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littlebigman · 10-13-2011, 05:07 AM

Hello

I don't have a data plan, and only use my Blackberry for voice over GSM/EDGE and Internet over wifi.

The recent outage for EMEA countries is the opportunity to ask what it's all about.

In the Messages and SMS applications, I can send the following items: Email, PIN, SMS, MMS, Instant Message.

I've only used SMS. I know MMS is multi-media SMS, ie. text + sound/video, altough I never used it because GSM/EDGE is too slow for this.

I'd like to know what Email, PIN, and Instant Message are, and how they basically work network-wise. The blackout seems to mean that all messages go through Blackberry's servers in Canada unless the user connects to a corporate server.

Thank you.

10-13-2011, 05:07 AM	#1
littlebigman Thumbs Must Hurt Join Date: Oct 2009 Model: 8520 PIN: N/A Carrier: BouyguesTelecom Posts: 56	Blackberry outage for newbies? Please Login to Remove! Hello I don't have a data plan, and only use my Blackberry for voice over GSM/EDGE and Internet over wifi. The recent outage for EMEA countries is the opportunity to ask what it's all about. In the Messages and SMS applications, I can send the following items: Email, PIN, SMS, MMS, Instant Message. I've only used SMS. I know MMS is multi-media SMS, ie. text + sound/video, altough I never used it because GSM/EDGE is too slow for this. I'd like to know what Email, PIN, and Instant Message are, and how they basically work network-wise. The blackout seems to mean that all messages go through Blackberry's servers in Canada unless the user connects to a corporate server. Thank you.
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