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You hoped to eventually use Skype on the Playbook and some day you may. Doubtful but there is hope.
I understand assuming that a tablet from any manufacturer would have the ability to run Skype. What I don't understand is why didn't you return it immediately upon discovering that it wouldn't?
I bought a TV thinking (assuming) that it would play video from a USB drive. When I discovered that it would only play music and photos and not video I returned it and bought one that would.08-03-12 07:21 AMLike 0 - I purchased a 64G playbook hoping I could eventually use it on my travels and communicate via Skype. Rim spent a lot of time designing a machine than turned it into a play station.
Games might be great but there are all kind of machines right now that will do that for you. This was supposed to be a business machine and if you look at what is being advertised as far as apps are concerned, it's competing with Ipad for HD games.
Guess it's going to be the old Acer netbook as a travelling tool. It's an old machine but right now Playbook can't touch it.
Now seriously I think you are over reacting. there are many good productivity apps on Playbook. Many are not available in the app store and need to be sideloaded and work great with Playbook. It is obvious that Microsoft does not want Skype on another competition tablet ( I would bet that Android and Ios versions do not get frequent if any updates at all since MS took over at skype) as to Netflix or Hulu I am not suee why they do not want to support PB. it would make sense for them to support as many platforms as possible so something else needs to be going on
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What draws people into RIM's product is the perceived quality. You come to expect certain things, basic things really, be accomplished with a product from RIM. After all, they announced that PB can run most Android apps, but won't tell you about what you can install, and what won't work, until you ask, if you can find someone who can answer your questions (crackberry excluded).
As for flash, that's slowly going away with lack of supported mobile platforms now. You can still complain about it, but no one can do anything about it.08-03-12 08:52 AMLike 0 -
I'm glad to hear voices of reason.
This is exactly my point. Platforms that offer the most popular features make the most sales. . And we all want that right? I mean to say, the more revenue RIM makes from sales, the more it has available to spend on research and development and then better features trickle down to me and you, John Q. Consumer.
Skype is the most widely used videochatting platform... Kindle is the largest ebook seller.... And so forth. You draw in more sales by offering the most sought after features and/or products. Its the way business works.
Research, research, research and research before you buy. I got a Nexus 7 but knew that the Chrome browser wouldn't support flash before hand. So now I won't complaint about it.Last edited by kb5zht; 08-03-12 at 09:14 AM.
08-03-12 09:05 AMLike 0 - Oh yeas of course. It's a business machine but the most often talked about items coming out of RIM are games... How you explain that? You might try to use a little more intelligence and realize that many people communicate via conference calls instead of assuming it's to call home.08-03-12 04:43 PMLike 0
- Ok, now I've heard it all from the prophet - RIM will be trash because PB cannot "skype".
we all shall fall over ourselfes to consider lowering levels back down to Acer.
or am I reading it wrong - maybe its subtle irony?
meant to point out the absurdity of a lot of complaints if one (1) app is not running -
if so, brilliant job OP!
Damian08-03-12 04:49 PMLike 0 - Oh yeas of course. It's a business machine but the most often talked about items coming out of RIM are games... How you explain that? You might try to use a little more intelligence and realize that many people communicate via conference calls instead of assuming it's to call home.
I dont understand why people buy something for what it could potentially do instead of what it actually does. And then decide to complain that it doesn't do what they want. Are they just generally miserable, not happy unless they can be upset about something.
Simply put, you bought a product that didn't have the features you wanted out of the box because somewhere you gleaned that it will have said feature and your upset because its not there yet (BTW its not up to RIM to get Skype on the PlayBook, its MS. RIM can try to cut as many deals as they want but its ultimately up too the DEV of the APP) Get mad at RIM for your ignorance if you want but it was an easily avoidable situation, buy an Android or Apple tablet instead. Maybe instead of pissing and moaning here you could trade it up for something that does what you want.08-03-12 05:07 PMLike 0 - Get mad at RIM for your ignorance if you want but it was an easily avoidable situation, buy an Android or Apple tablet instead.08-03-12 06:21 PMLike 0
- I purchased a 64G playbook hoping I could eventually use it on my travels and communicate via Skype. Rim spent a lot of time designing a machine than turned it into a play station.
Games might be great but there are all kind of machines right now that will do that for you. This was supposed to be a business machine and if you look at what is being advertised as far as apps are concerned, it's competing with Ipad for HD games.
Guess it's going to be the old Acer netbook as a travelling tool. It's an old machine but right now Playbook can't touch it.Bobcat665 likes this.08-03-12 06:45 PMLike 1 -
No, you don't understand my frustration.....08-04-12 04:48 PMLike 0
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