As the most important service from BlackBerry, the mail services had been cut off recently across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The breakdown may have seriously influence on their sells. Most people didn’t switch from BlackBerry to iPhone is because the push mail service assist them a lot in their work. Maintaining the good running of mail services should be one of the major work that RIM should focus.

LONDON — The maker of BlackBerry said Monday that email services have been restored on many of its smartphones, after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

However, Research in Motion Ltd. ( RIMM – news – people ) said that some customers may continue to experience delays with instant messaging and browsing services.

The problems first appeared to crop up at about 1000 GMT (6 a.m. EDT). RIM did not give an explanation for the glitch, but some telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Europe laid the blame at the Canadian company’s door.

Khaled Hegazy, Vodafone ( VOD – news – people ) Egypt’s spokesman, said “there is a problem with the servers in Canada which is affecting service” in the region.

Citation: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/10/technology-mobile-telecommunications-blackberry-problems_8727046.html

For some iPad Facebook lover, the waiting is finally over. Most people don’t like to visit Facebook page through the browser if they have a iPhone or iPad.

After months of breathless speculation, Facebook rolled out the long-awaited app Monday. It’savailable free from the Apple App Store, has bigger photos and lets you play games on the go.

Apple and Facebook had been in negotiations over the app for months.

So much for predictions. Bloggers had assured us that the iPad app would be unveiled at Apple’s iPhone 5 event last week. Of course, Apple did not unveil the iPhone 5 then either. (It was the 4S.)

The iPad app could be a boon for Apple. None of the tablets running Google’s Android software have a tailor-made Facebook app.

For Facebook the benefits are obvious: An iPad app will help keep people tethered to Facebook.

Facebook also added support for social games on mobile versions of its social networking service. And that’s clearly a win for Zynga.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/facebook-ipad-app.html