I didn't mean to hurt your feelings to whomever that bought this. I just passed by after getting a different case for my iPad 2 and I saw some dinky looking rectangular device sitting on the kiosk stand next to a samsung galaxy tab and a cell phone. I thought to myself, this is another iPad knockoff? Low and behold it was the blackberry playbook.
I picked it up and immediately I noticed the back material was some sort of rubber - much like the ipad 1 apple designed case. But the entire device was small and rectangular. It was a like a huge car satnav. I picked it up and I didn't even know how to turn it on. It was at some contacts app screen and I wanted the web browser.
I looked for a home button and none to be found. I felt the top of the unit and I felt a button and pressed it it was volume up key. No go. Then I fiddled around more but still couldn't find out how the get to the browser. I tried pinching on the screen, nothing. I don't know how then I did it but I managed to get to the "desktop" by swiping something.
I started the web browser and loaded a page. This was all within about 30-40 seconds of rapidly figgiting with the damn thing. I was already turned off. Not to mention the smoothness of everything wasn't that bad, but if you have ever owned an iOS device, you know how fast and smooth and accurate it is. So obviously I had to compare and you know it just doesn't compare to an iOS device!
Overall, if I never owned an iPad, I would probably "think" about the blackberry playbook - because I would have no idea of how much awesomeness an iPad would be like. If I were that person, I'd probably already own a blackberry phone...so obviously I can't be pushed to something else.
If you have ever used an iPad extensively, you will never want to go to a playbook. Unless you want to go backwards in time. Nothing about the device is that "alluring" to me personally. I can think of 100 different ways to use the iPad and I was already fustrated with the playbook because it wasn't as intuitive as the iPad. Of course which I am basing my initial impression on!
bottom line - no way this thing will sell like how the iPad is selling. It's too small for my taste. Screen resolution is high density obviously with the screen size but other than that, the real estate on my ipad is way better than the high density smaller screen on the playbook. It's not like a retina display and overall I'm just not impressed. There's nothing it can do that the iPad can't - maybe except the blackberry phone to pad features which didn't even work because there was nothing to connect to! You would be out of your mind and have much disposable income to dispose of if you choose this gadget over an iPad. I know many will debate out it - but it's no contest. iPad 2 or iPad 1 wins. Ipad2 being king now.
People who buys these things will argue it's not suppose to be like an iPad - but that's the major problem with it - people want it to be like an iPad...hence you have all these "knock off" devices floating out on the market now.
I picked it up and immediately I noticed the back material was some sort of rubber - much like the ipad 1 apple designed case. But the entire device was small and rectangular. It was a like a huge car satnav. I picked it up and I didn't even know how to turn it on. It was at some contacts app screen and I wanted the web browser.
I looked for a home button and none to be found. I felt the top of the unit and I felt a button and pressed it it was volume up key. No go. Then I fiddled around more but still couldn't find out how the get to the browser. I tried pinching on the screen, nothing. I don't know how then I did it but I managed to get to the "desktop" by swiping something.
I started the web browser and loaded a page. This was all within about 30-40 seconds of rapidly figgiting with the damn thing. I was already turned off. Not to mention the smoothness of everything wasn't that bad, but if you have ever owned an iOS device, you know how fast and smooth and accurate it is. So obviously I had to compare and you know it just doesn't compare to an iOS device!
Overall, if I never owned an iPad, I would probably "think" about the blackberry playbook - because I would have no idea of how much awesomeness an iPad would be like. If I were that person, I'd probably already own a blackberry phone...so obviously I can't be pushed to something else.
If you have ever used an iPad extensively, you will never want to go to a playbook. Unless you want to go backwards in time. Nothing about the device is that "alluring" to me personally. I can think of 100 different ways to use the iPad and I was already fustrated with the playbook because it wasn't as intuitive as the iPad. Of course which I am basing my initial impression on!
bottom line - no way this thing will sell like how the iPad is selling. It's too small for my taste. Screen resolution is high density obviously with the screen size but other than that, the real estate on my ipad is way better than the high density smaller screen on the playbook. It's not like a retina display and overall I'm just not impressed. There's nothing it can do that the iPad can't - maybe except the blackberry phone to pad features which didn't even work because there was nothing to connect to! You would be out of your mind and have much disposable income to dispose of if you choose this gadget over an iPad. I know many will debate out it - but it's no contest. iPad 2 or iPad 1 wins. Ipad2 being king now.
People who buys these things will argue it's not suppose to be like an iPad - but that's the major problem with it - people want it to be like an iPad...hence you have all these "knock off" devices floating out on the market now.
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