Bberry playbook
Mar 11, 2012 | 8:21 pm
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Bberry playbook
Gday,
2011 was a very good year at the place I work, and they gave everyone a free playbook last week. Any suggestions for travel apps? Also has anyone had any luck jail breaking one of these things and loading a new os?
2011 was a very good year at the place I work, and they gave everyone a free playbook last week. Any suggestions for travel apps? Also has anyone had any luck jail breaking one of these things and loading a new os?
Mar 12, 2012 | 12:27 am
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Rather than give a rabid fanboy response, check out this news release which allows BB Playbook to run Android apps.
Mar 12, 2012 | 4:21 am
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I love my Playbook.
An iPad may be a nice piece of kit but it's too big to carry around all day and I don't need access to millions of apps. The PB is just about the perfect size, the new OS 2.0 has fixed a lot of the limitations with the first release and with prices as low as $199 (169 in the UK) then it's possibly the best value tablet out there.
An iPad may be a nice piece of kit but it's too big to carry around all day and I don't need access to millions of apps. The PB is just about the perfect size, the new OS 2.0 has fixed a lot of the limitations with the first release and with prices as low as $199 (169 in the UK) then it's possibly the best value tablet out there.
Mar 12, 2012 | 4:38 am
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I love my Playbook.
An iPad may be a nice piece of kit but it's too big to carry around all day and I don't need access to millions of apps. The PB is just about the perfect size, the new OS 2.0 has fixed a lot of the limitations with the first release and with prices as low as $199 (169 in the UK) then it's possibly the best value tablet out there.
An iPad may be a nice piece of kit but it's too big to carry around all day and I don't need access to millions of apps. The PB is just about the perfect size, the new OS 2.0 has fixed a lot of the limitations with the first release and with prices as low as $199 (169 in the UK) then it's possibly the best value tablet out there.
Mar 12, 2012 | 5:16 am
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There is talk of other Playbooks in development including a 10" version and 3G/4G support: http://crackberry.com/blackberry-playbook-4g-found-ebay
And if you want a cool demo of what Playbook can do then look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQMTq...&feature=share
Mar 12, 2012 | 6:42 am
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The Playbook is no iPad but the iPad is no Playbook either. First of all the Playbook has a much more appealing pricing than the totally overpriced iPad. Second the Playbook is getting continuously better and is developed further. Third RIM is not joining the almost religious like battle against flash like Apple. I like my Macbook but when it comes to iPhone and iPad Apple goes too far. The patent war against Samsung and the Galaxy Tab shows the ugly side of Apple which I don't want to support.
Mar 12, 2012 | 7:29 am
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Most iPad competitors except for the Samsung are at risk of overnight arrest I think.
Mar 12, 2012 | 8:39 pm
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Rather than tell someone to ditch a brand new tablet, maybe try to read up on the latest developments, first?
Mar 12, 2012 | 10:00 pm
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My advice is to buy the best product that works for you. The Playbook is a deadend product that will die a natural death within the next year. The MARKET is saying that the best tablet to buy is an iPad, as tens of millions of people have spoken with the wallets. My original suggest was and is valid, ditch the Playbook and look at the best tablet out there, which the MARKET has said is the iPad.
Mar 12, 2012 | 11:29 pm
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My advice is to buy the best product that works for you. The Playbook is a deadend product that will die a natural death within the next year. The MARKET is saying that the best tablet to buy is an iPad, as tens of millions of people have spoken with the wallets. My original suggest was and is valid, ditch the Playbook and look at the best tablet out there, which the MARKET has said is the iPad.
+1.