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Rim's Playbook gets reviewed
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/13/b...aybook-review/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4266/b...ybook-review/1 http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/13/blackb...aybook-review/ http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20110413...ybook-review/? Sounds like a solid first tablet from RIM...nothing too exciting, but then, that probably isn't RIM's goal. $499 seems like a great starting price. Last edited by kjk; 04-13-2011 at 09:40 PM. |
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Having to link it to a BlackBerry is a non-starter for me.
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Which of the current app stores does it work with?
Edit: At the moment, only the Blackberry World app store. For me the best orientation of these devices is "landscape" and I really prefer using a 4:3ish device in portrait mode. Last edited by RockdaMan; 04-13-2011 at 09:45 PM. |
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And from a site called Crackberry:
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http://thisismynextpodcast.com/2011/...aybook-review/
Josh Topolsky, late of Engadget, weighs in: (what is up with the baseball references from both Crackberry and Topolsky? ) Quote:
Interestingly, Topolsky says the Kobo app is "more sluggish and less intuitive on the PlayBook than other tablets", I wonder how much time Kobo had with the SDK. |
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Oh, I have no problem believing corporate schlubs are going to eat this thing up. At my last job they deployed Blackberries when people wanted iPhones and Android phones and bent over backwards to push Windows tablets no one wanted on the enterprise. They almost cried when people (read upper management) brought their own iPod touches and iPads in and asked them to make them work on the corporate network...
But this device might actually get a toe hold. I'm not sure why, but corporate PC techs everywhere cart around a strong ethos of "ABA" (anyone but apple). |
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$500 tablets are overpriced. Where are the $300 models?
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I really wanted to like this tablet.
It has potential. The reviews mention too many aspects which are red flags to me. But the worst thing of all is the price. $500!!! Remember, we're not talking about a 10" or 12" screen. We're talking about a 7" screen with 16x9 aspect! Samsung learned that when they were selling their Galtab at the higher price, that sales were low. It wasn't until they brought it down to where it should have been that sales picked up. |
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Not easy to beat Apple at their own game. Another rushed out the door before it's finished entry into the tablet market. No email? Seriously? This product may have the pedigree of a "we excel at business" company, but there's nothing about this product that carries the "blackberry edge" into the corporate space.
No email? Seriously? No blackberry messenger? Then there's nothing about this tablet to make it "more business ready than Apple" in the slightest. Might as well go with the Galaxy Tab and at least be able to run hundreds of thousands of "made for phone" Android apps. Or get the zoom and complete access to the additional 16 "made for tablet" android apps. Lee |
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For a year I kept buying and selling tablets to find something that works as good as an iPad. Just didn't happen. Last month I went in the store to purchase a Xoom but ended-up walking out with an iPad. Why not... nothing else works like one. And I didn't even buy-into Jobs promotion, it's just true that it's the most well-balanced (overall) device of it's type... even without Flash support.
The Playbook sounds like it has better multitasking than an iPad or Android tablet. Has the best Flash of all, but those two aspects aren't enough to make a great tablet. ((But I do use an Android phone and enjoy it... but it's not a tablet.)) Last edited by pphilipp; 04-14-2011 at 01:10 PM. |
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