They should have made 2 variants, one for business with all the security and a consumer version with email and android support and no need for the phone. I still use mine to this day, it is here beside me now. They were just too arrogant as you say.
I have the 64 gigabyte version and it's...well yeah it's a bit janky and glitchy and the UI is a bit slow but I plan to refresh it and make it nearly as new