Love my PB even more...now that my wife got an iPad2
- I recently picked up my wife an iPad 2. She has never liked my beloved PlayBook and has been bugging me for one. I finally cracked the other day and got her one.
She opened her shiny new iPad up. Played around with it for a bit then decided to go to YouTube to check out some videos. Now, I bought her a wi-fi only iPad and not the 3G version.
She decided to click on a video to watch it and there was lag. She thought there was something wrong with it and wanted me to bring it back. I told her there is nothing wrong with it, but the video was loading. This particular 5 minute music video took around 3 minutes to load. I immediately thought my Wi-Fi was running slow at the time. She wasn't very happy to wait.
I then decided to do a little test for her. I pulled out my PlayBook, went to YouTube, and loaded the exact same video. It loaded and played instantaneously, without any lag or waiting time whatsoever. She thought our Wi-Fi had picked up speed again, so we decided to run a little test. The same video was loaded on her iPad and my PlayBook. Low and behold, the same thing happened.
I had a huge grin on my face and she didn't know how to respond. I wont even get into her loading web pages on her iPad and wondering why the Flash was not working but working on my PlayBook!!!
Thanks for reading everyone.01-09-12 02:49 PMLike 22 - so true so true
I'm one of the followers. Early adopters too. And with $800 invested in a POS, I finally tasted FLASH on a 7" and couldn't be happier - lack of apps and all.01-09-12 03:32 PMLike 3 -
- +1 on Flash vids
And for anyone who has NOT read this I think this is hogwash --> Apple's stance on Flash01-09-12 03:50 PMLike 0 - Flash-enabled websites is definitely a feature worth its weight in gold. But it is not the alpha and omega. There are so many apps that would make my Playbook so much more productive, and which are lacking so far, in spite of my flash-enabled browser. In fact, all of the apps I value the most are missing. No Kindle. No Netflix. No HBOGO. No Skype. None of my banking apps. No U-Verse. And to top it all off, no apps that allow me to remote into my work PC, even though this is a business-oriented tablet.
The choice between a flash-enabled browser and a tablet with an infinite universe of apps is an easy one for most people. If you have apps for every single site you visit, the need for a flash-enabled browser dwindles. They even have apps for porn sites; not that anyone here would ever indulge in that. I will admit that if I wasn't a Blackberry enthusiast, I would definitely be on the iPad bandwagon, even though I hate the control exerted by Apple over its products.
With apps, the slower speed of the bridge connection as compared to WIFI would not matter as much, since they are usually a cleaner, meaner and more efficient way of accessing content. Gotta have the apps. Hopefully they are on their way to fixing this problem with OS 2.0.Last edited by Barredbard; 01-09-12 at 04:31 PM.
01-09-12 04:22 PMLike 0 - I've done the same kind of side by side test with apple zombie friends a number of times. I must admit that I really enjoy the looks of disbelief and confusion they get on their faces. Almost every time they tell me that my PB is nothing like what they have read about it. I keep trying to tell them to spend a little less time worshiping at the alter of Jobs. Who knows, they just might find a few surprises.jamesbondOO7 and recompile like this.01-09-12 04:29 PMLike 2
- +1 on ^^^ I was one of those worshipers. Now I have an $800 paperweight
I miss the apps now, but I missed Flash even more with my iPadjustincase1911 and pantlesspenguin like this.01-09-12 04:37 PMLike 2 - I recently picked up my wife an iPad 2. She has never liked my beloved PlayBook and has been bugging me for one. I finally cracked the other day and got her one.
She opened her shiny new iPad up. Played around with it for a bit then decided to go to YouTube to check out some videos. Now, I bought her a wi-fi only iPad and not the 3G version.
She decided to click on a video to watch it and there was lag. She thought there was something wrong with it and wanted me to bring it back. I told her there is nothing wrong with it, but the video was loading. This particular 5 minute music video took around 3 minutes to load. I immediately thought my Wi-Fi was running slow at the time. She wasn't very happy to wait.
I then decided to do a little test for her. I pulled out my PlayBook, went to YouTube, and loaded the exact same video. It loaded and played instantaneously, without any lag or waiting time whatsoever. She thought our Wi-Fi had picked up speed again, so we decided to run a little test. The same video was loaded on her iPad and my PlayBook. Low and behold, the same thing happened.
I had a huge grin on my face and she didn't know how to respond. I wont even get into her loading web pages on her iPad and wondering why the Flash was not working but working on my PlayBook!!!
Thanks for reading everyone.
HAHAAHAH best post I read today. Love it. I can just picture u sitting there with that big smirk on your face from ear to ear lmfao01-09-12 04:38 PMLike 0 - I recently picked up my wife an iPad 2. She has never liked my beloved PlayBook and has been bugging me for one. I finally cracked the other day and got her one.
She opened her shiny new iPad up. Played around with it for a bit then decided to go to YouTube to check out some videos. Now, I bought her a wi-fi only iPad and not the 3G version.
She decided to click on a video to watch it and there was lag. She thought there was something wrong with it and wanted me to bring it back. I told her there is nothing wrong with it, but the video was loading. This particular 5 minute music video took around 3 minutes to load. I immediately thought my Wi-Fi was running slow at the time. She wasn't very happy to wait.
I then decided to do a little test for her. I pulled out my PlayBook, went to YouTube, and loaded the exact same video. It loaded and played instantaneously, without any lag or waiting time whatsoever. She thought our Wi-Fi had picked up speed again, so we decided to run a little test. The same video was loaded on her iPad and my PlayBook. Low and behold, the same thing happened.
I had a huge grin on my face and she didn't know how to respond. I wont even get into her loading web pages on her iPad and wondering why the Flash was not working but working on my PlayBook!!!
Thanks for reading everyone.01-09-12 05:04 PMLike 0 -
The choice between a flash-enabled browser and a tablet with an infinite universe of apps is an easy one for most people....They even have apps for porn sites; not that anyone here would ever indulge in that. ......Hopefully they are on their way to fixing this problem with OS 2.0.
Yes....OS 2. 0 will come along way to fixing this with the android player.01-09-12 05:09 PMLike 0 - For some of us (especially with kids), netflix is essential. As an active subscriber, I was looking forward to seeing movies on the pb's great screen. As it stands, our iPad2, samsung galaxy s II phone, Nintendo 3ds, Nook tablet, and TVs stream netflix, leaving the pb as the odd man out.
Don't get me wrong, I love having the pb and I show it off to friends and family when I can, but it has come back to bite me back at times, such as when coming off of a long sleep time, it won't reconnect to the router unless the router itself is reset, the browser closing all of a sudden when I'm trying to show-off flash, video chat not working on the beta os, and then of course the lack of apps (that's the trait I found most people know about the playbook)... if it wasn't for sideloading android apps, I wouldn't have much to show off, but when it does work, the pb does things better than most other tablets.
I just hope it will do more things come this February.01-09-12 05:50 PMLike 0 -
- It was pretty classic. Too bad not a lot of people know how really great the PlayBook is compared to the iPad and other tablets. They just have a pre-defined perception.jamesbondOO7 likes this.01-09-12 06:13 PMLike 1
- +1 on Flash vids
And for anyone who has NOT read this I think this is hogwash --> Apple's stance on Flash
It is amazing to me how many people fell for it, and still do. Nothing but brainwashing.
I said it before and say it again: The size of that thing and the price for it, might as well buy a netbook with a REAL browser an 10 times the storage and some serious processing power for the same money and same size. The iPad is the most pointless device out there, even if it sells by the millions. I just cannot see any sense in it myself.01-09-12 06:15 PMLike 0 - bb phones don't do flash - well that's why we got a playbook. Who wants to watch flash vids on a tiny screen with crappy speakers?
Tried the free one month Netflix trial - couldn't find anything worth watching - cancelled it.
So did several gigabillions others who didn't find it worth the price hike, sending their stock value plummeting. Ok gigabillions is an exaggeration..
Watching flash vids instead.
And I personally wouldn't load a Kindle app - I look at an LCD screen all day. No way do I wanna read for pleasure from one. Just my preference; to each their own.01-09-12 06:17 PMLike 0 - This is the Playbook forum right?
Anyhow my experience is I need to jailbreak my iPad to be useful in my life. Things were great too when Frash worked, bugs and all. But once I updated for added iOS features and lost Frash, all things went to sh*t. Life was miserable. When I needed a webpage at a moments notice, the darn "Install Flash" link popped up. I then gave up on the iPad.
Love my PB, however I must report my wife loves her iPad too. To each their own I guessdiego.roscetti likes this.01-09-12 06:25 PMLike 1 - For some of us (especially with kids), netflix is essential. As an active subscriber, I was looking forward to seeing movies on the pb's great screen. As it stands, our iPad2, samsung galaxy s II phone, Nintendo 3ds, Nook tablet, and TVs stream netflix, leaving the pb as the odd man out.
We have been exploring YouTube Movies lately, which is actually not too bad. And, in French, there is Tou.tv, which is also pretty good, although less so for kids' stuff. Looking forward to BlackBerry Video Storefront making it up here to provide an alternative, but I assume it will also be pay-per-play, so looking forward even more to either Netflix or some other subscription on-demand service to come to the PB.01-09-12 06:31 PMLike 0 - Wonder how many people on this thread were old timers who back in the day said I don't Flash on my Berry or who watches YouTube on a small screen?
I guess it all goes out the window when the screen is bigger? A lot of hypocrites in here IMO.
Then again I am sure those people that can't view flash content are just that.....content? Hysterical!
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk01-09-12 06:36 PMLike 0 - +1 on Flash vids
And for anyone who has NOT read this I think this is hogwash --> Apple's stance on Flash
Anyway, I'm sticking to my BlackBerry for a while still because in all, it still does everything I need it to do and more01-09-12 07:16 PMLike 2
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