Although it didn't affect users in North America, BlackBerry's email service was out for a few hours today in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. About three hours ago, BlackBerry's parent company, warning that some users were "experiencing issues" with their service.
It didn't last long, but as CNET points out, in select cities. And who could forget last year, when BlackBerry users around the world were frustrated by ? RIM founder Mike Lazaridis issued a public apology.
A little while ago, RIM issued this tweet, saying everything's restored:
A tech analyst who spoke to AP says while the outage was short, the timing was horrible for BlackBerry. Still, analyst Peter Misek says - possibly early next year.
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