Rim/Blackberry Backup Plan in Case the Worst Happens

[Brad Isaac]

If you carry a Blackberry device in addition to your Pocket PC, this will interest you. As you are probably aware, RIM is in a court battle with NTP over regarding an alleged patent infringement. The dispute threatens to shut down the service leaving all Blackberry users stranded. According to a ComputerWorld article, RIM has a backup plan and can move all the users to a new software platform.
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) said today that it has a software work-around design that is ready and can be implemented if necessary to resolve its patent dispute with NTP Inc.
Mark Guibert, vice president of corporate marketing at Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM, responded to a question from Computerworld about the status of any work-around in an e-mail today, and he said that RIM has built software. But he gave few details.
Link: RIM: Work-around ready if needed to avoid service disruption

[Bruanor]

I have to say I really feel bad for BB users down south (I'm in Canada). I've had my blackberry for about 6-8 months now, and i can only imagine what it would be like if service was gone... hopefully RIM and NTP can work this all out, or at least RIM's workaround saves the day!
Good luck to all the blackberry users south of the 49th.
Bru...
PS. If anyone knows how to pair a bb and a ppc over bt please contact me asap... ok, just too many acronyms.....