Problems that have blighted BlackBerry smartphones in certain parts of the world over the past three days appear to have spread to the United States and Canada, it has emerged. Users in America turned ...

I have seen the issues appear also. In some cases the handhelds roam out of service and do not re-connect without being bounced, or sometimes even need to send a test email to start receiving again.

Ask a handful of seasoned BlackBerry administrators about the most common smartphone-related help desk requests, and you’ll likely get very similar answers: device provisioning issues, e-mail latency, ...