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Originally Posted by emai7s2
Hi mgmueller,
Have you had a chance to try out the WebOS version 3.0.2 software update on your TouchPad? I'm curious if/how it affects your ranking of the TouchPad vs. the Playbook.
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Just installed the update.
It doesn't have any impact on my ranking of
PlayBook vs. TouchPad.
My personal summary of both:
Form factor:
I love the form factor of PlayBook.
For whatever reason I very much prefer 16:9 over 4:3.
I'm mainly (>80%) using all tablets in portrait format. iPad2 and other 4:3 tablets such as TouchPad because of the bigger lever get quite heavy after some time. I can't do intensive reading sessions (>2 or 3 hours) on iPad for example without getting uncomfortable.
OS:
I don't see any significant differences, I don't really prefer one over the other.
Both are far ahead of Android and lightyears ahead of iOS.
But I don't expect this gap to last for long. I wouldn't be surprised, if iPad3/iOS5 already would include lots of these features.
Apps:
A disaster on both.
I'm okay with the availability of apps on Android.
Yes, it's less than iOS has to offer. But usually, I find what I'm looking for on Android. And I don't mind that much, if it's only 3 navigation apps on Android instead of 5 on iOS.
But for PlayBook and TouchPad, the gap is dramatically bigger.
I've used TouchPad maybe 5 hours in total so far. I've tested the OS and installed about 25 apps - that's all I can do so far.
On PlayBook, only the Kobo app kind of "saves the day".
It's still way too little available titles and I'd be extremely frustrated, would PlayBook be my only tablet. But as an addition to Xoom/Galaxy Tab and iPad2, PlayBook is okay.
Hopefully, BlackBerry will release the Android player asap. Else I probably will install the leaked one.
I have't heard of anything similar for TouchPad, so this tablet may have a problem very soon.
Touch and feel:
Both certainly are quality products.
But I prefer PlayBook. Actually, PlayBook is my absolute favorite amongst my 10 tablets re. "touch and feel".
It very much reminds me of iPhone4. I don't like the round edges of iPad2 and iPod touch in comparison.
Same for PlayBook. I guess, it might be different for a 10" tablet. But for the 7" of PlayBook, it's simply "cool and elegant".
TouchPad is very nice as well, it certainly can compete with Xoom or Galaxy Tab or iPad1.
Performance:
I don't know of any benchmarking app across all platforms.
So I only can rely on my gut feeling...
Both are highly responsive and I don't see any disadvantage in comparison to Android or iOS.
Display quality:
I've read 2 negative reviews about PlayBook's display quality.
I don't get this.
I find PlayBook's display clearly one of the best.
Especially for movies it performs extremely well. And it accepts lots of formats out of the box - even plays movies very smoothly on which other tablets had been struggling a bit.
I don't have any real complaints about TouchPad's display, but I'd place it slightly behind, maybe on the level of Xoom.