BlackBerry apologises for service disruption with free apps

When we’re sulking, forgiveness comes at a price. You can only buy back our love with shiny TVs, flowers and first person shooters – or if you’re BlackBerry, a bunch of premium apps for free.

RIM admitted today that it messed up with last week’s service disruptions. So to make amends, all BlackBerry users will be able to download a selection of apps, including Shazam Encore and SIMS 3, from Wednesday until the end of the year.

The initial offering of 12 apps also includes Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant and Bejewled. Plus RIM has promised to add more Blackberry App World apps to the list which will total over £60 ($100). 

Less exciting but potentially more useful, all BlackBerry customers get one month’s Technical Support for free. So if you’re not already signed up and you’ve got any niggling handset worries, now’s your chance to give your Bold a new lick of paint.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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