A moment to weigh in... if panda is even listening anymore....
Airing grievances with your company's IT dept, their policies, and (from what I gather) their inability to communicate those policies clearly to their constituents is pointless in this forum. Speak to your IT dept.
The next time you decide to buy a new piece of technology, which you hope to access corporate DATA with, check with the IT dept to ensure you're aware of the policy.
DATA. That is the important thing here. Not your BlackBerry, not the email, not the BES, DATA. Your company, and subsequently your IT department, has a legal responsibility to protect the data. Financial Data, Credit Data, Personal Information. Since your company has to protect this data, they also have the right to decreed whatever control measures they want.
Legal liability. If its your device, you *MIGHT* have a legal mandate that you can do what you want with the data on your device - depending on which state/province/country you reside in. Thus restricting your use of company data on company devices ONLY might be a question of liability, as they wouldn't be able to legally restrict the use of a personal device.
BES admins can audit your BlackBerry for ANYTHING they want. So, your BES admin could read personal email, look at who you've sms'ed, see where you've visited on your BlackBerry...etc. So it's two fold, liability if your IT admin sees person info s/he shouldn't, and it's kinda invasive in terms of your privacy
Long story short - you feel pissed off because you can't use your personal device to be more productive at work. Its just how it goes. Company data, company rules.
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