I went to buy an Acer Iconia A100 and came home with my second Playbook

**majorusa** · 04-03-2012, 02:27 PM

True story. You know that I was one of the most vocal complainers about the PlayBook. You can check why here: Why Buy a Playbook

To keep the story short the iPad due to lack of flash became very quickly useless in watching captioned TV series streaming on the net. Most sites offering these services were using flash players. So I decided to buy a new tablet for my wife with the sole purpose to surf the net and watch movies streaming from sites using Adobe flash. I did want to be a cheap tabled because of this limited purpose.

I searched the net, and my choice was Acer Iconia A100. I went to the store, played a bit with it and took a box from the shelf. It was the wrong color. So I started to look for an Iconia with grey case color. And there it was: two 16GB PlayBooks sitting on the shelf next to the Iconias. There was no price for it so I asked the clerk how much was the PB? Same price as the Iconia.

Having my PB at home, which offers a superb web browsing experience, I could not resist. So I ended with my second PB. My wife received the tablet, bridged her BB Bold and started to read the e-mail. It was like a natural thing to do.

What changed from my above post, until now? First of all, Docs2Go is functional. You can seriously use it. Second, I discovered that though I do not have a BB phone, the e-mail app is really great at consolidate all my e-mail accounts in one window. The web browsing is solid, and finally, I can trade directly from my PB. Trade what? Forex!

Last but not least Kobo and Zinio are a big plus, and the AppWorld started to be populated with interesting apps.

I would have never guessed that after five months of frustration, I will become the happy owner of a second PlayBook. But what would life be without surprises?

**joeystorm33** · 04-03-2012, 02:33 PM

I currently have the ipad 2 but I'm not sure if I should buy the playbook, both my dad and brother have one and look awesome, but I'm not sure if I should get one too ? Is bb bridge actually good ?

**finkle56** · 04-03-2012, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by joeystorm33

I currently have the ipad 2 but I'm not sure if I should buy the playbook, both my dad and brother have one and look awesome, but I'm not sure if I should get one too ? Is bb bridge actually good ?

Works as advertised. Unfortunately, the apps are coming but a bit slow or just ported. I find I game more on my playbook and use it more then this desktop I am typing on. My next purchase will be a keyboard as I have grown tired of typing long stuff out on the screen. I just can't get away from a physical keyboard, probably why I love blackberrys so much.

**Denus** · 04-03-2012, 02:58 PM

I bought a second PlayBook too: one for me, one for my little daughter (she's watching baby tv cartoons and playing little games for kids on it).
Didn't knew anything about this tablet a couple of months ago, and now I'm addicted.
Sure there's not that many good apps and games on it, but the collection we have right now should be enough for a while.

**RoseBud68** · 04-03-2012, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by joeystorm33

I currently have the ipad 2 but I'm not sure if I should buy the playbook, both my dad and brother have one and look awesome, but I'm not sure if I should get one too ? Is bb bridge actually good ?

Go over to there place & have a go at it. I'm sure once you see how well it works you will want one.

**PatrickMJS** · 04-03-2012, 04:08 PM

Really pleased to read your story. I sure hope word eventually gets around so the PB will take off and be adopted by a significant number of users. I'm optimistic, especially after reading your story.

**kbz1960** · 04-03-2012, 04:21 PM

Wow. Shows that not all things are what you hear they are.

**robtanz** · 04-03-2012, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by joeystorm33

I currently have the ipad 2 but I'm not sure if I should buy the playbook, both my dad and brother have one and look awesome, but I'm not sure if I should get one too ? Is bb bridge actually good ?

I think the bridge is a fantastic feature. I mostly have wifi access but in the odd times that I don't the bridge is a quick and reliable way to get my email and even surf. Also gives you the BBM access that is so far lacking natively.

**Steel361** · 04-03-2012, 06:29 PM

To get a second playbook for my wife and a bb phone for myself but I don't know what model of phone to get, I've seen one that I liked but I don't know the model number all I know is that it looks like the pearl with the long screen very nice phone

**robtanz** · 04-03-2012, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by Steel361

To get a second playbook for my wife and a bb phone for myself but I don't know what model of phone to get, I've seen one that I liked but I don't know the model number all I know is that it looks like the pearl with the long screen very nice phone

I don't know what phone you are referring to, but I recommend the 9900/9930.

**davefootball123** · 04-03-2012, 07:29 PM

I was going to buy the iconia a100 but for 50 dollars cheaper i got a better, faster, tablet. And in my opinion a tablet with a better os that is more intuitive and fluid. Also the free modern combat 2 and asphalt 6 was not a bad deal either

**bitek** · 04-03-2012, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by joeystorm33

I currently have the ipad 2 but I'm not sure if I should buy the playbook, both my dad and brother have one and look awesome, but I'm not sure if I should get one too ? Is bb bridge actually good ?

go for it. you will be surprised how much fun it is and yes bb bridge is awesome.