As stated in other threads, mine showed up yesterday. Other than a brief port snafu while installing Snap (thanks for your help, southlander!), everything went great. My BBID, which has been inactive for over a year and a half, was there waiting for me to come home. And it does feel like home. I know that I was disappointed in the Z10, but it really feels like Blackberry is Blackberry again.
Now I just hope the build quality stands...
Out of the box I checked for the usual stuff -- screen seems secure as do the logo elements on the back. Keyboard is snappy. No sticky keys, but the 'A' and 'Q' keys do feel a little like a loose tooth from time to time. I'll give the whole thing a change to break in before I start worrying about it.
No excessive bleeding on the LED or board lights. Everything seems to be working.
I will say this: the Passport is too big to hold in my hands casually. But I have small hands. There's some finger cramping after a while. On the plus side, the larger size seems to make the keyboard EASIER to use.
I wasn't expecting that. The bottom of the phone rests comfortably on both pinkies, while my ring fingers provide backing for the keyboard itself. The middle and index fingers fan upwards from there and the entire phone seems to rest well without any noticeable pressure points. That leaves a perfect amount of width for my thumbs to travel the keys without feeling cramped or stretched thin.
What I was expecting is heavy use of Blend. I'm running Hub on my Xperia tablet with Bluetooth keyboard, which I thought was going to be an easier way to compose messages. Well, it is. Compared to a VIRTUAL keyboard. Typing on the Passport is so comfortable, though, I'm not sure I need it.
Time will indeed tell.
Network reception isn't as good as I had hoped. My Xperia ZL phone was barely able to get signal from my desk, and the touted superior antenna on the Passport doesn't seem to be doing any better.
I have a solid connection established with my workplace's open WiFi. Let's hope it stays that way. It's secured with WEP for some reason, and past Blackberry's have always been quick to blacklist it. I don't know why they use WEP. It's not my department and I don't get to tell them how to run their network.
BB10 seems to have matured into something fantastic since I last checked in. Really is running smoothly, and I've only encountered two Android apps that don't work well (gDMSS Lite and the Direct TV Remote). But that's okay -- I have the tablet for running those. Everything else I need, such as my banking and security system apps, are doing better on the Passport than they ever ran on the ZL.
In all -- everything I expected. Now, let's just hope that screen stays in place.
EDIT: Oh, and I have been HAMMERING on this thing with full WiFi, Bluetooth, and Blend running since 2:00 this morning (nearly six hours ago). Battery still at 80%. I expect that to start dropping now that it's struggling for signal, but I'm anxious to see how far it will go.