If you’re a developer and you were looking forward to trading in your DevA for the BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition device then I have some bad news for you. RIM has sent out emails stating it won’t have a Limited Edition for Verizon.Instead they will be sending those developers a different 4G device in its place. RIM did state that Verizon is still committed to launching BlackBerry 10 though but I’m sure that don’t make this any better for the developers involved.
Here’s the email that RIM has sent out to the developers it is affecting.
We want to start by saying thank you for you continued support and commitment to the BlackBerry 10 platform. The excitement around this launch, device and platform is palpable and we owe our developer community a debt of gratitude for that. In fact, that’s one reason we want to give the Limited Edition BlackBerry 10 smartphone to our developers.
I wanted to let you know that although you have applied to receive a BlackBerry 10 Limited Edition device, we are not able to offer the device from Verizon. Instead we will send you a 4G device.
Please note that Verizon is completely committed to launching BlackBerry 10 devices, but we are not able to order the Limited Edition devices at this time.
Thank you,
BlackBerry Developer Relations Team
Let us know if this was affecting you would you still be loyal to Verizon or would you jump ship to a different carrier?