[kasinova]

So like does anyone know when the PlayBook will be arriving in South Africa? Its been a minute now

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[Angelo_Campher]

I had someone I know in the States buy one and ship it for me. I couldn't wait and I'm loving it, just wish the Bridge Browser were quicker. When I tether the normal browser is quite quick.

To answer your question... I suppose you would have to wait until July/August as South Africa is probably last in receiving new devices.

[Locksheema]

I had someone I know in the States buy one and ship it for me. I couldn't wait and I'm loving it, just wish the Bridge Browser were quicker. When I tether the normal browser is quite quick.

To answer your question... I suppose you would have to wait until July/August as South Africa is probably last in receiving new devices.

So a friend of mine was at The Good Food & Wine Show in Cape Town and apparently BB had a stall there with a PB.

He was told that it would be available across all major networks from July, and that it would be available with BIS for R399p/m. So bleak that I wasn't able to get there today.

Not sure how legit all the info is, but sounds great.

Does anyone know how it can be available with BIS with wifi only?

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[Angelo_Campher]

So a friend of mine was at The Good Food & Wine Show in Cape Town and apparently BB had a stall there with a PB.

He was told that it would be available across all major networks from July, and that it would be available with BIS for R399p/m. So bleak that I wasn't able to get there today.

Not sure how legit all the info is, but sounds great.

Does anyone know how it can be available with BIS with wifi only?

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Not a chance. You cannot get BIS without having a sim card in the device. The rep was probably confused and don't you think R399 is bit much for BIS?

What I do see happening, is networks offering the PlayBook along with Huawei E5838 MiFi modem for about that price with a 1Gig cap.

[Locksheema]

Not a chance. You cannot get BIS without having a sim card in the device. The rep was probably confused and don't you think R399 is bit much for BIS?

What I do see happening, is networks offering the PlayBook along with Huawei E5838 MiFi modem for about that price with a 1Gig cap.

I didn't mean R399 for the BIS, it was apparently for the PB on a contract with BIS incl. I also thought of mifi, 'cause there is no chance of having a 3g or 4g PB here for our release.

How are you finding the bridge browser (is it as slow as a lot of folks say?) etc. I'm desperate for one, but am starting to consider waiting for the 3g/4g version. However if it runs fairly well of my bis contract (Vodacom), then hey, why wait?

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[Angelo_Campher]

The Bridge Browser is slow as **** and doesn't load the majority of the pics on a page. I find it really strange because the normal browser works quite well when I tether instead of bridge to my phone. Only problem is when I tether the phone goes into modem mode and I don't receive emails and BBMs.

I'm hoping that Bridge Browser and Bridge Files gets some serious attention with this much talked about future update. Email, Calender and BBM work like a charm for me though and I've not had any of the issues discussed in this forum.

I just find carrying around the MiFi modem a pain as it is another device I have to lug around.