Blackouts Hit Blackberry -- Millions of Users Find Their Digital Lifelines Cut Suddenly

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TORONTO - When Corey Marshall's BlackBerry mysteriously stopped sending and receiving messages, he realized all too clearly just how much he depends on the device: He had no way of contacting his friends because he never bothers to exchange phone numbers with anyone anymore.

"A lot of the times if I meet someone and I see they have a BlackBerry, I don't even want their number or care. I just want their BBM," or their BlackBerry instant-messaging address, said the 23-year-old tanning-salon manager and student. "I didn't even have my boss' number. I only contact him through BB."

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Blackouts Hit Blackberry -- Millions of Users Find Their Digital Lifelines Cut Suddenly

He added: "I go to sleep with it in my hands. It's the first the thing I do when I wake up in the middle of the night. It's the first thing I do when I wake up in the mornin...

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