Experts : iPhones and Android devices will not see a global messaging crash . BlackBerry filters messages through its own servers ; Apple and Google do n't . The answer is in the technical details of how Research in Motion -- the company that makes BlackBerry smartphones , with their click-clacking keyboards and tie-wearing owners -- handles e-mails and text messages . BlackBerry 's middle-man approach to messaging is what crashed this week . Comment:
Experts : iPhones and Android devices will not see a global messaging crash . BlackBerry filters messages through its own servers ; Apple and Google do n't . BlackBerry 's middle-man approach to messaging is what crashed this week . Comment: