Call me a dinosaur, I don't care. I still love my Blackberry. When travel outside the US I call my provider, T-Mobile and ask them to turn on "International Blackberry" which is a feature I've used for years. For a (pro-rated) fee of $20/month additional I get use of e-mail and BBM without the usual "up to $15/mb" cost of data usage while roaming.

When I recently called to have this feature added for a trip I was put on hold for a long time while the agent looked for the feature. I was surprised that she couldn't find it. I'd just had it on a month or so ago. Eventually I was told that it is no longer offered, but that they would let me add it again as I've had it on my account before.

Is Blackberry (nee RIM) doing away with its original data model? Frankly, I see the reasonable cost of using my phone for e-mail internationally and having a real keyboard as the two remaining strengths of the platform. I've got a 9 series phone. What are the international data options for the Q10/Z10 phones? Are other carriers doing the same as T-Mobile (US)? What else have I missed in this?