- You realize that the iPhone 4S was the fastest selling gadget ever right LOL
Apple's iPhone 4S sales heading for new gadget world record | Technology | The Guardianfbloise likes this.12-27-11 01:09 PMLike 1 - me: let me show you what it can do..
i start going through all the swiping and multitasking abilities, picture menus ,video menus, Hd video i had just recorded,changing screen settings, at a very quick pace just to show how easy it is to use and how quick you can get in and out of settings menus etc..while listening to music all along. I even stopped to take a picture of my daughter playing with one of her toys in the middle of all this (which took a few seconds)
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- I can't imagine those other forums having threads that mention the PlayBook in the title, so there really wouldn't be an opportunity to post how great the PlayBook is in a forum called "Xoom FTW" or "iPad rulz" or whatever.12-27-11 01:38 PMLike 0
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- sorry but the only examples ive seen of 'mulitasking' is people playing videos in the background while doing something else. i fail to see why i would ever want to do this on my tablet. i guess because the video player is so horrible that when you stop it, it doesn't actually remember where you last left it.
flash support is dead. no more mobile devices will even have it seeing as adobe killed it off because it was literally going nowhere. another bumbling mistake by RIM who say they're going to continue with their OWN flash development. LOL.
HDMI out? buy a $20 adapter for the ipad/iphone/whatever. problem solved. but its also pointless since you can just wirelessly stream audio/video directly from the ipad/iphone anyway and without an apple tv/airplay device as well.12-27-11 02:40 PMLike 0 - Some are really kidding themselves here. The iPad, although a great device, lacks the specs of it's counterparts. It has a marvelous ecosystem and the name Apple attached to it but that is where it ends.
All these companies shoving tablets out of the door need to realise one thing and one thing only. The majority don't want tablets... They want iPads.
For what reason I do not know but it is the reality of the matter. Apple can manufacture a block of wood with the Apple logo on it and still out sell the PlayBook. Go figure!
There's not much PB beats IPad 2 spec-wise. In fact, most tablets have similar specs, but that's where similarities end.
Also, I don't understand people bashing Apple and its products either. They have good products, and pioneered in recent smartphone and tablet market. Their products are hardly blocks of wood.12-27-11 02:43 PMLike 0 - That would be the fifth prime root of the natural logarithmic function applied to the inverse square of the quadratic roots of the number of posts added to one-half of that value multiplied by x-squared summed before subtraction from the centurion value of economic currency of the chief benefactor of World War II.12-27-11 02:47 PMLike 0
- I have everything, PlayBook, iPad, and Kindle Fire, but my girlfriend, JUST has a PlayBook. My favorite is the PlayBook, BUT the Kindle is getting the most use right now because it's the new kid on the block.12-27-11 02:49 PMLike 0
- If the PLAYbook has a good selection of good apps, what do you call the iPads app selection? Relatively speaking the iPad is leaps and bounds better, and other features such as AirPlay the PLAYbook can not touch and never will, even basic features such as email and reading books on the PLAYbook leave much to be desired.12-27-11 03:12 PMLike 0
- congratz, u know there are apps too for the blackberry.... i bet u only got apples in ur fridge, who cares what u think, many people said that the iphone 4s was boring, what the are u doing on a blackberry forum anyway?12-27-11 03:24 PMLike 0
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I got myself a Playbook this weekend and I couldn't be happier. First, for all the things I can do with it (such android apps, excellent browser with FLASH) and second, for the price I paid for it. �169 doesn't seems like a bad deal (compared to �399 for an iPad 2).
I can even watch any movie type (xvid, avi, mkv) without "an app" or codecs, dragging the files from my PC to the Playbook without some sort of "bridge app" like iTunes...12-27-11 03:24 PMLike 0 - sorry but the only examples ive seen of 'mulitasking' is people playing videos in the background while doing something else. i fail to see why i would ever want to do this on my tablet. i guess because the video player is so horrible that when you stop it, it doesn't actually remember where you last left it.
flash support is dead. no more mobile devices will even have it seeing as adobe killed it off because it was literally going nowhere. another bumbling mistake by RIM who say they're going to continue with their OWN flash development. LOL.
HDMI out? buy a $20 adapter for the ipad/iphone/whatever. problem solved. but its also pointless since you can just wirelessly stream audio/video directly from the ipad/iphone anyway and without an apple tv/airplay device as well.
it sucks that the ipad has no flash support right? so u gotta say to playbook users that flash is dead? i think its pretty much alive sijce i can watch youtube videos or any other videos with my flash supported playbook browser.
the adaptor thing was one of the most ******** things ive ever heard, if the playbook didnt had that hdmi port i could buy an adaptor for the micro usb port but guess what? my playbook HAS an HDMI portsir.dangerfield likes this.12-27-11 03:30 PMLike 1 -
Gone back looking for FFmpeg based solution like AirVideo. Still looking...12-27-11 03:30 PMLike 0 - why cant u ppl admit that the playbook is really good, does it hurts? you know this post is ridiculous, the multitasking is pretty useful for tablet users, oh im sorry, i forgot that doing more than 1 thing at a time can damage ur brain.
it sucks that the ipad has no flash support right? so u gotta say to playbook users that flash is dead? i think its pretty much alive sijce i can watch youtube videos or any other videos with my flash supported playbook browser.
the adaptor thing was one of the most ******** things ive ever heard, if the playbook didnt had that hdmi port i could buy an adaptor for the micro usb port but guess what? my playbook HAS an HDMI port
All OSes tablets are based on - QNX, Linux, BSD are all fully capable multitasking OS. Multitasking at application level are available on all platforms too.
Flash is dead in mobile world since Adobe ended support for it. However, it still lives on and PB will definitely benefit from this, as long as vendors continue support for Flash and this is one area PB excels and presents its usefulness today. But again many Android tablets support flash.
You still need an HDMI adapter (micro HDMI to regular) or special cable for PB, just like everyone else.12-27-11 03:47 PMLike 0 - I prefer quality over quantity. In response to your question, I would say Apple has over 90% crap in their app store. Did you buy the $700 iPad and fill it to the rim with as many apps as possible? Most people I talk to use much less than 20 apps. The PB can browse anywhere with no extra plan, has Flash, HDMI, the smoothest multi-tasking, all the Bridge functions, better PPI, better audio, is the only tablet that can be used by government officials, AND It has great QUALITY apps. To me, Apple having support from the big app developers like Rovio is the only thing Apple had going for them. Now that those same developers are joining the RIM/BBX party, it gives us RIM fans the best of both worlds.12-27-11 03:58 PMLike 0
- I went over to the Apple forum counterpart of this site to find out some info for a friend here at work about the new 4s sub-par battery life when it first came out. The very first post I saw on the list was something like "Did you trade your BlackBerry for a new iPhone 4s?". It was a non-stop BlackBerry bashing fiasco with pages and pages and pages of hate spewing Apple people. I considered adding my 2 cents, but stopped. I decided I'd never come back to this site again - even for legitimate information gathering for a friend who happened to have an Apple product.
Unless you actually have a BlackBerry product with an actual need in mind, why on earth would you be here? Granted there is a lot of CrackBerry folks tearing down Apple products and maybe you feel the need to defend them, but to what end?
I won't ever buy an Apple product for several reasons, none of which relate to how good a product it is. That really isn't a debate because the product is pretty good. Very attractive form factor, easy to use for the clueless, supported with apps by everone and their grandmother and marketed remarkably - so much so that even tots want the product.
I won't buy them because of their slave labor manufacturing process and their strong-arm manipulation of suppliers requiring them to reveal their profit margin on component bids. There are more well-documented unsavory business practices by Apple. Kind of the Wal Mart of the tech world. Horrible.
I like the fact my new BlackBerry Torch 9850 was not made in China, but in Mexico - a neighbor that needs all the help they can get right now. It probably means a bit more quality issues, but mine has been flawless to date. My guess is some of the components originate from China, but at least there wasn't a kid with bleeding fingers installing the faceplate of my Torch.
Beyond all of that, I enjoy being the "black sheep" among my friends. I like explaining why I don't have an iPhone and never will. I like showing them that my Torch can do all the key things their iPhone can do (plus a few cool additional things theirs cannot). I like showing them that my PlayBook can surf the internet when I'm away from WiFi and I don't have to pay $30 a month for the privelege. The friends that have listened to me instead of the crowd and got new BlackBerry phones have been my best friends (and we have the BBM advantage) and have thanked me for it. Besides, they get me, their on-call tech guy who they can reach via BBM 24/7.
Sure, I wish I could play Words with Friends on my PlayBook with my iPad friends, but hey, it is probably just a matter of time.hpjrt likes this.12-27-11 04:04 PMLike 1 -
My wife's happy with her iPad, I'm happy with my BB/PB combo. She feels complete (she never even activated 3G on hers). I fell complete with Bridge network support, and FLASH.
And before I got the tempting-priced Playbook at $200 I didn't even know I missed flash so bad I've since updated to 32GB and thinking about getting a 2nd refurb, because this lil thing is such a steal for all this power at such a low price
Anybody here wanna buy my iPad 1 32GB, 8mo left on Apple Care Protection? Jailbroken at 4.3.4 untethered Redsn0w w/multitask gestures. Apps include:
Navigon 2.0
Installous 4
iFile w/full Dropbox support
SlingPlayer 1 (for older Slingboxes)
Skype
Netflix
Tune-In Radio
Tunemark
and 2GB data left on data plan (it auto renewed on me and I have not used it in 2 weeks)
See?? I'm willing to give all this crap up because I have a $200, 7" tablet Bridged to my phone, multitasks well, full HD support to TV, that HAS FLASH!! (if I could make this blink in bright colorful letters I would)swiftex likes this.12-27-11 04:13 PMLike 1
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