Great harware and OS, but lacks much else...
Got it two days ago because QNX was promised by Amiga Inc, the company that got Amiga from Gateway after Commodore's crash and burn... QNX has true pre-emptive multitasking, as did the beloved Amiga. I KNEW I would be going back to that frustration: mainstream yawns, Apple users get great software, and we Amigan/Playbookers struggle with the likes of the Facebook App (go read the comments), no Kindle, no Netflix, no great Note Taking app, etc.
And I am having trouble figuring out how to do things, in spite of the great videos from RIM. They never mention just using your computer file system. And then, how do I look at the file system on the Playbook. I bought a couple of file utilities, but I do not even know what the QNX file system is like.
But what a beauty. Slim, sleek, and so responsive to the touch.
Commodore had a chance to get Lotus (then huge) on Amiga, but refused to pay the support price to Lotus. The had a version of Word Perfect, though. Nothing like what the Mac was offering out of the box.
IMHO, RIM should regard the Playbook as a home device, not a business device with some home stuff on the side. It should have shipped with Kindle, Netflix, etc. to establish itself in that market. Instead, I get the sense RIM expects the business side to power things. As a home user, I am a bit worried.
But what a beauty. Slim, sleek, and so responsive to the touch... The machine itself is a joy to use.
The future is bright.