Sorry but if you really cannot work with a Playbook after a few minutes Its you..Not it... Suggest you go on Ebay and buy an Etch-a-Sketch..... Find your'e comfort zone & be happy....
WildWeasel
It's actually a crying shame that there aren't any decent applications to take advantage of all that!... But don't worry, soon you'll be able to emulate some, however those will only run one at a time.
Change 'not any' to 'not many' and we are in complete agreement. It really is a shame...
Luckily that's just software & upgrades! The rest of PB is (/seems) future proof.
Most people don't expect a touch sensitive surface, because, this is a first generation device. Sooner or later into the future people will start expecting a touch bezel on every device. On another note, I find it common sense, after learning the fact that swipes from bezels work, to try to swipe from other directions and see what happens, what is NOT expected though is swiping from corners is different from swiping from the sides.
But to be honest, I don't care if it takes a bit of a learning curve no more than 5minutes to learn how to use a powerful feature that makes so much sense as swiping. Heck it takes a while to learn Macs after using Windows for so many users!