You reckon that they'll be shown at the BlackBerry expo in may? If the phones are truly being released in September, then you would think that RIM would announce them at the show.
No I don't think so. They're only giving the developers the Dev Alpha Mockups in May.
I bought a $199 Playbook about a month ago and I'm happy with it. It was a hassle to get set up but after that, it works pretty well. I only use it to browse the web (check e-mail, sports scores, read the news, etc). I don't use any of the apps or play games on it or watch anything on it. It's a great internet browser, I have no idea if it's good for anything else.
My Soviet, coal-powered e-reader crapped out on me, and I'm looking for a replacement on short notice, since I have a 71-hour train ride starting this Friday night.
I've narrowed it down to either a Playbook or a Nextbook. They're both the same price, and generally I'd go for the Playbook since it comes from a brand I've heard of, but the sticking point I'm having is that it only has a micro USB port, whereas the Nextbook will take MicroSD cards to expand the memory. Also, it seems like there are issues with DRM protected e-books on the Playbook (I don't know whether or not mine are protected...).
A lot of the information I'm finding online about circumventing these problems involves rooting the device (which I'm neither smart enough nor brave enough to attempt). They also say that these problems "will probably be fixed when OS 2.0 comes out", meaning that the information I'm getting is rather dated.
If I have OS 2.0, is it possible to connect a USB drive to a Playbook (I assume there's some kind of cable for that) to expand the memory without rooting the device?
What's the story on DRM-protected e-books when you're running OS 2.0?
My Soviet, coal-powered e-reader crapped out on me, and I'm looking for a replacement on short notice, since I have a 71-hour train ride starting this Friday night.
I've narrowed it down to either a Playbook or a Nextbook. They're both the same price, and generally I'd go for the Playbook since it comes from a brand I've heard of, but the sticking point I'm having is that it only has a micro USB port, whereas the Nextbook will take MicroSD cards to expand the memory. Also, it seems like there are issues with DRM protected e-books on the Playbook (I don't know whether or not mine are protected...).
A lot of the information I'm finding online about circumventing these problems involves rooting the device (which I'm neither smart enough nor brave enough to attempt). They also say that these problems "will probably be fixed when OS 2.0 comes out", meaning that the information I'm getting is rather dated.
If I have OS 2.0, is it possible to connect a USB drive to a Playbook (I assume there's some kind of cable for that) to expand the memory without rooting the device?
What's the story on DRM-protected e-books when you're running OS 2.0?
The PlayBook also has a Micro HDMI Port which I find very useful.
I use Book Reader for Epub files.
OS 2.0 has been out for quite a while. 2.1 is coming out soon.
I used my cousin's iPad2 and thought it was really nice, but RIM does do somethings much better than Apple.
While I conceed that iOS and Android devices have a way better app market, to me the choice of tablet really depends on what's important to you.
Apps, especially these marketing statements like "now with 1,000,000 free apps!", are extremely overrated, IMO, and I can't stress the "extremely" enough. The vast majority of the apps, aside from (and including) the app-store clogging spam-like garbage (if you mostly browse to find wallpapers of Asian girls looking shy), are easily replaced by a competent browser. After I upgraded from the default browser on Android to Opera Mobile I cut probably half the apps from my phone. IMO the mass hype surrounding the use of apps is not due to necessity/functionality but rather the fact that Google and Apple take a sizable portion from the app sales on their respective markets.
I'll definitely consider the upcoming Playbook but I'm too used to the flexibility of Android (for customization, not app counts) and I suspect Windows 8/RT will be a huge player in the tablet market by the time I purchase one.
Apps, especially these marketing statements like "now with 1,000,000 free apps!", are extremely overrated, IMO, and I can't stress the "extremely" enough. The vast majority of the apps, aside from (and including) the app-store clogging spam-like garbage (if you mostly browse to find wallpapers of Asian girls looking shy), are easily replaced by a competent browser. After I upgraded from the default browser on Android to Opera Mobile I cut probably half the apps from my phone. IMO the mass hype surrounding the use of apps is not due to necessity/functionality but rather the fact that Google and Apple take a sizable portion from the app sales on their respective markets.
I'll definitely consider the upcoming Playbook but I'm too used to the flexibility of Android (for customization, not app counts) and I suspect Windows 8/RT will be a huge player in the tablet market by the time I purchase one.
What kind of customization are you talking about exactly?
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