[BeanAnimal]

Verizon pushes BB devices. They have a huge contract and have spent a tens of millions advertising BB. I own an IT consulting company and send people to purchase WinMO phones at Verizon stores (at least 5 different stores in the metro area). Some of the larger clients have a dedicated Verizon sales reps and in some cases I go to the store to purchase the hardware for the client. I send the client with a SPECIFIC LIST of phones to look at, EVERY TIME. The list is clear with instructions for both the client and the VZW sales rep. My clients ALL use Exchange Server and thus we need WinMo with ActiveSync.

In almost every case, the sales person attempts to talk the client out of the WinMo device in favor of the BB device. In at least 50% of the cases they end up convincing the client that my list is wrong and the BB device will work fine for what they want to do. No joke, this is almost a weekly event! I have had it out witjh store and regional managers regarding the subject. They deny pushing BB and say that they only sell what the client asks for. Furthermore, they ALL have told me that WinMo devices dont' sell well. The joke is that they don't sell well becuase the sales people don't push them.

So yeah.. you may never see the TP2 in stores, it is WinMo and not a BB.