BlackBerry service out in N. America
NEW YORK - A major service outage afflicted users of the popular, addictive BlackBerry smart phones across the United States and Canada on Monday, wireless carriers said. Officials with AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless said BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. told them customers of all wireless carriers were affected. It was not immediately clear how many BlackBerry subscribers had problems, as some users reported being able to access their service normally Monday afternoon. The BlackBerry service, which lets users check e-mail and access other data services on their handheld devices, has become a lifeline for many business executives and is increasingly popular among consumers with models like the BlackBerry Pearl.
Things happen. Technology isn't foolproof. Hopefully it was "too much of an inconvenience" to the hoards of Wall St. businessmen & women.