RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: NPR's business news starts with another black day for Blackberry.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: Millions of people who use the popular wireless device are wondering what happened. E-mail service delivered over the handheld gadget crashed for several hours yesterday. And the Canadian company that makes BlackBerrys still isn't saying why. The outage affected many of BlackBerry's 12 million customers. It's the second outage in less than a year. Analysts say it could damage BlackBerry's reputation for reliability and give an edge to rivals.
BlackBerry's e-mail service crashed for several hours Monday, affecting many of the 12 million customers who own the handheld gadgets. It's the second outage in less than a year. Analysts say the problems could damage BlackBerry's reputation for reliability and give an edge to rivals.