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I have to comment? Oh ok... what can I say...honestly I'm a bit annoyed? I was under the assumption that o2 were only gonna stock th classic for business! Last weekend little old me was browsing along the o2's page when she noticed that blackberry was on the handset list??? I!!! Oh well...another 2 years without using a staff discount then....not amused...
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@Anonymous wrote:I have to comment? Oh ok... what can I say...honestly I'm a bit annoyed? I was under the assumption that o2 were only gonna stock th classic for business! Last weekend little old me was browsing along the o2's page when she noticed that blackberry was on the handset list??? I!!! Oh well...another 2 years without using a staff discount then....not amused...
I saw it in the shop @Anonymous I nearly dropped you a line...then thought better of it 
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@aldaweb wrote:The different colour LED notifications are a nice touch without needing a 3rd party app
Oh look, another manufacturer catching up with Android at last
But on the Note 3, the s-view cover covers up the led, which is bit stupid.
No, it's not a bit stupid, it's completely stupid.
And this is an official samsung accessory.
In any case, I hope we start to see multi colour led indicators that are fully customisable on all handsets soon, because it would be good to have unread message/email counts flashing up in distinct colours.
Bit stupid to have a light to tell you the battery is full, that sort of thing, in my opinion.
@Anonymous wrote:I don't mind the 3 rows anymore...found it weird in th beginning but I prefer it with the larger keys but the screen is too small. Also the passport is superior in every single aspect, from the processor to the camera, it's just the shape...still not completely convinced...it should be a bit longer and the corners shouldn't be so pointie and if the fourth row of keys were to make a come back I wouldn't be sad...
I get that BlackBerry are trying to have an expensive and a more accessible phone but one of the things that used to anoy me in my previous Blackberrys were the poor quality cameras and think that the classic's camera is a step back...
I would really like to play around with either of them to be honest. Now that BIS is a thing of the past, I've kind of accepted Blackberries as potentially decent phones. Always liked the look of them before, but was put off by having to channel everything I did through a third party.
I can see the appeal of the size and shape of the passport, and I think the pointy corners issue is just to make it clear that it's a business phone and not supposed to be trendy.
But about the camera - does it matter for a business phone? I mean, I would see myself in an office situation using it to make visual notes for myself, and records of health and safety violations for management, that sort of boring thing.
I mean, if you're out with your friends at the weekend, you're not going to whip out a blackberry to do a group selfie.... are you?
BUT, I need 4 rows. A keyboard with 3 just isn't a keyboard. Sorry.
However, the passport does have USB OTG, and HDMI output which is great, (real keyboard, and presentations on a large screen). But can you use them at the same time? Is there a multimedia dock available?
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@Anonymous wrote:I would really like to play around with either of them to be honest.
BUT, I need 4 rows. A keyboard with 3 just isn't a keyboard. Sorry.
However, the passport does have USB OTG, and HDMI output which is great, (real keyboard, and presentations on a large screen). But can you use them at the same time? Is there a multimedia dock available?
The Classic has OTG and Slimport for HDMI out same as the Passport 
but they're not MHL compatible so won't work with the Note dock I have, nor the micro HDMI lead from my Z10
The Passport was just too wide with pointy corners for me, the Classic is much more comfortable in the hand.
