Originally Posted by Speedycat3

Hello all. Long time lurker but only joined and posting since today.
I decided to weigh in on the Playbook question to give you my perspective as both, an Ipad and Playbook user on regular and frequent (20 to 25 days per month) travel around the world.
They are both similar and different in many respects.
I am a blackberry user and the Playbook integrates seamlessly via its bridge application.
This will not only provide access to all your blackberry phone content; including docs, email, messaging, etc but also with a bridge browser which does not use regular cell tower data when you are abroad, but RIM pipeline data. This is specially useful for me as a frequent traveller (I am airline crew) and lets me use internet browsing while on the go for free.
I carry a Tmobile Blackberry 9900 as a personal phone which works on UMA when I am in hotels abroad; and the playbook allows me to do quick check on all my messaging or light browsing when I am moving around. I also carry a work Blckberry 9900; so I always have one phone to draw bridge data from and always free for me or my company.
The Playbook also has a great HDMI interface so I can link it to any HD TV in my hotel room to watch a movie I might have loaded; or to stream my TV from home from my slingbox. I also use Citrix receiver over the bridge browser to access my home or work desktop; which is a real plus for me.
It is definitely a super versatile unit for work once you know how to use it, and use it well. Like I said, I have an Ipad 3 too, and I love the many apps and stuff I can do with it; specially the quality for Skype video calls, eyc; but there are clear differences in productivity and the cost that I can get that level of productivity while on the go abroad.
Also, there are ways to "sideload" Android apps in the playbook that do not require "rooting" . A Playbook coupled with a Blackberry 3 or 4G is a terrific tool; and given its price, size, and excellent available blackberry case with bluetooth keyboard, it is really a bargain. I wish that the opinions voiced on equipment were less biased on the brnds people like; and more objective on the equipment that people actualy own and operate.