load and run but now its more like a minute or two. For example its taken over 5 mins to get from the tapatalk start page to this part of the forum! Would of taken less than 30 seconds before!

I have to use the companies Blackberry for work - been getting email & texts all through the reported trouble as has everyone I work with.

That's because works blackberries are on a different server. The crash didn't affect business ones just the private ones hence yours was ok.

Thanks - had to be a simple explanation!

That's because works blackberries are on a different server. The crash didn't affect business ones just the private ones hence yours was ok.

Wrong. Mine is a company one running through a bes at work they still need blackberry services on the network end in order to work, ie orange.

I dont get it...My Blackberry Torch has been fine

That video clip..........should have been done with R.Barker instead of H.Enfield........but VERY FUNNY ....it just lines them up.........my wife's seen a few dongle's in her time..... :rofl: english at it's best!!

Wrong. Mine is a company one running through a bes at work they still need blackberry services on the network end in order to work, ie orange.

Those with blackberry servers at their offices like ours were largely unaffected, as traffic gets routed around blackberries systems.

Certainly the management haven't had email issues :(

Those with blackberry servers at their offices like ours were largely unaffected, as traffic gets routed around blackberries systems.

Certainly the management haven't had email issues :(

We did - the mail etc still has to go through the blackberry servers to get to the device.

Mail was very intermittent at our work (we have a BES) and the BBM was non-existent.

We did - the mail etc still has to go through the blackberry servers to get to the device.

Mail was very intermittent at our work (we have a BES) and the BBM was non-existent.

Wonder how our lot managed to send their decrees out.

That video clip..........should have been done with R.Barker instead of H.Enfield........but VERY FUNNY ....it just lines them up.........my wife's seen a few dongle's in her time..... :rofl: english at it's best!!

I guess they felt Harry would be a slightly more tasteful option as the straight man, and i agree, i'm just not sure how funny R. Barker would be after being freshly dug up from his grave.

R.I.P. 6 Years this month.

Edited 15 October, 201114 yr by steve75

You'd have a hard time digging him up from his grave. He was cremated.

You'd have a hard time digging him up from his grave. He was cremated.

:wonder: Really... Well in that case then, i definitely think we'll stick with Harry. :yes:

I have defected from Blackberry, I now have an i-phone 4s

Where have I been for the last 5 years, It's Awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZp8GemqTTU&feature=share

LOL thats what you call quality comedy sketch Brilliant.