Just bought a Playbook for my wife's birthday, now what?!
Hey guys,
My wife's birthday is coming up and I decided to get her a tablet. It was a hard choice, but at the end of the day getting a 32GB tablet with a rock solid build quality, a good OS( and a even better one coming with BB10) for $140 was too good to pass up. I have to admit though, I partially got it because I am very intrigued by BB10, but since I recently switched carriers and bought a Galaxy S III I won't be able to pick up one of the two phones being released next year...so I'm hoping to get my BB10 fix via the playbook.
Before the PB arrives, I was hoping I could figure out a few things so that I can give her the best experience possible (this is also her first tablet btw).
She is currently a nursing student and is in love with Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Are the preinstalled apps for the first three the best ones available, or should I download some alternative apps? And while I know there is no instagram app available for the playbook, are there any apps which she can use to edit photos in an "Instagram-like" way and then email to herself?
For her classes its vital that she is able to view and edit powerpoints, and record lectures. I remember reading about a preinstalled app that allows you to view/edit MS Word & Powerpoint files, does it work well?
Also, what is the "ideal" OS version to be on? I was browsing through these forums and read quite a few posts from people who have noticed a decrease in performance with the latest upgrade. Is this still an issue?
Any other tips or words of advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Re: Just bought a Playbook for my wife's birthday, now what?!
I find the facebook app a little bit too laggy, for twitter you can use the browser or a third party app(I use blackbird, blaq and lemma), the youtube app works nicely:), but sometimes I prefer to use the browser for viewing videos(mostly when I want to play a video multiple times), there are some instagram-like apps(InstaPhoto comes to mind) the ones that i've tried allow to save the pictures and sharing them to facebook or twitter
Re: Just bought a Playbook for my wife's birthday, now what?!
I think the answer to what now? is.....
Better get yourself one if you want to really keep your wife happy:D
Re: Just bought a Playbook for my wife's birthday, now what?!
Originally Posted by
Fosse Why did you buy her a Playbook? Seriously?
Maybe because it's a great and cheap device that will have BB10 and does everything his wife needs? just saying:rolleyes: