Blackberry Playbook versus Apple iPad 2?

[princealfie]

Looks like these devices are going toe to toe with their exactly same pricing structure. Anyone play with the Playbook yet?

 

[King Luis]

Looks like these devices are going toe to toe with their exactly same pricing structure. Anyone play with the Playbook yet?

playbook won't be released until april.

 

[hcho3]

Looks like these devices are going toe to toe with their exactly same pricing structure. Anyone play with the Playbook yet?

Playbook is not due until April
Playbook is only 7 inch screen. That's very small. It's about half size of iPad 2's screen.
Playbook depends on your blackberry on email. You have to have blackberry phone to use that feature.

Dunno how many apps it will have, but it won't be enough to satisfy me.

499 dollars is too much for 7 inch tablet. Apple's iPad 2 has 9.7 inch display.

 

[DougFNJ]

I think the Playbook will be great for Blackberry fans, it is marketed primarily for the business user, so like the Blackberry you will always have that crowd that will stick and stay with that platform.

I don't look at the 2 Tablets as competitors at this point.

 

[Cutwolf]

"it's the app store, stupid."

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

I think the Playbook will be great for Blackberry fans, it is marketed primarily for the business user, so like the Blackberry you will always have that crowd that will stick and stay with that platform.

I don't look at the 2 Tablets as competitors at this point.

exactly

Playbook is not due until April
Playbook is only 7 inch screen. That's very small. It's about half size of iPad 2's screen.
Playbook depends on your blackberry on email. You have to have blackberry phone to use that feature.

Dunno how many apps it will have, but it won't be enough to satisfy me.
499 dollars is too much for 7 inch tablet. Apple's iPad 2 has 9.7 inch display.

Well is there still talk that they may be getting all the android apps? That would certainly help them a lot. And then if it becomes successful enough would actually help the android marketplace. But your other points are valid.

You really can't compare the two. The playbook is designed for an entirely different niche at an entirely different size.

 

[poloponies]

"it's the app store, stupid."

Blackberry has been touting their "Super Apps" in commercials (which they defined as "a new class of mobile applications that make you wonder how you ever lived without them"), however, referring to UrbanSpoon as a "new class" of app is a little puzzling when I had it on my iPhone 3G almost 3 years ago.

 

[DougFNJ]

Blackberry has been touting their "Super Apps" in commercials (which they defined as "a new class of mobile applications that make you wonder how you ever lived without them"), however, referring to UrbanSpoon as a "new class" of app is a little puzzling when I had it on my iPhone 3G almost 3 years ago.

They are trying to look more attractive to the business users that they are holding onto.

 

[OSMac]

Crackberry posted a video comparing the size of the Playbook to the iPad 2.

When he put it in his pocket (1:29) it said it all...

See what you think works best for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjgV2rAZlEc