Well if it is an opinion piece I think that is pretty much true. I have a cell phone that is not a 'smart phone'. Just one with a slidy type keyboard. There have multiple times I have been made fun of or heard sarcastic remarks about my phone being outdated. It is funny it is only 2 or 3 years old model. I don't care much but it sort of illustrates what the attitudes out there are.

Also people in charge of making purchasing decisions at Pentagon have iPhones and iPads at home and they see the difference between the device they are supposed to use for work and the ones they use at home. And a lot of it is not that Blackberry is terrible, it does its job, it is just that iPhones and latest Android devices have moved so far ahead and comparatively they look so much better.