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Old 02-03-2012, 00:00
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Finally RIM getting off their backsides and doing some promo stuff for the playbook!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqAc...layer_embedded
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Old 02-03-2012, 09:49
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Wow. That's one funky demo.
I thought the same. I was like
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Old 03-03-2012, 00:11
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Has anyone found a decent podcast downloader/manager for the PB?
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Old 04-03-2012, 09:50
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Here's a query if anyone can kindly answer it.
I normally charge my PB from the supplied charger, but a few days ago I decided to charge it from the PC via the USB lead.
I plugged it in and left the room. I came back a couple of hours later to find the PB on, draining the battery even further.
I thoought perhaps I'd mistakenly left in on, so I switched it off and connected it for another USB charge. Blow me, it came on after a few minutes.
What's going on?
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Old 04-03-2012, 19:17
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Here's a query if anyone can kindly answer it.
I normally charge my PB from the supplied charger, but a few days ago I decided to charge it from the PC via the USB lead.
I plugged it in and left the room. I came back a couple of hours later to find the PB on, draining the battery even further.
I thoought perhaps I'd mistakenly left in on, so I switched it off and connected it for another USB charge. Blow me, it came on after a few minutes.
What's going on?
I don't think you can charge it just from the USB as it requires more power than that. I inadvertently left it 'charging' on my standard blackberry charger and it didn't charge at all.

The supplied charger provides more 'juice' than a standard USB trickle charger.
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Old 04-03-2012, 19:59
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I don't think you can charge it just from the USB as it requires more power than that. I inadvertently left it 'charging' on my standard blackberry charger and it didn't charge at all.

The supplied charger provides more 'juice' than a standard USB trickle charger.
Beat me to it, I was going to say the same. It's true, the supplied charger pumps out more juice than a phone charger or even more so than usb, which is weaker than using a standard wall charger.
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Old 04-03-2012, 21:23
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Beat me to it, I was going to say the same. It's true, the supplied charger pumps out more juice than a phone charger or even more so than usb, which is weaker than using a standard wall charger.
No doubt its the next scam by companies, they are making micro usb a standard socket on tech, rather than their own, however you need their chargers to charge the things or they charge slower.

Archos is another one I have come across
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Old 06-03-2012, 14:19
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I don't think you can charge it just from the USB as it requires more power than that. I inadvertently left it 'charging' on my standard blackberry charger and it didn't charge at all.

The supplied charger provides more 'juice' than a standard USB trickle charger.
Thanks all. Iknow the USB port cannot supply more than a couple of hundred mA, but surely that doesn't stop it charging completely, and the PB is OFF so it's not using any juice from the battery - and why would it cause the PB to start up?
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Old 06-03-2012, 22:25
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iPlayer - yes we have

4OD - works via the website, not a specific app (remember playbook can use flash websites that the iPad can't).

Demand5 - works via the website

ITV Player - works via the website

Sky player - haven't tested

Google maps - there's an app for this, but I tend to use Bing maps app

National Rail - there are numerous train time apps, couldn't find a national rail one, but good mobile site, just make a bookmark on your desktop and it takes you straight in

onenote - hundreds of note taking apps in appworld, didn't check them all

Evernote - yes

GTA - No, Sim City - Yes, Scrabble - No, PVZ - Yes

Kindle - Yes

OED - More dictionary apps than you can shake a stick at, didn't check them all.

Dropbox - No, but there are numerous other cloud based storage apps.

The fact that the Playbook can render Flash and HTML5 properly means that there are many things it can do without needing dedicated 'apps' the iPad only needs a 4OD app, because it can't show the 4OD website properly, same goes for Youtube and many other video services.

There are a lot of apps on app world, and some big developers getting behind PlayBook (EA games has a lot of titles out already, and more to come).

I had an iPad before getting my PlayBook, I have since given the iPad to my mother (she loves it BTW), but I love my PlayBook. Not every product will be the best solution for everyone.

ETA: Dropbox is available on BlackBerry, so I would assume that it's coming soon to PlayBook
I am really interested in buying a playbook, but would want to be able to subscribe and watch Eurosport. I've enquired in my local Currys/PC World but couldn't get a conclusive answer. Any advice would be grateful?
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Old 07-03-2012, 06:18
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I am really interested in buying a playbook, but would want to be able to subscribe and watch Eurosport. I've enquired in my local Currys/PC World but couldn't get a conclusive answer. Any advice would be grateful?
Dont see why not, if its like itv player etc, however i would email euro sport, would be good if you could get a trial period.
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Old 07-03-2012, 15:56
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I am really interested in buying a playbook, but would want to be able to subscribe and watch Eurosport. I've enquired in my local Currys/PC World but couldn't get a conclusive answer. Any advice would be grateful?
You really need to check with EuroSport. I see they have an online subscription http://www.eurosportplayer.co.uk - but it's not clear what technology they use. You can use the Playbook with the standard BBC, ITV and Channel 4 players but it doesn't (yet) work with other services such as Netflix.

Edit - just found this: http://www.eurosportplayer.co.uk/faq.shtml - it looks like they use MS Silverlight, in which case you won't be able to use a PB.
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Old 20-04-2012, 23:51
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There is a new update for the latest Playbook 2.0 OS. Offers up some bug fixes and performance tweaks. The browser feels snappier and more responsive now. As does navigating the menus and the Android player loads apps very fast now with less lag and errors. Not a spectacular update, but RIM seem to be doing the right thing. Quite happy with it, as far as updates go.

Anyone else noticed anything else post update?
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Old 20-04-2012, 23:58
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There is a new update for the latest Playbook 2.0 OS. Offers up some bug fixes and performance tweaks. The browser feels snappier and more responsive now. As does navigating the menus and the Android player loads apps very fast now with less lag and errors. Not a spectacular update, but RIM seem to be doing the right thing. Quite happy with it, as far as updates go.

Anyone else noticed anything else post update?
My bootup time is a bit quicker
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Old 21-04-2012, 00:24
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Same here John. The last update seemed to make the bootup slower, but now it's back to normal.
The power button has been taken off the main page, but you can just click the battery icon instead.
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Old 22-04-2012, 16:57
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Same here John. The last update seemed to make the bootup slower, but now it's back to normal.
The power button has been taken off the main page, but you can just click the battery icon instead.
Haven't they removed side-loading?
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Old 23-04-2012, 11:39
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Haven't they removed side-loading?
I don't think so but i've not tried to sideload yet since the update.
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Old 23-04-2012, 14:56
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There's a rather confusing article about side-loading here:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/201...ds-258146.html

The answer appears to be yes...er no, possibly a bit.
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Old 23-04-2012, 16:10
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Sideloading is fine, my Kindle app still works brilliantly. I think the new update has been pretty good, everything seems more stable.
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Old 24-04-2012, 09:28
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What advantages/disadvantages are there over an Android tablet?
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Old 25-04-2012, 02:06
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Sideloading is fine, my Kindle app still works brilliantly. I think the new update has been pretty good, everything seems more stable.
Yep I haven't had a browser crash yet, so all good so far. Just so much smoother and snappier. It's getting there! slowly but surely. More apps being added all the time too.
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Old 25-04-2012, 13:49
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If there is anyone after a good case and doesn't wanna pay over the odds for one, just bought this from amazon for under 4 quid! arrived today. Very good case, does the job, and doubles up as a stand, can't fault it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DELUXE-BLACK...5358037&sr=8-2
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Old 27-04-2012, 13:15
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Since the update, I've noticed it takes a lot longer to recognise it's been plugged into the PC via USB. No great problem, but after its fairly speedy response it is a little annoying.
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Old 27-04-2012, 13:36
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Has anyone updated from 2.0.0.7971 to Version 2.0.1.358? (Which is a 503MB download)

Any advantages/disadvantages?
Does anyone know what the improvements are?
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Old 27-04-2012, 16:24
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I updated to 358 last week. I think it's mainly bug-fixes. The power button has been removed and the browser is less crash-prone.
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Old 28-04-2012, 00:02
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I updated to 358 last week. I think it's mainly bug-fixes. The power button has been removed and the browser is less crash-prone.
pretty much that really, my browser has not crashed since the update. the os just feels smoother overall and android player is more stable and loads apps quicker.
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