I might consider it, but due to my financial constraints, I might not be able to get one and sell my 16GB playbook.
There is no guarantee the prototype 4G 16GB Playbooks will work with OS 2.1. The newer PB might have a different communications design than the old ones (which were scrapped remember).
The first purchasers will be commercial and gov't users before retail sales.
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And why would the governments of modern nations buy a playbook ??? For the mail and calendar ???
Anyway, for end users even at 200 $ it would not be worth it. Especially considering the price of data plans. And if you absolutely need data, you already have a phone anyway so...
And why would the governments of modern nations buy a playbook ??? For the mail and calendar ???
Anyway, for end users even at 200 $ it would not be worth it. Especially considering the price of data plans. And if you absolutely need data, you already have a phone anyway so...
Because even at $200 any 4G LTE tablet that you buy will require you to buy a data plan for it. Data is not free you know?
I'm really struggeling to see a reason for having a 4G PB considering how expensive data plans have gotten. Usually you have a phone with a data plan already. That might be just interesting for people that don't want a BB phone, or if you have plenty of money.
For the ones that don't want or have a BB phone, they usually don't want a PB either.
I will consider it since now that AT&T is going to be introducing a shared data plan similar to Verizon. I could use the 4G LTE for my emails and to be able to use the Remote Desktop App to access my office PC.
Why would you buy a PB 4G LTE when you get the Nexus 7 pretty much everything (except for the OS) for half the price?
Maybe just maybe not everyone is interested in getting a Nexus?
It's called having a choice.
Trying to compare the Nexus 7 to a Blackberry Playbook doesn't make sense either.
Imo you should compare a Nexus 7 to a Kindle Fire on price and features.
On a side note: I do hope RIM will postpone the 4G version till after BB10 actually comes out. BB10 should have to be priority number one!!
I hate to say but if the wifi playbook isnt quite yet up to snuff, neither will the lte radio enabled tablet. Just keep working on the OS and adding features RIM, and quit spreading your resources thin by branching out to new projects! Just concentrate on each project until you have got it right.
RIM is to release a major bit of new kit in 4 days but there has been no marketing? That tells me either:
The release date is bogus,
They don't want to tell anyone,
The Marketing department is still incompetent.
There is no mutual exclusivity with the enumerated reasons so none, one, two, or three of the listed reasons could be valid at the same time. The meaning of 'OR' in English is inclusive rather than the more restrictive exclusive-or 'XOR' which applies more often than not in mathematics given particular conditions. This lesson in grammar and logic brought to you by the letters 'O', 'R', and 'X', and Seasame Street.
The suggested price is usually way too high and should be corrected downwards.
So I'd relax and see what's heading our way. Certainly under new lead they'll make sure that they make the introduction phase as smooth as possible. Price can't be higher than any iPad equivalent in my opinion.