Originally Posted by
birdman_38 I supposed when BlackBerry drops its next US carrier (likely Sprint) you'll again say everything is fine.
Well, they may focus on carriers that are loyal and support BlackBerry for years.
More, direct sales may be the proper way to go. In Europe, more and more customers make the calculation and subsidized devices appears to be much more costy at the end of the engagement period than an unlocked device with a (discounted or not) carrier plan.
For enterprises, specifically, J. Sims did mention they were looking at channels very closely. I won't blame them for chasing all "unwanted extra costs" (negociated ASP) and get rid of the "men in the middle" (carriers). Paradoxally, at current level of sales,
this might be the perfect timing to do so. Let's wait for shopBlackBerry.com to come in Europe ...
We might then see something new here, like direct sales where you can attach carrier offers ... (<= 100% speculation)
I'll applause some creativity here.