I might experiment with BlackBerry next year. Never owned one, but QNX is really slick. The OS still needs some polishing and curious how it will be in portrait mode compared to the landscape found in the PlayBook.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play was on top of my wishlist for phones because emulation and a real gaming pad. But now that I just hacked my PSP and the X Play can't access my games from my PSN account that I would need to rebuy them again, my 6-year old PSP w/ a 32GB card has destroyed the urge for me to get one. Will just focus getting a PS Vita instead and will wait for the BlackBerry QNX phones. I am just not a fan of Android right now. I think WP7 and webOS are both better. With the BlackBerry QNX, it looks like a souped up webOS. I also much prefer Texas Instrument's OMAP4 over NVIDIA's Tegra 2. I see Google is now preferring OMAP over Tegra, so RIM was very forward thinking when making the PlayBook.
Seems alot of Hollywood celebs love their BlackBerry though. Not to mention that London riot incited by help of BBM.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play was on top of my wishlist for phones because emulation and a real gaming pad. But now that I just hacked my PSP and the X Play can't access my games from my PSN account that I would need to rebuy them again, my 6-year old PSP w/ a 32GB card has destroyed the urge for me to get one. Will just focus getting a PS Vita instead and will wait for the BlackBerry QNX phones. I am just not a fan of Android right now. I think WP7 and webOS are both better. With the BlackBerry QNX, it looks like a souped up webOS. I also much prefer Texas Instrument's OMAP4 over NVIDIA's Tegra 2. I see Google is now preferring OMAP over Tegra, so RIM was very forward thinking when making the PlayBook.
Seems alot of Hollywood celebs love their BlackBerry though. Not to mention that London riot incited by help of BBM.
http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2011/08/wh...th-hip-hop-stars-and-why-thats-important.html
Why do celebs love BlackBerries?
So why do hip-hop stars and fashionistas like them so much? Don't they know that there are way more apps on iOS devices? That the touch screens are more responsive? I guess they do, but they still go for Blackberry over iPhone. I can think of two reasons.
1) Security. Blackberrys route carrier data back through their own servers. This makes them much harder to tap or compromise. In this age of phone-hacking, that's a big deal for someone whose life is likely to be under scrutiny.
2) Reputation as a businessman's phone. The Blackberry is the phone of the powerful, the people who make deals and sit in the Oval Office. Not the sort of people who like retro photo apps and have time to play Angry Birds. I think people who want to take themselves seriously often get Blackberries. Let's face it, iPhones are still associated with layabout hipsters who like taking pictures of themselves.
