BlackBerry Offers Free Premium Apps to Customers for Service Interruptions

BlackBerry (RIM) today announced that a selection of premium applications , worth $ 100, will be offered free to customers of BlackBerry as an expression of appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions.

Applications will become available to download at BlackBerry App World over a period of four weeks beginning Wednesday, October 19th and will be available until December 31, 2011.

Mike Lazaridis , CEO of RIM , said:“Our global network supports the communications needs of more than 70 million customers, We truly appreciate and value our relationship with our customers. We’ve worked hard to earn their trust over the past 12 years, and we’re committed to providing the high standard of reliability they expect, today and in the future.”

Here is the list of Premium applications available for download BlackBerry App World :

SIMS 3 – Electronic Arts
Bejeweled – Electronic Arts
N.O.V.A. – Gameloft
Texas Hold’em Poker 2 – Gameloft
Bubble Bash 2 – Gameloft
Photo Editor Ultimate – Ice Cold Apps
DriveSafe.ly Pro – iSpeech.org
iSpeech Translator Pro – iSpeech.org
Drive Safe.ly Enterprise – iSpeech.org
Nobex Radio™ Premium – Nobex
Shazam Encore – Shazam
Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant – Vlingo

RIM’s enterprise customers will also be offered one month of free Technical Support. Current customers will be offered a complimentary one month extension of their existing Technical Support contract, and customers who do not currently have a Technical Support contract will be offered a one month trial of RIM’s BlackBerry Technical Support Services – Enhanced Support, free of charge. Additional details about the program and information about how to register will be available at www.blackberry.com/enterpriseoffer.

Link: RIM