The downside to Venice is that it's rumored to be ATT only. That's a horrible way in today's world to launch a product, can you imagine if Samsung or Apple tried to do that today? It'd be a horrible PR nightmare.
My take on this, is that BlackBerry is no longer in the position it used to be, and maybe the only way they could get AT&T to sell their devices was to offer it exclusively to them. Maybe the version of the Venice is an AT&T exclusive and there will be a tweaked version for other markets ... that is what they did with the Passport.
I use an ATT MVNO for the lower prices but because you can't use blackberry services on them it won't allow a blackberry to be used with data and MMS. I hope the Venice is more android and less Blackberry in this regard. I'd love to move to a BB and get my keyboard on.
With BB10 devices, you no longer need BIS or BES to use data, one of the best things that come with the newer handsets :)
My take on this, is that BlackBerry is no longer in the position it used to be, and maybe the only way they could get AT&T to sell their devices was to offer it exclusively to them. Maybe the version of the Venice is an AT&T exclusive and there will be a tweaked version for other markets ... that is what they did with the Passport.
With BB10 devices, you no longer need BIS or BES to use data, one of the best things that come with the newer handsets :)