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Not to be negative
but you have to cut some folks some slack being impatient (like myself). I feel as if I went from a build that was inadequate (1696 - [something like that]) to a build that was inadequate and now buggy (1710). I didn't have any blatantly obvious bugs evident in my first build update but had several in 1710 (ie. video and pic not showing up after taken, cursor issues, apps crashing, etc.). In my opinion, I feel as if I deserve the right to be impatient.
I'm not going to return it, I know it will get better, but right now I sort of feel as If I've given RIM $750 for a playbook still on lay-away...04-29-11 01:52 PM - I agree that RIM needs to provide updates for the PB in a timely mannerNot to be negative but you have to cut some folks some slack being impatient (like myself). I feel as if I went from a build that was inadequate (1696 - [something like that]) to a build that was inadequate and now buggy (1710). I didn't have any blatantly obvious bugs evident in my first build update but had several in 1710 (ie. video and pic not showing up after taken, cursor issues, apps crashing, etc.). In my opinion, I feel as if I deserve the right to be impatient. My post was directed at the comment "All the OS updates have dried up and we are back in familiar territory with RIM devices." It has in reality been 8 days since an update. Im confident we will see another one shortly. Im not sure what the poster was expecting, daily OS updates?
We have to take into account that RIM isn't just going to do a build and post it up for us the same day. It needs to go through QA which at a minimum should take a few days before being pushed out the the general public.04-29-11 02:16 PM - Ah, okay. I see what you were referring to. I guess I had already discarded that comment from my memory.I agree that RIM needs to provide updates for the PB in a timely manner My post was directed at the comment "All the OS updates have dried up and we are back in familiar territory with RIM devices." It has in reality been 8 days since an update. Im confident we will see another one shortly. Im not sure what the poster was expecting, daily OS updates?
We have to take into account that RIM isn't just going to do a build and post it up for us the same day. It needs to go through QA which at a minimum should take a few days before being pushed out the the general public.
I also agree with your comment about putting any changes through QA should take at a minimum a few days, and I would say even weeks. But, and this is total speculation, I just have a feeling they've goofed and thrown in some old code along with the new (at least that is what I keep hoping is the case). Having improvements in some areas and complete regression in other areas that are completely unrelated seems a likely symptom of that (as I've witnessed being a developer myself). If that is the case, a simple "oops, we goofed! Download this update!" would suffice. Otherwise, it leaves me with a not-so-confident feeling in their QA department. That's where my impatience comes in..
I would have no issues getting a few 200-300mb updates in a matter of a week as long as it improved and didn't render the software unusable. Let's just hope it was an "oops", or at the least, they have whatever the issue is under control.
Only time will tell.. I just wish they'd hurry up about it.
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