Anyone own a PlayBook?

[Pliablemoose]

They're $200 this weekend, just re-read Anand's review, just can't pull the trigger.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Holy shit, was browsing CrackBerry's Playbook forums, they should be $75...

 

[3chordcharlie]

It's *much* better than any other $199 tablet. But 6 months in they have't delivered the functionality they claimed would take 6 weeks. And the next software delay isn't scheduled for another 3 months. If you're a BB-user already, it's already a good product, I use one pretty regularly.

If you're buying as standalone, well, it does have a great web-browser and pretty good cameras.

 

[ponyo]

Holy shit, was browsing CrackBerry's Playbook forums, they should be $75...

why?

This price cut is too late for me. RIM is late to the party with the price drop. Now there are plenty of cheap tablet options. I would've been willing to put up with the Playbook and its shortcomings months ago but not now. There are better options now for the same or even cheaper price. Touchpad, Kindle Fire, and Nook tablet are all better options IMO. We should soon see discounted Android Tegra2 tablets like the Transformer, Iconia, Thrive, etc in the $200s soon.

 

[3chordcharlie]

why?

This price cut is too late for me. RIM is late to the party with the price drop. Now there are plenty of cheap tablet options. I would've been willing to put up with the Playbook and its shortcomings months ago but not now. There are better options now for the same or even cheaper price. Touchpad, Kindle Fire, and Nook tablet are all better options IMO. We should soon see discounted Android Tegra2 tablets like the Transformer, Iconia, Thrive, etc in the $200s soon.

If you want a $200 tablet right now, today, PB is the most capable device.

*Maybe* Touchpad would be a reasonable option, but they don't exist anymore at retail.

 

[Pliablemoose]

http://forums.crackberry.com/blackb...nd-playbook-your-family-friends-redux-671232/

 

[shortylickens]

If you dont feel like re-reading all the other threads heres a stripped down consensus of opinions:
Hardware and OS are superior to anything out there, but the lack of basic apps and weak market and the already overcrowded tablet world means this sucker is too little, too late. In fact they are unofficially canning this project and moving on to other things, much like HP and the Touchpad.

 

[Imp]

Si. I paid the original $500 in April, and have charged it maybe 3 times - I have NOT been using it plugged in...

I'd like to think that I'm just not a tablet person, but the gimped functionality does play a role. Apps are lacking, the screen size isn't optimized for reading documents (too short in landscape format, too narrow in portrait) - transfers to webpages. I love the cameras and have found some use for it at work taking pictures so I don't have to write things down... Going to bring and leave it at work, see if I can get some more use.

For $200, maybe, but for $200 = 50% price cut, I'd be more worried that they're about to dump the product line. May as well get a Kindle Fire if I wanted to surf, or an iPad 2 if I want a bigger screen.

 

[MrX8503]

If you dont feel like re-reading all the other threads heres a stripped down consensus of opinions:
Hardware and OS are superior to anything out there, but the lack of basic apps and weak market and the already overcrowded tablet world means this sucker is too little, too late. In fact they are unofficially canning this project and moving on to other things, much like HP and the Touchpad.

That's too bad and another one bites the dust. The playbook and touchpad could have been great, but the support for them were really poor.

 

[3chordcharlie]

That's too bad and another one bites the dust. The playbook and touchpad could have been great, but the support for them were really poor.

Touchpad launched directly into iPad's market, with fewer features. I think this was a mistake, especially lacking any truly killer features or apps on launch day.

I played with one, and it *could* have been very good. But there were definitely some issues with really smooth operation, and some weird browser behaviour. I didn't much like how it handled pdf either.

That being said, I would own one if I hadn't slept in on discount-day.