[jshute]

I can't help but rejoice at the title of this article. I own a BlackBerry Passport and the hardware is phenomenal, but the OS seems designed to put the company out of business. Side-loading APKs is a terrible consumer experience, and as interesting as the Hub concept is, in practice I don't prioritize Foursquare updates the way I prioritize SMS or work email! Gmail and Inbox don't run, Acompli crashes on startup, and Mailbox has unreliable interaction glitches. The Calendar app is frequently outright wrong! The folks saying "another android phone" truly don't get it: the last great keyboard phone was the Droid 4, a slider that's years old and definitely does not have a capacitive keyboard.

[nfoz]

I've run into some small issues, but I my Passport is the best phone I've owned; I'm a convert from Android. I think the hardware and the OS are both fantastic; better UX and more stable than my Google Nexus.

Sorry to hear that you have had so many issues, though. I mostly use Hub (primarily text), the fantastic Browser, PDF reader, calls, mobile Hotspot/tethering, and several apps (mostly native).

[mdm_]

>as interesting as the Hub concept is, in practice I don't prioritize Foursquare updates the way I prioritize SMS or work email!

A couple things to try: in the Hub, click the menu button in the bottom right corner "..." and select "Settings". Turn on "Priority Hub" and you'll get an additional folder in the Hub for messages that match your priority criteria. Also, under "Hub Management", you can set each account integrated within the Hub to display notifications exclusively in the main Hub folder, the account-specific folder, or both.

[VieElm]

I doubt your Passport will see an Android update even if they did this. Someone might have an unofficial Android build for the Passport though.