Does a stylus work ok on the BB Playbook.?
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thanks guys for all the reviews and tips, got fed up of exchanging replacing the shody build quality if archos g9 80 tablet, over the moon with this.
A preview of o/s 2.0, hopefully coming within days...
http://crackberry.com/first-look-ful...tacts-and-more
http://crackberry.com/first-look-ful...tacts-and-more
Originally Posted by steve harrison:
“Does a stylus work ok on the BB Playbook.?”
“Does a stylus work ok on the BB Playbook.?”
No, it's a conductive touchscreen not resistive.
Why would you need a stylus? Resistive touch screens are an old technology that worked best with a stylus. Only cheap fakes and knock offs use resistive screens these days.
Anyone out there who is looking for a god 7 inch tablet totally has to go for a playbook. Still can get it for 169 from currys and pc world. Not sure if the prices will rise again, but at this price, you guys gotta go snap it up.
I was also looking at the cheap as chips android tabs all over the net, amazon, ebay etc and truth is, their build quality and even user experience have nothing on the playbook. The playbook has the best build quality that I have seen on a tab, really is awesome. Stereo sound as well. The screen is buttery smooth and very sharp/colourful. Even with the lack of apps I am not disappointed in the slightest.
A few weeks on and it;s still a joy to use. Throw iplayer or any of the other on demand tv services at it, and it handles it all over a good wifi connection. If you have a smart phone with data that allows you to use it as a wifi hotspot, you can use the internet from the phone on the playbook. I tried it yesterday, took it out for the first time and tethered it with my desire hd, on three, unlimited data. Worked really well!! No nonsense, connected first time and off I went.
OS 2.0 is imminent. The 21st of Feb has been quoted by various sources so if true it could well drop by tomorrow. Already the app world is said to be populated with some 1500 Android apps and there are over 6000 developers on board too. So it fills me with hope that we will get a good selection of apps coming.
But as I said, even without the apps, there is plenty you can still do. The PB is not like an ipad where it cannot display flash sites and needs apps in order to get the site to get some functionality. The PB will just display everything out there as you see on your laptop or pc. I've never had any crashes or lagging, force closing issues yet. Many android OS builds still have issues in certain areas and will be more so apparent on a cheap Android tab.
My advice, go for the playbook, for a little more than the 110-120 pound cheap chinese tabs out there, you will get a solid product with the best OS on a tablet in terms of speed, reliability, security and all round performance.
I was also looking at the cheap as chips android tabs all over the net, amazon, ebay etc and truth is, their build quality and even user experience have nothing on the playbook. The playbook has the best build quality that I have seen on a tab, really is awesome. Stereo sound as well. The screen is buttery smooth and very sharp/colourful. Even with the lack of apps I am not disappointed in the slightest.
A few weeks on and it;s still a joy to use. Throw iplayer or any of the other on demand tv services at it, and it handles it all over a good wifi connection. If you have a smart phone with data that allows you to use it as a wifi hotspot, you can use the internet from the phone on the playbook. I tried it yesterday, took it out for the first time and tethered it with my desire hd, on three, unlimited data. Worked really well!! No nonsense, connected first time and off I went.
OS 2.0 is imminent. The 21st of Feb has been quoted by various sources so if true it could well drop by tomorrow. Already the app world is said to be populated with some 1500 Android apps and there are over 6000 developers on board too. So it fills me with hope that we will get a good selection of apps coming.
But as I said, even without the apps, there is plenty you can still do. The PB is not like an ipad where it cannot display flash sites and needs apps in order to get the site to get some functionality. The PB will just display everything out there as you see on your laptop or pc. I've never had any crashes or lagging, force closing issues yet. Many android OS builds still have issues in certain areas and will be more so apparent on a cheap Android tab.
My advice, go for the playbook, for a little more than the 110-120 pound cheap chinese tabs out there, you will get a solid product with the best OS on a tablet in terms of speed, reliability, security and all round performance.
Originally Posted by slick1two:
“My advice, go for the playbook, for a little more than the 110-120 pound cheap chinese tabs out there, you will get a solid product with the best OS on a tablet in terms of speed, reliability, security and all round performance.”
“My advice, go for the playbook, for a little more than the 110-120 pound cheap chinese tabs out there, you will get a solid product with the best OS on a tablet in terms of speed, reliability, security and all round performance.”
Totally agree. At it's original price the Playbook was hard to justify but at £169 it's an absolute steal. I've had friends who have tried these cheap no-name tablets and, without exception, they have all returned them for being junk.
According to this: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/17/b...february-21st/ OS 2.0 will be released at 4.01am on the 21st. Assuming that time is East Cost US then that means 9:01am in the UK. if it's West Coast time then it will be midday.
I managed to play on both the iPad and Playbook and was seriously impressed with the Playbook. It's the weight of the iPad that puts me off - and not loading anything Flash related is a big turn off. I might now go out tonight and get me a Playbook
Originally Posted by dreamfish:
“I managed to play on both the iPad and Playbook and was seriously impressed with the Playbook. It's the weight of the iPad that puts me off - and not loading anything Flash related is a big turn off. I might now go out tonight and get me a Playbook”
“I managed to play on both the iPad and Playbook and was seriously impressed with the Playbook. It's the weight of the iPad that puts me off - and not loading anything Flash related is a big turn off. I might now go out tonight and get me a Playbook
”
Good choice!! got it yet?
Originally Posted by slick1two:
“Good choice!! got it yet?”
“Good choice!! got it yet?”
Not yet! It was out of stock everywhere!
Originally Posted by dreamfish:
“Not yet! It was out of stock everywhere!”
“Not yet! It was out of stock everywhere!”
PC World have them in stock for home delivery
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/blackb...47929-pdt.html
It might be worth looking at the 32GB as it's only £30 more.
I'd also recommend buying the official folding case/stand as the case that comes with the PB is fairly useless.
Originally Posted by slick1two:
“Anyone out there who is looking for a god 7 inch tablet totally has to go for a playbook. Still can get it for 169 from currys and pc world. Not sure if the prices will rise again, but at this price, you guys gotta go snap it up.
I was also looking at the cheap as chips android tabs all over the net, amazon, ebay etc and truth is, their build quality and even user experience have nothing on the playbook. The playbook has the best build quality that I have seen on a tab, really is awesome. Stereo sound as well. The screen is buttery smooth and very sharp/colourful. Even with the lack of apps I am not disappointed in the slightest.
A few weeks on and it;s still a joy to use. Throw iplayer or any of the other on demand tv services at it, and it handles it all over a good wifi connection. If you have a smart phone with data that allows you to use it as a wifi hotspot, you can use the internet from the phone on the playbook. I tried it yesterday, took it out for the first time and tethered it with my desire hd, on three, unlimited data. Worked really well!! No nonsense, connected first time and off I went.
OS 2.0 is imminent. The 21st of Feb has been quoted by various sources so if true it could well drop by tomorrow. Already the app world is said to be populated with some 1500 Android apps and there are over 6000 developers on board too. So it fills me with hope that we will get a good selection of apps coming.
But as I said, even without the apps, there is plenty you can still do. The PB is not like an ipad where it cannot display flash sites and needs apps in order to get the site to get some functionality. The PB will just display everything out there as you see on your laptop or pc. I've never had any crashes or lagging, force closing issues yet. Many android OS builds still have issues in certain areas and will be more so apparent on a cheap Android tab.
My advice, go for the playbook, for a little more than the 110-120 pound cheap chinese tabs out there, you will get a solid product with the best OS on a tablet in terms of speed, reliability, security and all round performance.”
“Anyone out there who is looking for a god 7 inch tablet totally has to go for a playbook. Still can get it for 169 from currys and pc world. Not sure if the prices will rise again, but at this price, you guys gotta go snap it up.
I was also looking at the cheap as chips android tabs all over the net, amazon, ebay etc and truth is, their build quality and even user experience have nothing on the playbook. The playbook has the best build quality that I have seen on a tab, really is awesome. Stereo sound as well. The screen is buttery smooth and very sharp/colourful. Even with the lack of apps I am not disappointed in the slightest.
A few weeks on and it;s still a joy to use. Throw iplayer or any of the other on demand tv services at it, and it handles it all over a good wifi connection. If you have a smart phone with data that allows you to use it as a wifi hotspot, you can use the internet from the phone on the playbook. I tried it yesterday, took it out for the first time and tethered it with my desire hd, on three, unlimited data. Worked really well!! No nonsense, connected first time and off I went.
OS 2.0 is imminent. The 21st of Feb has been quoted by various sources so if true it could well drop by tomorrow. Already the app world is said to be populated with some 1500 Android apps and there are over 6000 developers on board too. So it fills me with hope that we will get a good selection of apps coming.
But as I said, even without the apps, there is plenty you can still do. The PB is not like an ipad where it cannot display flash sites and needs apps in order to get the site to get some functionality. The PB will just display everything out there as you see on your laptop or pc. I've never had any crashes or lagging, force closing issues yet. Many android OS builds still have issues in certain areas and will be more so apparent on a cheap Android tab.
My advice, go for the playbook, for a little more than the 110-120 pound cheap chinese tabs out there, you will get a solid product with the best OS on a tablet in terms of speed, reliability, security and all round performance.”
Good post a totally agree. 2.0 is awesome
Originally Posted by John_Elway:
“Good post a totally agree. 2.0 is awesome”
“Good post a totally agree. 2.0 is awesome
”
Playing around with it a bit since the update. If it wasn't slick and smooth before, it's really got a nice polished feel now. Everything is working as it should. Now for a few more decent apps. I guess we just need to be patient, they will come. Now developers will see that blackberry is a good platform to develop for.
Here's to hoping.
Ive just seen the deals on the playbook and cant get the 16gb or 32gb anywhere local so reserved the 64gb instead! Still think its a bargain compared to ipad!
Originally Posted by Joolz1975:
“Ive just seen the deals on the playbook and cant get the 16gb or 32gb anywhere local so reserved the 64gb instead! Still think its a bargain compared to ipad!”
“Ive just seen the deals on the playbook and cant get the 16gb or 32gb anywhere local so reserved the 64gb instead! Still think its a bargain compared to ipad!”
The only reason it is now a bargain is because it failed miserably at its original price (the same price as the iPad 2
), causing RIM to give it repeated price cuts until it reached its current low price. It should hopefully sell more now that it is so cheap, but RIM has lost an absolute tonne of money on it, and continues to lose money on it due to now selling it at such a loss.Still, I can see why RIM stuck with it, rather than just discontinue it like HP did with its failed entry into the tablet market - HP can get by without its mobile arm, despite the massive loss, as that was just one part of HP. But RIM really needs the PlayBook & the BlackBerry as that's all it really has... It had to go "all in" and push on with the PlayBook in the hope it would eventually help turn around the company's current decline...
Don't think it's a failure, yep was overpriced, as is the ipad2, I think the price cuts are due to a new larger screen coming out this year as well.
Tricky one as wife has ipad2, if I had the money at time of both being priced at the same price which would I buy.
Mmmmh thinking about it
Tricky one as wife has ipad2, if I had the money at time of both being priced at the same price which would I buy.
Mmmmh thinking about it
Originally Posted by Joolz1975:
“Ive just seen the deals on the playbook and cant get the 16gb or 32gb anywhere local so reserved the 64gb instead! Still think its a bargain compared to ipad!”
“Ive just seen the deals on the playbook and cant get the 16gb or 32gb anywhere local so reserved the 64gb instead! Still think its a bargain compared to ipad!”
Yep I wanted a 32gb one really so I could ftp more stuff to it, though as there's no sd slot or micro slot if you can afford the 64gb may as well get it.
Originally Posted by sheppy124:
“Yep I wanted a 32gb one really so I could ftp more stuff to it, though as there's no sd slot or micro slot if you can afford the 64gb may as well get it.”
“Yep I wanted a 32gb one really so I could ftp more stuff to it, though as there's no sd slot or micro slot if you can afford the 64gb may as well get it.”
Currys have wrote our laptop off and sent us an e voucher so getting a soundbar for tv and will get playbook with whats left,
Originally Posted by sheppy124:
“Don't think it's a failure, yep was overpriced, as is the ipad2, I think the price cuts are due to a new larger screen coming out this year as well.
Tricky one as wife has ipad2, if I had the money at time of both being priced at the same price which would I buy.
Mmmmh thinking about it”
“Don't think it's a failure, yep was overpriced, as is the ipad2, I think the price cuts are due to a new larger screen coming out this year as well.
Tricky one as wife has ipad2, if I had the money at time of both being priced at the same price which would I buy.
Mmmmh thinking about it
”
No, the repeated price cuts have been due to its absolutely appalling sales. It has definitely been a failure, and RIM has lost a huge amount of money on it.
Unsold PlayBooks cost RIM $485 million
PlayBooks shipped in Q1 2011: 500,000
PlayBooks shipped in Q2 2011: 200,000
PlayBooks shipped in Q3 2011: 150,000
Originally Posted by Matt D:
“No, the repeated price cuts have been due to its absolutely appalling sales. It has definitely been a failure, and RIM has lost a huge amount of money on it.
Unsold PlayBooks cost RIM $485 million
PlayBooks shipped in Q1 2011: 500,000
PlayBooks shipped in Q2 2011: 200,000
PlayBooks shipped in Q3 2011: 150,000”
“No, the repeated price cuts have been due to its absolutely appalling sales. It has definitely been a failure, and RIM has lost a huge amount of money on it.
Unsold PlayBooks cost RIM $485 million
PlayBooks shipped in Q1 2011: 500,000
PlayBooks shipped in Q2 2011: 200,000
PlayBooks shipped in Q3 2011: 150,000”
Well all I can say is thankyou for blackberry over pricing it and seeing sense inreducing them,. It's a great bit of kit,
Go buy one now
I think RIM need a bit of an advertising blitz with the Playbook. At the end of the day, I think tablets are still in the stage of being a 'toy' or 'gadget' and I'm not sure this is the market the Playbook is targeted at. But for £169, more people should be buying this - myself included (I'm just in two minds still...)
Just playing on mine now, went for 32gb in the end as saw an Android docking station I wanted as well!! So far so good I love it!!
A big cheer for Currys by the way after all the hassle we've had with our laptop write off they really went out of their way tonight and we got loads of goodies thrown in!
A big cheer for Currys by the way after all the hassle we've had with our laptop write off they really went out of their way tonight and we got loads of goodies thrown in!
Originally Posted by dreamfish:
“I think RIM need a bit of an advertising blitz with the Playbook. At the end of the day, I think tablets are still in the stage of being a 'toy' or 'gadget' and I'm not sure this is the market the Playbook is targeted at. But for £169, more people should be buying this - myself included (I'm just in two minds still...)”
“I think RIM need a bit of an advertising blitz with the Playbook. At the end of the day, I think tablets are still in the stage of being a 'toy' or 'gadget' and I'm not sure this is the market the Playbook is targeted at. But for £169, more people should be buying this - myself included (I'm just in two minds still...)
”
The initial marketing for the Playbook was a mess. They couldn't decide whether it was going to be an "iPod killer", an Enterprise tablet or a mass market device. It was never an iPod killer, businesses never really adopted it and the price was too high for the mass market.
The name was also a problem. In the US, "playbook" is a common enough term in business but in the rest of the world it makes it sound like a games machine.
With the release of 2.0 and the price reductions, it looks like they are getting it right - but only time will tell if it's too late.
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