there is another article with a good review from the ces show where he states that you have to bridge it from a curent bb device with service. to me, this means you are expecting the BB service on the tablet as in the device and such the same with the BES services with remote wipe, pim, pin, etc. i like the tablet like it is and do not care about the bes stuff nor do i need it or wish to pay extra for this service. so his article talks as a negative because it has to link with another service you already have on bb. as for the email, i saw it as liken to the nokia phones, where you would be able to by pass the nokia messaging client and use the standard email client.