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Well, that was quick. Saudi Arabia was the quickest to pull the trigger on a BlackBerry ban amid a movement from many other countries, but apparently after being shut down for only four hours, BlackBerrys are back to working just fine. Today’s the day the local government was supposed to unplug service because they couldn’t access e-mail, web browser or BBM data sent over BlackBerrys, but it’s only 9:30 PM there now – it’s possible that the temporary outage was just a lead-up to a full stoppage of service at midnight. I guess we’ll find out for sure tomorrow.
If BlackBerry service is, in fact, back in full swing and not going anywhere, maybe similar security concerns in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, India, and Indonesia will fall apart just as easily. I’m almost tempted to think the Saudi Arabian government backed down because Hillary Clinton stepped into the ring. It’s certainly not because RIM “handed over the keys”, since they don’t exist.
[via BBC]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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