buying wifi playbook - will it stay current
- I wan't to know more than I do - perhaps someone has this answer:
If I buy a wifi blackberry and tether it to my Verizon 9650 for 3G coverage, I assume I would then be able to surf web etc with 3G speed. Presuming BB finally gets it act together and releases LTE speed phones in 2012, is it safe to assume tethering the 2011 bought playbook with the LTE speed bb would allow for LTE speed web surfing etc on the playbook? Or is the pending Sprint 4G option the only announced way we will see 4G speed on a blackberry?
You can see where I am going with this - I wan't to jump on the playbook early, yet do not wish to be tagged with a 3g speed max device. I presume it will go as fast as the tethering bb phone will be equipped to 'let it' go.
Please confirm/deny/debate, thanks!01-16-11 01:36 PMLike 0 - ok, so the whole `4g` debate aside, im not sure what the limitations on bluetooth tethering are. id suggest that the rumored specs for newer BB`s show wifi hotspot capabilities which are going to be better.
so id say if you have a wifi hotspot phone, ditch the bluetooth connection and then you can run at the speed of your hotspot, which will be more based on your phone/signal01-16-11 02:00 PMLike 0 - ok, so the whole `4g` debate aside, im not sure what the limitations on bluetooth tethering are. id suggest that the rumored specs for newer BB`s show wifi hotspot capabilities which are going to be better.
so id say if you have a wifi hotspot phone, ditch the bluetooth connection and then you can run at the speed of your hotspot, which will be more based on your phone/signal01-16-11 03:18 PMLike 0 -
- I'm starting to understand, IMHO, it is bringing less to the table than the other tabs on the market at this time.01-16-11 03:37 PMLike 0
- Tethering with a 4g blackberry should work fine. All the phone is is a modem so whatever speed the phone can push to the pb it will support but you must also look at the bluetooth speed restriction of 3mb/s so that is what can slow you down not the phone but the bluetooth connection.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com01-16-11 03:41 PMLike 0 -
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com01-16-11 03:42 PMLike 0 - I agree. I have followed this thing too. No expandable memory was a no go right off the top. Don't get that, no matter what their excuse is. I also read that apps can only be installed through AppWorld at present too,WTF.01-16-11 04:12 PMLike 0
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I could live without the card slot. I'm not sure I can make do without exchange active sync
Also the iPad doesn't have card slot and it seems to do well although rumors are it will have one this go around01-16-11 04:25 PMLike 0 - What does that mean? Does it mean you'll have to hook your PB up to a computer to install apps?
I could live without the card slot. I'm not sure I can make do without exchange active sync
Also the iPad doesn't have card slot and it seems to do well although rumors are it will have one this go around01-16-11 04:34 PMLike 0 - A Look at the PlayBook Pairing Sequence With Your BlackBerry Smartphone | BlackBerrySync.com - BlackBerry News and Reviews
This is one of the articles I read.01-16-11 04:53 PMLike 0 - I didn't see where it said Apps would have to be downloaded via Appworld.
I'm not sure how App World works. Won't there be an App world app on the PB and you click it and then just download apps to the PB that way..
I hope you're not saying that App world won't be on the PB and you have to use a BB to transfer them to the PB.01-16-11 05:14 PMLike 0 - crapworld works on the device, it would actually mean you CANT install off the PC would be my guess. that also means you cant use mobihand or just a person personal website like in the past to get apps. BB wants a cut of all people buying stuff it would appear. I hope this is not true and also hope if its true that it will change very quickly to install from anywhere like you have now01-16-11 05:19 PMLike 0
- BlackBerry App World for BlackBerry PlayBook Revealed by Promotional Video
Here is another and in defense of all concerned it does state that "initially" apps will only come from AppWorld. So you will only get what is offered there.01-16-11 05:45 PMLike 0 - It's going to start like an iDevice (to build up momentum for the App Store), and then it'll allow sideloading/3rd party app stores in a future update.01-16-11 05:55 PMLike 0
- I probably should have rephrased that. I do believe that's how it'll start. Since I got my problem fixed on my BB, I see no need to load a hybrid OS so will be sticking to the normal official OS on that, and I won't be "jailbreaking" my PB either.01-16-11 06:00 PMLike 0
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- crapworld works on the device, it would actually mean you CANT install off the PC would be my guess. that also means you cant use mobihand or just a person personal website like in the past to get apps. BB wants a cut of all people buying stuff it would appear. I hope this is not true and also hope if its true that it will change very quickly to install from anywhere like you have now
also from the way its said it does sound like that`ll change down the line, but if its a paid app then appworld offers the vendor a better percentage anyways.01-16-11 06:09 PMLike 0
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