Posts by DelDino 2 publicly visible posts • joined 26 May 2011
I own a Playbook which I am quite happy with, after trying the rest I think it is the best tablet out there right now for the basics: web browsing, video, and general speed/stability, with bonuses if you already own a Blackberry phone. Honeycomb 3.1 will probably solve the current Android tablet issues, and WebOS is intriguing and seemingly quite similar, but those aren't available.
Agree with the bemusement about the ad campaign, they should be focusing on the strengths of the device rather than throwing rocks at glass houses from inside a glass house.
Few quibbles though.
The complaint about a few hours of battery life is not what I've experienced, I always get a day out of it even with 3-4h of solid use. Standby time is not infinite as the wi-fi is always on - a current quirk with the OS which has positives and negatives. Positive being that you can share files with it easily over wi-fi which the author must not have known about, and which will be really good when the promised DLNA support is added. http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB26068 .
Would be nice if that would be configurable though.
Lack of 'native email' is always one that gets me scratching my head, as Blackberry email requires a specific telco operator data plan for BIS or BES service, and this is just a wi-fi model. They could easily have provided a simple POP/Outlook email client, but that would have be misconstrued as 'secure Blackberry email', which it isn't. Fault them for being slow on releasing the 3 and 4G models that will connect BIS/BES, but 'native email' doesn't seem like a valid complaint.
Oh, and there is a Facebook app, if that floats your boat.
Overall, a good tablet, which is getting better with frequent OS/app updates, but also needs to get better to keep up with the competition.
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