BlackBerry PlayBook Reviews

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BlackBerry PlayBook Reviews

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Reviewed by Paul A. Schwahn

I simply love my Playbook. I was waiting for a better selection of Android 3.0 devices to come to market before purchasing a tablet, but when I read the reviews on the Playbook I felt it would work better for me as a Blackberry Enterprise smartphone user than an Android tablet. I was able to find one for less than $325 on Amazon and got a $100 rebate from RIM, so my net cost was $225. A great deal for a tablet that let's you use your phone's data plan to access the internet (as long as you're not an AT&T user). If you have a Blackberry Playbook and are on the AT&T network, please switch to another provider and let AT&T know that the tricks they're playing with Bridge Browser is simply wrong. Any company that values their customers as little as AT&T doesn't deserve to have any; but I digress.

I've used the iPad extensively and feel like the Playbook is every bit as good, only in a much more convenient size. You will not be disappointed if you get one!

Reviewed by Edwin K.

At first I thought I may play with the Playbook and decide it was just a glorified toy and end up returning it. But after using it for only a few days I was really impressed and knew it was a keeper. I've been using it for about three weeks and overall I have been very pleased with my purchase.

PROS
-Battery life has been GREAT! Over two full days with many hours with Wifi on all the time and B/T on sometimes and I still have a little under quarter battery left. Wow! I think it was rated for 8 hours of use and I definitely have logged more hours using it. Turning of the Wifi and B/T when not needed really extends the battery life.
-The Blackberry Bridge works much better than expected. I get all the PIMs from my phone plus email and BBM to mirror seamlessly via B/T. I can even access the SD card content in my Blackberry phone. I wish it was a little faster, but it's via B/T.
-Tethering works well. Been able to browse w/out Wifi tethered to my Blackberry data plan at no extra monthly costs. This is an incredible advantage of this tablet.
-The screen is absolutely gorgeously brilliant and navigation is very seamless with no lag time. Took just a few minutes and one how-to video to figure out the gestures (very easy and yet powerful).
-Web browsing is very fast and efficient
-New QNX OS multi-tasking is amazingly good. I can have multiple apps running at the same time in the background or foreground without any hiccups or lag time. Very powerful!
-Built in Word, Excel, PDF, etc. is a big plus, but I don't see myself typing a document on the touch screen with my shaky hands. Maybe a b/t keyboard is in order.

CONS
-Lack of some apps that I expected would be there. Surprisingly Amazon is missing from the arena (even though they had said they would have Kindle for Playbook at release). Haven't found any Google Apps either (instead RIM partnered with MS for Bing). Lots of app in the app-world but not the ones I hoped for. Hopefully over time app developers will catch on to this new tablet.
-It seems heavy for it's size and gets tiring to hold it for a long time. I expected it to be much lighter (maybe I need to work out more). It's a solid piece. I just hope I don't drop it since I was too cheap to flip for insurance.
-Biggest con is that an SD card reader is badly needed here. It's a shame it wasn't include it. Too bad they tried to copy Apple with their silly tiered memory approach.

I think overall the initial negative reviews have been overly critical of this tablet. There's definitely room for additional functionality and I can see RIM has rushed it out without some integral pieces (missing native apps like email, calendar - but bridge makes up for it connected to a Blackberry cell). However, being RIM's first tablet on the brand new QNX OS it is very impressive overall and a solid design. I'm hoping that the next big OS release will add lots more functionality.

Reviewed by TOB

Blackberry Playbook... one of the best overall tablets on the market

Screen is absolutely stunning.
Browser is very fast and of course has Flash.
The camera front and back are good.
The OS is extraordinary.
The apps are very good. Fewer...But very good.

The Good & bad!
You need to carry a Blackberry in order to Bridge and use the email, calendar, etc...

The Good - No data plan (saving of $50 a month plus tax) :)
The Bad - Blackberry phones are outdated

The apps...there are fewer but there are new ones appearing every day and they are above average and are as good as I Pad ones

Small and convenient...understated and functional.

Simply put the Best 7" Tablet bar none and one of the best overall tablets on the market as long as you have a blackberry

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