BlackBerry users in line for $100 worth of free apps in compensation

Release Date 17 Oct, 2011 in The Guardian

BlackBerry users offered apps, not cash, for outage CNN - Doug Gross - 17 Oct, 2011 (CNN) -- BlackBerry customers slammed by last week's global outage are being offered free apps, not cash, as payback for their troubles. At least a dozen apps, which would cost about $100 on the BlackBerry App World site, ...
	Making up: free apps for furious Blackberry users USA Today - 17 Oct, 2011 AP Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion announced a free premium apps giveaway for millions of its customers who may still feel jolted, and a month of technical support for some. Adrian Wyld, AP Research In Motion is ...
	BlackBerry offers free apps after outage AFP - 17 Oct, 2011 MONTREAL �" BlackBerry maker Research in Motion offered customers free apps on Monday after millions of users worldwide suffered service outages last week. RIM said customers would be able to download for free a selection of its premium applications ...
RIM offers customers free apps after BlackBerry service outage CBS News - Chenda Ngak - 17 Oct, 2011 (CBS) - Are you still there, BlackBerry users? Research In Motion feels really bad for last week's service outage, so they want to make amends. The mobile device company announced this morning they are offering BlackBerry customers $100 worth of ...
	BlackBerry freebie: RIM apps to placate for outage CNET - Don Reisinger - 17 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion (RIM) is turning to its BlackBerry App World to try to make things right with customers who were affected by last week's BlackBerry service outage. According to the company, ...
	BlackBerry to give £63 of free apps to users as apology for 3-day blackout Daily Mail - Emily Allen - 17 Oct, 2011 Blackberry today announced it is offering free apps worth £63 to appease customers hit by its three-day global blackout. Research in Motion, the Canadian company behind the phones, attracted widespread anger after millions around the ...
Tech Today: RIM Says Sorry with Free Apps Wall Street Journal (blog) - Tom Loftus - 17 Oct, 2011 RIM Says Sorry with $100 in Free Apps: Making amends for a three-day outage that affected millions of BlackBerry users, RIM announced that they will be giving away an app bundle worth $100 to users. Apps include games like Bejeweled and ...
	BlackBerry users in line for $100 worth of free apps in compensation The Guardian - 17 Oct, 2011 This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 12.41 BST on Monday 17 October 2011 . It was last modified at 13.47 BST on Monday 17 October 2011 . A BlackBerry user in Canada last week as millions of customers across the world found their services ...
	Research in Motion is hoping its plans to make some premium applications ... Irish Times - 17 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion is to offer free premium apps to appease BlackBerry customers frustrated by service disruption last week which ran for days and affected millions. Research In Motion (Rim) said the complete selection of premium apps would be ...
BlackBerry maker RIM offers users free apps after massive outage Vancouver Sun - 17 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion Ltd. is offering BlackBerry users more than $100 worth of applications to make amends for last week's international service disruptions. The Waterloo, Ont.-based company said Monday that a selection of apps will become available ...
BlackBerry users to get free apps for 'patience' shown IBNLive.com - 17 Oct, 2011 PTI \| 06:10 PM,Oct 17,2011 New Delhi/Waterloo, Oct 17 (PTI) BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will offer free mobile applications worth over USD 100 as well as technical support to every enterprise customer, as a token of appreciation for ...
	Does RIM's free app offer make you feel better about the service outage? CBC.ca - 17 Oct, 2011 By Community Team Research in Motion is offering $100 in free apps for its BlackBerry customers as expression of appreciation for its customers' patience during a recent service outage. The free apps include games - such as Sims 3, Bejeweled and Texas ...
RIM Says Sorry for BlackBerry Outage with Free Apps TIME - Doug Aamoth - 17 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry owners frustrated by last week's service outage�"the longest in RIM's history�"will have access to "a selection of premium apps worth a total value of more than US $100," according to a company press release. ...
RIM Offers Free Apps After BlackBerry Outage PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 17 Oct, 2011 In the wake of a massive three-day outage that left customers around the world without access to BlackBerry services, Research in Motion said Monday that it would offer several premium apps at no charge. The apps will be available ...
	Investors want answers at RIM's developer conference Globe and Mail - 17 Oct, 2011 Chris Umiastowski spent over a decade working as a technology analyst on Bay Street. He now works as an independent analyst and strategy consultant and is blogging from the BlackBerry Developer Conference for the Globe and Mail. ...
RIM quietly teases BlackBerry 9380 and 9790 ZDNet UK (blog) - Ben Woods - 17 Oct, 2011 Blogging on the inner workings of business tech including, but not limited to, business intelligence (BI), analytics, enterprise software, desktop and portable hardware, IT in education, open-source p… ...
BlackBerry offers free apps to compensate for blackout NDTV.com - Sameer Mitha - 17 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion announced today that a selection of premium apps worth more than US $100 will be offered free of charge to subscribers as a token of appreciation for their patience during the three day service disruption last week. ...
	BlackBerry users offered free apps as compensation Telegraph.co.uk - Christopher Williams - 17 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry users are to be offered free app downloads as compensation for the failure of their internet service for more than three days last week. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent RIM, the Canadian firm behind the smartphone brand, ...
BlackBerry maker gives free premium apps gulfnews.com - Derek Baldwin - 17 Oct, 2011 Dubai: Research in Motion (RIM) is giving BlackBerry customers $100 in premium apps at no charge, answering calls for compensation to users who lost three days email and BlackBerry Messenger service until the network ...
	BlackBerry Offers Free Apps to Customers Fox News - 17 Oct, 2011 AP Photo/Oliver Lang BlackBerry users were hit with days of service disruptions to their smartphones after an 'switch failure' cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America. ...
RiM offers free apps to appease BlackBerry users Montreal Gazette - Kate Holton, Tarmo Virki - 17 Oct, 2011 The offer of free apps to compensate for a system failure that left tens of millions of BlackBerry users on five continents without email, instant messaging and Web browsing, ...
RIM hopes to distract punters with free pretties Register - Bill Ray - 17 Oct, 2011 RIM is to hand out free apps to appease its beleaguered customers, along with free technical support so next time the network collapses a human being can tell you you're screwed. The free apps include SIMS 3 and ...
RIM offers free apps to appease BlackBerry customers NEXT - 17 Oct, 2011 Canada's Research In Motion Ltd said it will offer free premium apps worth more than $100, in a bid to appease its customers following BlackBerry service disruption last week. Research In Motion said the complete selection of premium apps will become ...
RIM offers free apps, support following outages Computerworld - 17 Oct, 2011 By Mikael Ricknäs IDG News Service - Following last week's major service disruptions, Research in Motion is offering free applications and support as compensation, the company said Monday. RIM said it will give away applications worth $100 to consumers ...
	BlackBerry says 'sorry' with apps The Sun - Neil Millard - 17 Oct, 2011 BLACKBERRY is saying sorry to its users left furious by last week's outages by offering them free app vouchers worth more than £60. Millions of smartphone customers endured three days of problems which crippled internet, ...
RIM To Offer Apps To Disgruntled BlackBerry Customers Fox Business - Lilly Vitorovich - 17 Oct, 2011 LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Research in Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) said Monday it will offer a selection of apps worth more than $100 to BlackBerry customers affected by its service problems last week. RIM's enterprise customers will also ...
	RIM woos customers with free apps to stay on their good side Moneycontrol.com - 17 Oct, 2011 In a bid to reach out to BlackBerry loyalists who have still stuck around with the service after the recent outage that hit the community, RIM has decided that free apps are the way to go. Research In Motion announced today that a selection of premium ...
RIM offers free apps to appease BlackBerry customers Livemint - Shauvik Ghosh - 17 Oct, 2011 New Delhi:Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) which manufactures Blackberry devices announced on Monday that it would offer premium apps free for the rest of the year, in an attempt to compensate its approximately 70 million subscribers for the ...
Research In Motion to offer free apps for outage CBS News - 17 Oct, 2011 (AP) Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion is giving customers some free premium apps and a month of technical support. The Canadian company says that the apps, worth more than $100, will be made available over the ...
Research In Motion Offers Free Apps In Wake Of Service Outage Wall Street Journal - Judy McKinnon - 17 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) said early Monday it will offer BlackBerry customers a number of premium mobile applications free of charge until the end of the year in a bid to make amends for last week's embarassing network outage that affected users ...