Originally Posted by
sophace Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but with the Playbook not being officially upgradeable to BB10 you might consider an alternative tablet and my vote went to the Microsoft Surface RT. If you haven't had a look at it, I suggest you do -
- great hardware (as long as you can get used to the bigger size)
- best browser hands down, believe it or not even better than the playbook's
- type cover keyboard works very very well - best cover keyboard integration I have seen to date
- Full Office included for free - Word, Excel, Power Point, OneNote, and Outlook!! (Outlook in the latest 8.1 preview) Really great if you want to get some work done on your personal tablet
- USB and HDMI out and SD card capable
- with a purchased app, its capable of playing 720p MKV's decoded in AC3 or DTS and outputs nicely via HDMI out to a flat screen - so nice to be able to do that.
- RT version is much lighter and has much better battery life than the Surface Pro (approx. 7-9 hours of battery life in my experience)
- it hackable so if you like to tinker its been "Jailbroken" and there is a community much like this one that works on hacks and apps
- can be had for cheap right now through some incentive discounts
IMHO a much better alternative to an iPad and Android Tablet, and since I have bought it I haven't touched the Playbook. To be fair, the cons are a lack of apps (heard that before) and the power charger and speakers could be better. It's not full blown Windows so it can't run standard x86 applications, but in turn you get better battery life and a lighter weight unit with the addition of not having the standard Windows OS virus concerns. Also, the ability to run Office and the fact its included for free is huge.
It's been getting a bad rap in the press, but its a every capable unit in my opinion and makes the iPad and Android tabs look like toys. Fire away with any questions you have and I'll try to answer.
Sophace