Re: should i get a PlayBook?
you seem to have described using the tablet as a work tool, which the playbook is perfect and was MADE for. no one is trying to be a fanboy here, but you are on crackBERRY, but I digress. I think the nexus is a formidable foe and id be lying if I said I didn't want one on launch. what with the quad-core processor and 12-core GPU and all. makes for a compelling buy. and that's what it is. compelling. a toy at best. aimed at gaming and (google) content consumtion. your app selection will of course be better with it but the app world for the playbook is an intriguing and growimg force, soon one to be reckoned with for sure. sorry for the opiniated editorial. bottom line, both tablets will do what you described, however the playbook was MADE for such tasks where as the nexus can perform them simply as a sidenote. hope I helped.
Re: should i get a PlayBook?
Originally Posted by
rkcmd my work would require me to read a lot of books, pdf's, and other documents, so that is my main concern. other's would be portability, sturdiness, (...)
As concerns pdf, the bundled adobe reader is really barebones, which the ipad owner earlier on correctly identified, but indeed you have a couple of very good third-parties, like e. g. the app wisely named "pdf reader", which handles bookmarking, annotations, remembers the place you were last time etc.
The same applies for most other fields: for instance the bundled docstogo app is a reasonable default for all microsoft formats, then you have Smart Office 2 that really sports better. Same fot file management, with excellent filemanagers available if you want to go beyond the ordinary use.
The result of all of this is, you can consider a dozen $/� in addition to the hardware cost, but IMHO it's almost better this way: because you have a choice.
I understand there is an area where the competition is better, which is professional photography: Adobe apps, for instance, are not available. You still can be an enlightened amateur with image processors handling up to curves adjustment, but it cannot be called "the standard" (for which anyhow you would want a larger screen)...
On"sturdiness" yes the playbook is definitely robust, hardware and software alike: imperturbable multitasking in a serious shell, which you really get used to.
Re: should i get a PlayBook?
I think playbook are inexpensive now so yiu cannot go wrong. more mature os, lot of issues fixed
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Re: should i get a PlayBook?
glad to have helped. and well you just described 99.9% of the current tablet population. tablets are computers, and like computers, no single one is perfect. and computers are often only as effective as the people using them. :p look, yes the playbook CAN be laggy, yes the apps CAN be overpriced (but on the same hand, the playbook is the only platform I have known to ever offer the high-end game Shadowgun completely free) and the battery life CAN suck. but much like blackberry phones, I have experienced better life out of my PB than any android tablet I've used. here's the deal, if you want apps, 7 useless homescreens and no REAL multitasking, go with android. if you wanna get things done and have a good time doing it, go with the playbook. I read somewhere that android is like a flashy sports car, sure it has more features and is bound to impress your friends, but the playbook is like a good ol' pick up truck, at the end of the day it has less bells and whistles, meaning less moving parts, and will always be there to do for you what you need it to.