Can it receive calls and read e-mails?

If so, that should be all my employer expects of me when I'm provided with a company phone. I can't imagine what they would want me to do that would require a smartphone. Anything more complicated would be better accomplished on a laptop.

>Can it receive calls and read e-mails?

Barely.

But there's more to it than that. I can't use the browser to look work-related things up because the blackberry browser hasn't been updated in years. I end up using my own device which defeats the purpose.

I don't get it. My employer provided phone was a Blackberry Bold. I need a work phone to make and receive work related calls, and to keep work related matters off my personal phone, enabling me to not have to think about work once I leave the office unless someone phones me.