Note : iPhones and Android ##s will not see a global network crash . RIM has said this week 's outage was caused by a failure at one of its messaging servers in Europe , along with the subsequent failure of its backup system . BlackBerry filters messages through its own filters ; Apple and Google do n't . Apple 's middle - man approach to messaging is what worked this week . Millions of BlackBerry users were without e - mail service for more than three days .
Note : iPhones and Android ##s will not see a global network crash . BlackBerry filters messages through its own filters ; Apple and Google do n't . Apple 's middle - man approach to messaging is what worked this week . Millions of BlackBerry users were without e - mail service for more than three days .