Even as late as 6 months ago I would have bought a 9900. But the promised wifi calling OS upgrade never arrived. And in order to get the seamless OTA syncing I

Even as late as 6 months ago I would have bought a 9900. But the promised wifi calling OS upgrade never arrived. And in order to get the seamless OTA syncing I would have had to buy hosted BES (an extra $10/month) and would have had to pay T-Mobile extra on top of normal data costs. This week I was at a conference of a bunch of bankers in Dubai. As is normal, everyone sits down and puts their phone(s) on the table. I looked around. Out of eight of us, there was one BB, and that person had an iPhone as well. Two years ago this would have been an all-BB crowd. I now find it simple and cheap to roam with an unlocked iPhone and local SIMs. BB, to live, must eliminate the cost surcharge. Stop charging the carriers extra. Stop forcing us to buy BES for the same performance we get for free on iCloud or Android's integration with GMail/etc. Then concentrate all efforts on delivering -- on time and without "software upgrades to do 'that' coming real soon now." I doubt that will be enough, though. Anyone want an old Curve 3G with Arabic keys for $20?