Anyone knows if the Playbook will support a version of BB desktop manager/apploader so you can backup/restore data, install OS, back up apps etc? Personally I think it would be freaking great if it did..
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Is a Desktop Manager absolutely necessary? I'm running Linux, and I don't like using Windows, however, if I have to, I will install it in a Virtual Machine.
yes you are going to need desktop manager for some things i think, there is mass storage as far as i know but you still need the DM for backup and "syncing" of something if you choose
you might be able to get away with not using DM since the contacts and such are controlled by the phone.
For those that don't want to use it, then maybe online backup of things. But with a tethered blackberry, then just store you stuff on the playbook in folders you make and then keep copes on desktop or network drive.
Is a Desktop Manager absolutely necessary? I'm running Linux, and I don't like using Windows, however, if I have to, I will install it in a Virtual Machine.
While I can't speak for the PlayBook, for my Torch Desktop Manager is only for backups/syncing/tethering, and backups you can do with third-party apps (or just copy everything to a backup folder), tethering you could do just as well with a third-party app, and the PlayBook probably won't be able to do it until summer, and syncing isn't a requirement, it just makes it easier on the CPU to optimize movies as they're being transferred instead of in real time (it could just be the files I'd used though, and from the looks of it that shouldn't be a problem on the PlayBook)
Just my 0.02
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