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Blackberry Playbook no hype, no lines, no one really cares

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Buddy of mine works at Best Buy and he texted me this morning "no lines at bb, our doors open in 30 min"

He works in TV's, so he doesn't know how many people called and asked for it. But his sense is hardly anyone. Since the iPad 2 launch, hes been annoyed by customers constantly asking him about the ipad 2, but the playbook? He said no one has ever asked him about the playbook.

Another one bites the dust.... lets hope HP's TouchPad can give Apple some competition.
 
People say competition is good, but what good is it if it falls flat on its face? The Xoom seems pretty dead in the water. The Playbook is poised for even less interest. Samsung may have some tricks up its sleeve, but until the Android app market matures, any tablets that run on it will suffer.

What did competition do for the iPod? We're talking about a device with no app store to make or break it. The only player to remotely touch the iPod was the was the Zune. It tickled the iPod and made it laugh. And now the Zune is gone.

Every day a new tablet is announced and is almost as quickly forgotten, like so many remora riding a shark. It almost seems as if the competition is helping the iPad rather than hurt it.
 
Arguably the Playbook isn't aimed at the same sorts of consumers as the iPad, in fact some observers are suggesting it's not really a consumer product at all, especially since it has to be paired with a Blackberry handset.

So the fact that there are no lines or hype is fairly irrelevant. Time will tell if it manages to carve out its own niche in the tablet market.
 
mcdj said:
People say competition is good, but what good is it if it falls flat on its face? The Xoom seems pretty dead in the water. The Playbook is poised for even less interest. Samsung may have some tricks up its sleeve, but until the Android app market matures, any tablets that run on it will suffer.

What did competition do for the iPod? We're talking about a device with no app store to make or break it. The only player to remotely touch the iPod was the was the Zune. It tickled the iPod and made it laugh. And now the Zune is gone.

Every day a new tablet is announced and is almost as quickly forgotten, like so many remora riding a shark. It almost seems as if the competition is helping the iPad rather than hurt it.
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A tablet market ? Like many already said tablet market doesnt exist . There is an ipad market but not a tablet market :D
 
Wonder if any enterprise businesses have placed orders for it? I know they don't go stand in line on launch days to get products.
 
aristobrat said:
Wonder if any enterprise businesses have placed orders for it? I know they don't go stand in line on launch days to get products.
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Doesnt ipad2 more appeling even for a business than the playbook ? I wont surprise me if apple get most business market over rim concerning tablet.
 
Take off the Apple-tinted glasses and think about it for one second. The Playbook is available almost everywhere. Best Buy, Sears, Radioshack, Staples, Office Depot, not to mention all the carriers. Not to mention you could preorder from all of these stores as well and get them delivered to your door on day one. Why would there be line-ups?


Even with all that, there are reports of sparse line-ups in some locations.
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Yes they pale in comparison to the line-ups at Apple launches, but people still lined up even though they probably could have walked in at lunch and picked one up.

I'm going to wait a bit to judge the Playbook's lifespan and not base it on a Best Buy employee's text message (who no offense to your friend, are mostly idiots).
 
Cpt.Oliver said:
Doesnt ipad2 more appeling even for a business than the playbook ? I wont surprise me if apple get most business market over rim concerning tablet.
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The iPad isn't really designed for a secure business environment. Not to say it doesn't work in that capacity, but RIM's products are designed with security in mind. And many companies already have built-in support for BB via BES. For many companies looking to adopt tablets, the PlayBook makes a lot of sense...
 
aristobrat said:
Wonder if any enterprise businesses have placed orders for it? I know they don't go stand in line on launch days to get products.
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Exactly. Why would anyone expect lines at this time?

The Playbook hasn't been advertised as a mass consumer device yet, and probably very few people know about it outside of tech forums.

I can tell you that enterprise interest is high, though. Blackberry field apps are popular, and there's been a desire for a larger screen to show them. A RIM symbiote tablet fits that desire.
 
Demosthenes X said:
The iPad isn't really designed for a secure business environment. Not to say it doesn't work in that capacity, but RIM's products are designed with security in mind. And many companies already have built-in support for BB via BES. For many companies looking to adopt tablets, the PlayBook makes a lot of sense...
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What kind of business need such a high security level ? Bank ? Beside that do you think hacker care about x or y business ? Security is a biaise selling point create by rim ? If use properly ipad can do the job in term of security for most business ?
 
Demosthenes X said:
The iPad isn't really designed for a secure business environment. Not to say it doesn't work in that capacity, but RIM's products are designed with security in mind. And many companies already have built-in support for BB via BES. For many companies looking to adopt tablets, the PlayBook makes a lot of sense...
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That's all FUD. Citrix made the Citrix Receiver available for a number of devices, so needing a device with encryption, etc. is moot. Data isn't stored on it. The more services that go via the Cloud route, the less need for BB type security is required.
 
AVR2 said:
Arguably the Playbook isn't aimed at the same sorts of consumers as the iPad, in fact some observers are suggesting it's not really a consumer product at all, especially since it has to be paired with a Blackberry handset.

So the fact that there are no lines or hype is fairly irrelevant. Time will tell if it manages to carve out its own niche in the tablet market.
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Id say that right now, not aiming a tablet at consumers is not smart. even the enterprise and corporate world are going with the consumer trend.
 
Cpt.Oliver said:
What kind of business need such a high security level ? Bank ? Beside that do you think hacker care about x or y business ? Security is a biaise selling point create by rim ? If use properly ipad can do the job in term of security for most business ?[/

You must not work in a corporate climate. Security is a really big concern in the business world. Even corporate emails can contain sensitive company info that needs to be kept secure.
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All I know from the online advertising is that "Amateur Hour is Over"!

I still don't know which company RIM is referring to with the term "amateur".
 
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