That’s Ironic

i-ron-ic Adj. Poignantly or darkly contrary to what one expects or intends. Often, but not always, humourous.

March 16, 2006

RIM Blackberry Wins Right to Keep Service Up, Customers Lose Service Anyways

Filed under: Law, Technology, The World — Posted by Fancy Pants on March 16th, 2006


After a long, hard-fought battle in which RIM and their Blackberry devices were threatened with being shut down altogether due to alleged patent infringement, and following a settlement which allowed them to keep the service going - many customers lost service yesterday anyways. Even more ironically, the loss of service was related to a software upgrade, which was RIM’s Plan B to keep customers up if they had not reached a settlement and been forced to switch off the patent-infringing service.

Sometimes you just can’t win for losing.

How Ironic is This??

1 Iron: Totally Lame
2 Irons: "Is that the best you can do?"
3 Irons: "Some might see some irony in this."
4 Irons: Tinged with Irony
5 Irons: Now That's Ironic!

        Vote now on the
   IRON-O-METER 

+ + + - -
Our readers give this story 3.5 irons!

   Submit your own story  here 

Sign up for our
FREE Irony Alerts!

Email story to a friend! |Add to del.icio.us

Story source: 

hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39157276,00.htm

   Submit your own story  here 

More Irony:

  • Robber Attempts to Rob Martial Arts School 09/11/2007

  • Item Promising “Inexhaustible Income” Being Sold - on eBay 08/31/2007

  • Name of Senator Who Put “Secret Hold” on Proposed Legislation to Remove Federal Contracting from Secrecy is.. a Secret 08/27/2006

  • Pole too Dangerous for Firemen 08/15/2006

  • From Dollarama to dollars 08/15/2006

  • Two lousy, lucky drivers 07/31/2006

  • Restaurant Where Hometown Buffet Founder Received His Training Put Out of Business by…Hometown Buffet 07/31/2006

    • (Check out our archives for even more irony!)  

     

    © 2005, ThatsIronic.com and IndigNation.org™