RIM offers $100 app apology for downtime

by Thomas Ricker

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Oct 17, 2011, 9:22 AM UTC

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Now that services have returned to normal, RIM is attempting to salvage its reputation with customers by offering a free selection of premium apps valued at more than $100. The apps will be available from the BlackBerry App World in the coming weeks and remain available for download until the end of 2011. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said, "We are grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience. We have apologized to our customers and we will work tirelessly to restore their confidence. We are taking immediate and aggressive steps to help prevent something like this from happening again."

The list of downloadable apps includes the following (with more to come):

• SIMS 3 – Electronic Arts
• Bejeweled – Electronic Arts
• N.O.V.A. – Gameloft
• Texas Hold’em Poker 2 – Gameloft
• Bubble Bash 2 – Gameloft
• Photo Editor Ultimate – Ice Cold Apps
• DriveSafe.ly Pro – iSpeech.org
• iSpeech Translator Pro – iSpeech.org
• Drive Safe.ly Enterprise – iSpeech.org
• Nobex Radio™ Premium – Nobex
• Shazam Encore – Shazam
• Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant – Vlingo

Naturally, availability of the above apps depends upon device type and the OS version installed.

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