BlackBerry outage causing a mass exodus to Windows Mobile?
A popular Australian blog is claiming that last week’s BlackBerry outage is causing thousands of RIM subscribers to consider other options for their mobile data needs, with Windows Mobile topping the list of preferred alternatives. Quoting an unnamed source at T-Mobile USA, the article cits customer frustration and a lack of upfront information from RIM as the main causes for the switch over. RIM has been notably vague about the cause(s) of the massive system failure, cryptically stating that an "untested system upgrade" caused the entire North American BlackBerry infrastructure to fall on its face. That being said, Windows Mobile is certainly known for a certain level of unreliability, and it’s hard to imagine a majority of BlackBerry users, most of whom favor the devices due to OS reliability and a "it just works" reputation, actually leaving due to a single, albeit sizable, system glitch. With the recent news of RIM’s new effort to bring the BlackBerry OS to Windows Mobile 6 devices are any of you considering such a change? Let the discussion begin!
[Via Smarthouse]
Well, I’ve used the BB8700g, and Pearl. I’ve also used a few WM devices, and I have to say that the BB devices are far more reliable, and IMHO have a better feel to them. I used the Q and the BlackJack briefly, and neither were as solid as the 8700/8100. Again, IMO…
A guy from Australia posted on their blog… Umm, Australia wasn’t affected by the outage. Slow news day?
Hmmm, is this blog sponsored by Microsoft?
As a member of a company of about 3,000 heavy – and i mean real heavy – blackberry users, I have not heard one word of switching. Sure we all gossiped about it early the morning when the buzzing and flashing red lights were missing. We eagerly grabbed our ‘berries when the they started flashing, beeping and vibrating again, but no one ever considered switching…
the outage was an irk, but come on! it was off peak! get over it.. besides, i got my 2 bucks back from that big orange blob in the sky
win mo is for consumers..
.. or mass Exodus to Symbian. Like my Nokia E61i BABY!
LOL
I said it before, my company was heated about the outage. It has fueled the debate. Obviously, other companies have a different perspective, and rightfully so!
I prefer the Blackberry OS compared to the Windows Mobile. Mostly in part to the fact that the Blackberry can interface with both Mac and Windows. Far more universal for my lifestyle.
I think whoever wrote the article is honestly on crack. For enterprise level push e-mail its not just about changing your handset platform you have to figure out what back end system you’re going to use. Sure you can keep your blackberries and use something like Intellisync or if you want to go with pretty much just windows mobile devices you can go Exchange Activesync, but nothing really competes with the blackberry as a total solution. While many love to talk up the mobile e-mail solutions with the Blackberry, its more than that as mobile e-mail becomes more of a commodity than a unique feature.
The blackberry platform allows System admins to have a secure device by which to manage their servers from virtually anywhere they have coverage
The blackberry platform allows for secure access to internal systems and applications which cannot or should not ever be visible to the outside public.
The blackberry platform is the most reliable top to bottom platform
It will never happen. Do crack users stop smoking crack because they couldn’t find any for a few days? Do they go back to smoking simple marijuana? Nope.
way to stir up the faithful, always good for some attention and no as a 8800 user there will be no thoughts of switching…although the iphone, hmm
Seems the Aussies are full of shyte, or themselves, or both as usual. A little bit of commonwealth envy from the lower sphere perhaps? Anyway, RIM seems to be growing leaps and bounds, soon there will be more BB users than there are Australians – period! And the outage for the vast majority of affected users was less than 6 hours, (if they even noticed at all) since it occured during off peak hours.
OMG what kind of Crack are they smoking. I am actually RIGHT NOW selling my Cingular 8525 & have bought a Blackberry Pearl (this is my 2nd pearl & should have NEVER switched) because Xpress Mail NEVER WORKS right, can only access ONE account, & KILLS battery life. NO THANKS you can keep that WM5 mess!!