The BlackBerry PlayBook
 

Prices :
$499.99 for 16GB Wi-Fi
$599.99 for 32GB Wi-Fi
$699.99 for 64FB Wi-Fi

AVAILABLE ON APRIL 19TH

BlackBerry's releasing their first tablet the PlayBook in Q1 !
Looks to be running very smoothly and the UI seems to be easy to use. Sooo excited for it to come out :drool

Some previews here:

Pairing your BlackBerry to the PlayBook:

Specs:
http://ca.blackberry.com/playbook-tablet/

RIM's version of the iPad?!

finally a tablet that plays flash media. I will be picking one up once these come out in march. To bad the first gen will only have wifi

You can pair it with your BlackBerry and get 3G :thumbsup:

Hopefully it comes with 3G and has BBM

meh..nothing special.

All android tablets running froyo play flash..

playbook will have BBM once paired to a BB :D

Tempted to get one of these.

Real question is whether developer will adopt the platform rather than iOS or android which is alot more establish and have alot more market share.
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how many apps do people really download for the iPad though? Most people use it for browsing the web, watching videos, going through photos, and facebook.

Are there any prices released yet? I'm getting pretty stoked about it.

you will be surprise how boring and useless ios devices are with stock apps:hotbaby:

ANDROID APPS ON THE PLAYBOOK THROUGH AN APP !
http://crackberry.com/press-release-...-apps-playbook

ALSO !! The PlayBook is available for pre-order @ Future Shop and Best Buy now.
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/categ...yplaybook.aspx

Prices :
$499.99 for 16GB Wi-Fi
$599.99 for 32GB Wi-Fi
$699.99 for 64FB Wi-Fi

AVAILABLE ON APRIL 19TH

they are called tablets.. not iPads.. just coz apple came out with the first device doesnt make every brand "XX version of the iPads"
its like saying all the flip phones are "versions of StarTac" just coz Motorola came out with it first..



very portable indeed..
Micro HDMI out.. haha.. looks nice

I like this.. looks like i might become a BB fanboy!

Only repackaged android apps that have been approved by RIM will be available. They'll also be available only through the Blackberry App World.

There were tablets available long before the iPad too. Apple just made the first good looking one. Apple's actually being sued by a Chinese company for ripping off their design that they've been selling since 2009.

are you talking about the laptop tablets?


but anyhow.. does the playbook come with dual camera or 3G?

http://www.fpc.fujitsu.com/www/conte...ly-History.jpg

http://www.fpc.fujitsu.com/www/conte...history_01.php

No no, not the convertible laptop tablets with the swivel screen. Actual keyboardless tablets. They weren't really mainstream, mostly used in the medical and insurance industries so I really gotta give it to Apple's marketing machine that made them popular.

ahh... like for hospitals and stuff..

What are some reasons to get this over the iPad 2?

^ None, really.

The Playbook has one huge advantage, and that's the QNX operating system which makes both Android and iOS look like MS-DOS.

That's also it's biggest disadvantage. The initial lack of support and convincing programmers/developers to start devoting their resources to building applications for it. Sure they can run Android apps, but there's no way they are going to run as well as, or integrate with the OS as cleanly as a native app would. What's the point of having a superior OS if you're using an emulator to run someone else's apps?

I can see this becoming very successful in the enterprise as it would be a far more secure and robust solution than either Android or iOS. The enterprise can also afford to custom develop their own specific apps too, so the lack of initial apps won't really bother them.

For the average consumer, the advantages of the Playbook don't mean much (how many people have heard of QNX?). Having a huge market of apps and countless accessories, cases, vehicle docks and so on is what the consumer wants. And this is what you get with the iPad, iPod and iPhone.

^ in order for developer to start creating for BB, RIM has to pay big $$$ at first...

Including Android Apps (the ones that are gonna get to the playbook) is just giving consumers a choice and is used to attract people who want a bunch of apps. They never said that there are only going to be Android Apps either.. There are still a bunch of OS6 apps and new "Super" Apps that are made for QNX. This is all going to depend on how RIM deals with the developers and if they are interested and willing to making apps for QNX. Only time will tell how successful they are. I for one am buying a playbook to support RIM, because there will only be more apps if developers see that there actually gonna be people buying their apps. Also, just because people haven't heard of QNX doesn't mean that it's crap. Even you said that it's a superior OS, so if RIM advertises it well, people will eventually know about it. There seems to be an adequate amount of decent apps on the PlayBook already, along with Flash games, web apps and Adobe Air.

The PlayBook has its own cases and accessories. It also has another advantage, the mini-HDMI which makes it very easy to hook up to your TV. The size of the PlayBook is also pretty good because it actually fits in your quite well, unlike the iPad, I find it kind of hard to actually grab onto it with one hand. The iPad2 also feels kinda of delicate IMO because its so slim. CrackBerry says the PlayBook feels a lot sturdier due to it's thickness.

You already own a Black Berry and because business still sees the Iphone/Ipad as a toy.