Blackberry Passport Please

[47seijar]

BlackBerry took a huge chance with the eclectic Passport. They couldn't afford to launch it as if it would be an automatic hit. BlackBerry hasn't had one of those for a looong time. So they struck a deal to give AT&T the U.S. exclusive on the Passport. Verizon will get the Classic, maybe as an exclusive. While I love the Passport's screen, I'm not sold on the funky keyboard.

[trynacu2]

After pictures of the Passport were leaked and received a negative reaction from the BlackBerry community, Verizon cancelled theirs. They didn't expect it to sell. AT&T didn't cancel, obviously. I was told this month's before the Passport was released. Needless to say, I was disappointed by the news.

[DickLewis]

Most of what I have read about the Passport has been positive. The problem is jerk sites like N4BB that used to be BlackBerry fan sites, come up with garbage just for the clicks. (Clicks = money).

I don't pay any attention to the naysayers, if the Passport isn't any good, why does it continue to sell out.

It's the US carriers that are causing most of the negativity by not making it available.

[47seijar]

Lets be clear about one thing though. "Selling out" a production run of 200,000 devices world-wide is not such a feat. Personally I'm more enthusiastic about the BlackBerry Classic. Would I like a 4" screen ala the Passport? Sure! But the form factor of the Classic is much more to my liking, and bringing back the tool belt is brilliant.

[mariosgee]

Hello everyone.  I found an article online today with all the news on how the BB Passport is going to AT&T.  But I found this quote rather disturbing:

BlackBerry cuts corners (literally) with Passport to secure AT&T deal - The Globe and Mail

Another former sales executive questioned whether AT&T rival Verizon Communications Inc. had been outbid for an exclusive distribution agreement or simply wasn’t interested in the Passport, giving AT&T an exclusive “by default.” A BlackBerry insider involved in the Passport development said the latter was indeed the case: “Verizon wasn’t very happy with us in general and had no interest in anything new or innovative from us.”

It seems as VZW has no interest in Blackberry and I am not surprised as support for my z30 which I left AT&T for has been close to none in the stores.  It's disappointing but a poor choice on the part of VZW.  I'm on the old termination fee schedule and believe me I will not hesitate switching carrier.  So stop asking VZW will they carry it, they are not interested and we as BB consumers are whining minority here.  If they don't want our money lets just take it elsewhere.

[CasAries]

I agree.

[47seijar]

Verizon **used** to have the strongest relationship with BlackBerry out of all the major carriers. Seems like it ended almost overnight, right about the time BlackBerry announced a leadership change to deal with their financial crisis.