> producing a phone that the Verge said ... What the Verge says is not gospel. The Verge could be right but a product with a completely different approach, in

> producing a phone that the Verge said ... What the Verge says is not gospel. The Verge could be right but a product with a completely different approach, in a brand that it's trendy to mock (and The Verge is a bit trendy), is not something I'd implicitly trust them about. For example, if a reviewer, like many, has dismissed Blackberry before the reviewer even sees the phone, then they are unlikely to be open-minded to changes from what they already know (new keyboard ideas, new dimensions, etc.). Much of the review seemed to have problems with things that were different than the familiar iPhone/Android products. If we make iPhone/Android the rule, then we're choking off innovation. At least Blackberry didn't announce yet another phablet, as one competitor recently did. Also, consider that many in the industry (and I don't know about The Verge at all in this respect) sell their positive opinions to the highest bidder, something Blackberry might not be able to afford right now. EDIT: See the Register for a much more useful review. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/blackberry_passport_first_look/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/blackberry_passport_... For example, the following sounds very appealing to me, (also, it displays 66 chars/line -- enough for my text files!) > The key difference of the Passport, apart from its striking shape, is that the its QWERTY keyboard doubles as a capacitive multitouch trackpad. ... Firstly, when editing text, the phone doesn’t move in your hands, and your attention doesn’t switch quite so much. Note "hands" – plural: this is a two-handed device. I particularly enjoyed being able to select and manipulate blocks of text very quickly.