UAE regulator to suspend BlackBerry services from October 11

[VoxPopuli]

One more thing you will see a lot less of, is the infantile posts on Facebook.
No more:
"I am walking down the passage",
"I am in the bathroom",
"I am undoing my belt and fly",
"I am sitting down",
"I just burst a vein in my head",
"Can that be flushed away?".

And thank the (insert deity here) for that.

[Jet II]

Originally Posted by RJSAviator76

There are so many businesses dependent on Blackberry in the UAE, I'm just curious to see what happens if this ban comes to fruition i.e. a solution isn't found between now and October 11...

Oh come on, its a phone - it does nothing that loads of other phones do (and many do better), so if your business is really dependent on a Blackberry its a very dodgy business.

Even before this kicked off RIM were losing market share to other smartphones - they are getting particularly hammered by the growth of Android - so businesses will adapt as always. If RIM do not sort this out then they are going to lose market share even faster - if you were an international businessman given the choice between 2 phones that do exactly the same thing, would you chose the one that didn't work in various areas around the world?

[Jet II]

Originally Posted by puff m'call

It's just control of the masses by a bunch of paraoid muppets who don't you to have any freedom in what you do or say.

But that is the way of the world now - the US, Europe, Russia, China all have been given the ability to monitor Blackberry data - no government trusts anyone.

[RJSAviator76]

No, it's not my business. I'm just a pilot, but I know several places are really depend on Blackberries, and this ruling might affect them somewhat. 'How' remains to be seen.

As for me, I've had a company-issued blackberry at my old job.

At my new employer, I'm just given a mobile phone allowance, and it's up to me which one to use. I chose Blackberry simply due to availability of BBM and ease of email.

However, back home, I'm an iPhone guy, and (un)fortunately, it looks like I'll be an iPhone guy all-around. Doesn't hurt me any...

[Jet II]

Well panic over - the Government has just announced a solution to the problem.

Blackberry reprieved

[kotakota]

Fantastic, after another day of battling with the muppets , this is the best belly laugh of the week.............Are you secretly Baldrick of the Bedouins ?

[alwayzinit]

Blackberry Burqa

Jet II

Absolutely loved that thank you

The poor fella next door has just knocked on my door to see if I am OK after me nasally exhausting my tea and have a coughing laughing fit.

Bloody Brilliant

[flying lid]

Nolimitholdem replied

You have to be fcuking kidding, right? Or do you really think the world would be better off having a medieval, barbaric, unaccountable, juvenile, puerile and repugnantly hypocritical regime perring at, poring over, and "caring" for your data?!

God I absolutely cringe for the future when I read comments like this. Let me guess, you're quite happy to take advantage of the benefits of a society that at least ASPIRES to some modicum of freedom, whilst taking shots at those awful ol' Yanks and their technology. Tell you what, if you really feel strongly that the UAE would a "whole lot better", why don't you move to the Middle East and submit fully to their great system? You'll love it!

Bit of a strong reply !!. My previous post was just to remind everyone that even in the sunny (?) dales of Yorkshire "the powers that be" have the technology to gather ever increasingly amounts of communications data. Personal, Commercial, Governmental, the lot. The site at Menwith Hill gets bigger year on year.

I have been to both Dubai & Abu Dhabi, albeit for a very short time in an energy industry related "task". No, I would not like to live / work there, not one bit.

Apologies if I touched a raw nerve, though sometimes the truth hurts.

Lid