WSJ: Ipad 2 in production and features Facetime, faster cpu

[akugami]

Whats with the interest in RIM's Playback? Every preview of it has been very lackluster, battery issues, almost no apps, etc.

The Android tablets are going to be the ones to look at. Not necessarily the Xoom, but there's going to be Android tablets from every manufacture out there. Lots of competition. Hopefully, some will be smart and make WiFi only versions.

Probably cause the interface looks interesting. That's about the only reason I even read the news about RIM's Playbook.

To be honest, the high resolution screen of the iPhone 4 has ruined me. Any tablet I buy definitely has to have a high res screen. The iPad 2 was rumored to have one but now it's rumored to be for the iPad 3. No iPad 2 for me. If a comparable Android tablet comes out with high res screen and similar battery life to the iPad 1, then I'm in.

Incredible performance, desktop like browsing experience, POSIX compliant, good screen & pixel density, attractive interface, compact size, Flash.

I don't see how it could be seen as lackluster. I'm a major fan of Android but so far I have been more impressed by the Playbook than anything I have seen running honeycomb.

Also I'm pretty sure the battery issues were just a bunch of fanboys spreading FUD.

I think the Playbook performance is to a degree because of the dual core ARM CPU. Android tablets with similar CPU's should perform similarly. Android also supports Flash and should have 3rd party browsers like Firefox.

I'm keeping up with news about the Playbook because I always keep an open mind (contrary to what others may think). And as interesting as it looks, I think that Android tablets are more interesting. Mainly because of the wider support because at the end of the day I think all modern mobile OS's will have a similar level of usability, much like MacOS vs Windows. Each will still have it's quirks but most consumers similar won't care. So for most, after hardware specs, it comes down to app support.