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RIM unveils 'Playbook' tablet
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article published on 27 September, 2010
RIM has unveiled their long-anticipated Playbook tablet today, throwing their contender into the market dominated by the Apple iPad.
"Every successful professional has a great PlayBook," said Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of RIM.
The tablet will measure in smaller than the iPad at just 7 inches, but it is thinner at 9.7 millimeters.
Furthermore, the tablet has a rear and front-facing camera, ... [ read the full article ]
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27. September 2010 @ 21:56 |
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This will eat the soul of all other slates. Seriously not even KB can be negative about it (yeh right he'll find a way).
This is a beast RIM are not going the way of nokia they're really getting their head in the game.
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27. September 2010 @ 22:00 |
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Originally posted by xyqo:
This will eat the soul of all other slates. Seriously not even KB can be negative about it (yeh right he'll find a way).
This is a beast RIM are not going the way of nokia they're really getting their head in the game.
I agree the tablet looks excellent, but we have to wait on price before making ANY decisions here.
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27. September 2010 @ 22:04 |
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Well lets hope it's at least the price of the cheapest ipad.
I expect $400-$650 (RIM can be a bit pricey) and that would be for the 16 gig (I saw a pic with 16GB on the back).
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27. September 2010 @ 22:38 |
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Originally posted by xyqo:
This will eat the soul of all other slates. Seriously not even KB can be negative about it (yeh right he'll find a way).
This is a beast RIM are not going the way of nokia they're really getting their head in the game.
You are right...I found a possible issue.
"BlackBerry smartphone owners can tether their devices and use the 3G on the tablet."
From the sounds of it, there is no built-in 3G.
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27. September 2010 @ 22:42 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Originally posted by xyqo:
This will eat the soul of all other slates. Seriously not even KB can be negative about it (yeh right he'll find a way).
This is a beast RIM are not going the way of nokia they're really getting their head in the game.
You are right...I found a possible issue.
"BlackBerry smartphone owners can tether their devices and use the 3G on the tablet."
From the sounds of it, there is no built-in 3G.
There isn't but there's a version of the ipad without 3g and a version of the samsung tab without 3g. Plus RIM says there are 3g and 4g versions that will be out
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27. September 2010 @ 22:47 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Originally posted by xyqo:
This will eat the soul of all other slates. Seriously not even KB can be negative about it (yeh right he'll find a way).
This is a beast RIM are not going the way of nokia they're really getting their head in the game.
You are right...I found a possible issue.
"BlackBerry smartphone owners can tether their devices and use the 3G on the tablet."
From the sounds of it, there is no built-in 3G.
I think that's better. I'm not a BB owner but I would hate to have to pay for my smartphone data plan and an additional one for my tablet.
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elbald90
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28. September 2010 @ 02:38 |
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im sorry guys but i still cant see the point of these devices you can either have a smartphone that is truly portable or a laptop which is less so but will do anything you want it to
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28. September 2010 @ 06:12 |
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I have not really found much use either. If this thing had 3G and skype, then it could almost function as a big-screen phone...but those are two "if"s that don't currently exist.
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joepet200
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28. September 2010 @ 10:27 |
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Got to hand it to Blackberry, they know how to market their stuff to Big Business. "Playbook" football, NFL, Pros... vs iPAD?
C'mon.
That's marketing.
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28. September 2010 @ 18:12 |
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talk about ripping Palm's folio concept (google it ;)) and webos's cards metaphor.
still. sexcellent tab, love how it is, and i might pick one up! that is unless a webos tablet is realeased befoer or soon after.
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29. September 2010 @ 04:42 |
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I can't think of any use for a tablet right now...I guess that is a good thing considering we will not see any good tablets until summer.
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