Come on CrackBerry, convince me to give my money to RIM
First off, this isn't for me... it's for my Mother.
A bit of background, she's never owned a smartphone before, but is quite at home with feature phones and their OS's (Bada, S40). Also fine to operate a Windows 7 PC. So year, we're not talking complete tech incompetence here, but not tech mastery either. She has had a tablet before - a rather underwhelming Arnova with Android 2.3, but that broke, got the money back, and now there's money to spend on a new tab.
But that's where I get stuck. Do I go for the Kindle Fire, or the PlayBook? I'm pretty sure I know which answer you'll give, but give me reasons why. She has a LoveFilm subscription and uses iPlayer / 4oD and other catch-up TV services a fair bit, and would mainly use it for browsing. Not into social networking - at all - and has never owned a BlackBerry in her life. With this in mind, some other questions - how's battery life for streaming TV (I know figures are thrown around, but give me the real world usage). Any problems related to plugging it into a TV with an HDMI cable? Is there DLNA? What major advantages does it have over the Kindle Fire, and are there any major holes that I really need to know about?
And if you think the Kindle Fire is a better fit, be honest. I think the PlayBook probably has the edge, but the benefit of the camera is pointless, as are large storage options. Is the lack of iPlayer, Lovefilm and other apps a problem that halts your enjoyment at all, or is Adobe Flash just fine? Is it easy to get to a level of proficiency with the tablet - I realise the Kindle Fire is Android, so there's familiarity there.
So yeah, there it is. Fire away!
Re: Come on CrackBerry, convince me to give my money to RIM
Originally Posted by
Hammered Pizza Sounds good. Is browsing snappier with 2.0? On initial reviews it seemed to lag a bit, though that may have been because of JavaScript being enabled as default.
Is there DLNA (or something similar)? I don't think the Kindle Fire has it, but if the PlayBook does, it's a huge plus point.
The device can every laggy especially if you run more than one application. It has a outdated processor and insufficient ram. I wouldn't get one right now. For 349 you can get an iPad mini or even buy the new playbook it's got improved hardware.
Re: Come on CrackBerry, convince me to give my money to RIM
Playbook will be extremely out dated once bb10 comes out, I would only buy it if price is your only consideration.
Cons
Sub par hardware
Lack of apps as usual
Variety of lag due to low ram
Browser is very checkered at times
Most people break the charger port
Pro
Great design
Good build quality
Cheap, you get Alot for a hundred bucks
Nice user interface
Decent battery life
Very portable
Blackberry phone bridge
And fun to use
Re: Come on CrackBerry, convince me to give my money to RIM
Originally Posted by
Hammered Pizza In terms of apps, are there enough good apps that the important bases are covered? By this I mean news sites, well-known games (not immersive, high-graphics affairs - Angry Birds, Cut the Rope etc.).
No apps are lacking
Re: Come on CrackBerry, convince me to give my money to RIM
Originally Posted by
ubeda92 Add inthemix9 to the idiots list.
Twice, inthemix9 criticizes the PB's RAM, calling it "insufficient." inthemix9 recommends the purchase of the much more expensive ipad mini.
Guess what. The 16GB ipad mini reportedly has 512 megs of RAM. None of the PBs have less than 1 GB of RAM--Twice the amount of RAM of the 16 GB ipad mini.
inthemix9 states that the PBs will perform poorly with the BB10.
How does he know? Has he tested the final version of BB10 on a PB. Or did he pull that statement out of his ?
inthemix9 states that the PB is laggy when more than one app is open.
Perhaps inthemix9 would like to tell us which apps he has run simultaneously on a PB, and which OS version that PB had, so that we can determine if we share his experience. Otherwise, this statement is more nonsense.
I could go on and on regarding the drivel contained in inthemix9's posts, but I've already wasted too much time on that matter.
No you couldn't go on, infact you just copied and pasted my claim and added -NOT TRUE.
It's common sense that bb10 is going to be hardware dependant, so I'm not even going to discuss that.
IPad minis amount of ram is unknown I'd like a reference source that says it has 512mb please. Its also not how much ram you have it's what the Os does with it.
That being said, open up several browser pages then go play Asphalt 7. LAGGG.
Sorry for not providing you a biased review, I guess I should tell you it's flawless and you would not have any issues.