01-05-2012, 11:12 AM
Got in my Blackberry Playbook yesterday. After about 20 minutes of playing around with it, I think its a really solid tablet. The hardware itself is very well built, thin, solid and reminds me of the galaxy tab. Screen is fantastic, best Ive seen on a tablet. Touchscreen is very responsive. The OS is good, very fast and snappy, almost as good as WebOS for usability and it does have proper multitasking, app switching, and gestures which makes a big difference. web browser is very good. much better than android and ios for sure. 2 bad points are the power button was not engineered well, it sits flush and doesnt have much spring to it. (however i just discovered you can skip the button and just turn on with a screen swipe and turn off with a icon) and the downright hilarious lack of apps. there isnt even a built in native email client if you arent using BBM. next version of the tablet OS is supposed to fix this and offer android app compatibility.
as I expected, I really like the 7" size. its much more portable than the 10" and its still readable and usable for web and videos. havent done any extended typing or emails yet but the keyboard is very good.
i need to play around with a kindle fire to compare since they are currently the same price. i may return the playbook if the fire is comparable, it seems to me that it has a better future
as I expected, I really like the 7" size. its much more portable than the 10" and its still readable and usable for web and videos. havent done any extended typing or emails yet but the keyboard is very good.
i need to play around with a kindle fire to compare since they are currently the same price. i may return the playbook if the fire is comparable, it seems to me that it has a better future