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RIM BlackBerry hit with server outages

The BlackBerry Storm by Verizon Wireless is seen in a handout image after Verizon announced on October 8, 2008 that the new phone will be available later this fall, exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S. and Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. The new phone features the popular BlackBerry platform with new clickable touchscreen technology that mimics the older BlackBerry keyboard but has the look of the Apple iPhone. (UPI Photo/Verizon Wireless handout)
The BlackBerry Storm by Verizon Wireless is seen in a handout image after Verizon announced on October 8, 2008 that the new phone will be available later this fall, exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S. and Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. The new phone features the popular BlackBerry platform with new clickable touchscreen technology that mimics the older BlackBerry keyboard but has the look of the Apple iPhone. (UPI Photo/Verizon Wireless handout)

LONDON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian firm RIM said it replaced a switch to restore its BlackBerry Messenger server, but problems persist, Britain's The Register reported Wednesday.

RIM, also called Research in Motion, said in a letter to business customers that a quarter of its customers were affected by the problems that have made e-mail and text messages intermittently available for three days.

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The Register said those without their own servers -- a key target audience for RIM -- are the ones most severely affected by the problems.

Rival company Apple Inc. is launching its iMessage server service Wednesday.

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