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Before i purchased my PB -- which is my first tablet of any type -- I was not impressed and therefore not motivated to that end. I always managed to get most of my what I needed to get done on my BB. However, i have ad to make several trips to Europe and found myself in spotty wifi areas which rendered my laptop useless for internet connections. i did my best to tether my laptop to my BB but it was never what I expected.
When I bought my PB from a friend for a very good price I was impressed by the speed and functionality of the Bridge (so awesome) and the perfect size of the PB. I have since been learning more and therefore doing more on my PB than previously on my BB as well as my laptop. Do I need my laptop? Certainly. But now I have a greater sense of freedom and flexability with the PB and the Bridge and do not have to go through the trouble of tethering. Now I have "assisted" two friends in taking advantage
of the great sale prices and now and at least partially responsable for three PB's to be in the hands of users.10-04-11 12:53 AM - Hello all. I am a long time BB user, but a new PB owner and a first time poster. I recently purchased a 16 GB PB at Staples (great price) for use in my Engineering business. I have a Killer ASUS laptop for heavy duty engineering and CAD applications, but wanted something to carry with me when I am not in the office. What intrigued me about the PB is the idea of taking drawings (pdf's) with me as I travel around throughout the day. Whether it is to a meeting or a job site, I have active projects, emails ,notes and my schedule at my fingertips. Recently, I was at one job site when another client called to ask a question about his project. He was in the field and the contractor had a question about a notation on the plans. I went the project folder on the PB, opened the pdf and was able to answer his question. No lost time for him and a happy client for me.....Also, I documented the conversation on my calendar and continued with the job site meeting already underway. What a time saver. Couldn't be happier.
10-04-11 06:56 PM - This is my first and probably only tablet ever. I begged and wished for it for my birthday, and my wish came true. If RIM abandons the tablet market, I will continue to use my PlayBook until it literally can't function anymore; like trying to use an old Pentium II processor to run anything from the web nowadays! Who knows, it might get a cult following of underground developers to make cool and innovative apps for it at that point.
I have no regrets with mine. I couldn't care less about having 300,000 game apps to play on it. There are a lot of educational apps for it. I like learning something new (or old) more than playing games. And I'd have to be bored out of my mind to want to sit around watching movies on it. The biggest use I see for that is on a rainy day while camping; and then bye-bye battery.
It's perfect for pulling up stuff on the fly while on the go versus fumbling around with my phone. Bridge fracking ROCKS!!! All the folks who complain about Bridge can just eat a fat one! When I got my 9850, I was playing with that more for a few days because it's an awesome phone and the browser on it is immeasurably better than on OS5. But I found myself coming right back to the greatness that is my PlayBook!Last edited by tayl0rd; 10-05-11 at 05:38 PM.
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and the playbook was on sale, I went ahead and bought one. Now he argues with me because I pay little attention to him now that I have "My Girl" (the name of my Playbook).
