Im my opinion the playbook is a fantastic product and useful tool. The issue is the market did not and still does not appreciate so BB has placed it on the backburner. Is it dead lets all hope not there are an amazing array of function that I use the Playbook for every day. My only real grype right now is that BB has not updated the android runtime which would allow me to port many of the apps primarily news services that I use on my Z10 and mac.
Let us all reach out to BB and say save the playbook its a great tool that just has not been marketed well.
all the best
CO