The phone app was also written in air.
The phone app was also written in air.
Well said
I'm sure they're visually familiar, yes. But I'm also pretty much certain most of that, if not all of it, had to be rewritten, especially since only the Settings app remains in Adobe AIR, while practically everything on the PlayBook is in AIR. Phone app might be AIR as well (though gestures seem to work in it, it's just very slow), but there was no phone app on the PlayBook in the first place.
Have mine since Feb 17th with no issues! Never owned an I phone. Loved the I pod but once I woke up to the Apple I tunes scam I bailed on all things apple.
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I have felt that RIM have actually resolved a lot off niggles and issues in a short space of time. They take a lot on board and listen to the communities.
I have never encountered random rebooting issues. The only real issue I have is every so often the device has difficulty shutting the wifi connection down if I drive away from my house. It's happened twice and a simple reboot fixed it. But never had a random reboot and I have had this phone since pretty much UK launch, I was a few days off it.
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Never had a issue here
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So besides the physical similarities and visual similarities, and that the both use the same basic os, they are quiet different :)
All 3 playbooks I personally own are more stable though.
You're taking your own experiences out of context. Not everyone has issues with their z10s. Mine has not restarted once. As for that black screen I think its the same thing I encountered the phone gets stuck in lock. I just press the power button and choose lock from the options and then I just unlocked my phone like usual and it works fine.
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The same "basic OS" would be a lot more meaningful if this weren't a microkernel, but because it's a microkernel, that "basic OS" only makes up a tiny portion of everything. All the drivers, core components, memory management, and so on are all separate, and likely had to be modified for the Z10's hardware as well (or optimized from lessons learned on the PlayBook).
My PlayBook has probably been slightly more stable as well however, but a hell of a lot more sluggish. And when something does go wrong, it doesn't take my Z10 4 minutes to reboot :p
There's nothing "new" about the car industry either and cars get recalled all the time for defects. Your argument doesn't hold water.
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Is comparing the PlayBook to the Z10 like comparing iPod to the iPhone?
Even though they are based on the same code, I'm pretty sure there are much more features and code on the phone version to worry about.
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Attacking his username huh? real smooth....
my Z10 works fine....canadian carrier since release day....
I'd say it's an even bigger difference than that. The iPhone effectively builds upon the code of the iPod Touch (or vice versa, the iPod Touch uses dumbed-down iPhone software, whichever way you want to look at it), while the Z10 took the PlayBook's microkernel, some visual cues, and threw everything else out the window. Might be a little oversimplified, but that's the best I can put it.
It's not a real thread until th kernel makes an appearance. :)
Seriously though, hold your z against your pb and see if you can spot the differences
I know, the hardware design is similar, granted. But the majority of the issues I'm hearing are software-based, so personally I'm not too concerned about the hardware. In fact, I love the hardware.
What?? Cars get recalled all the time.
I am not making excuses for BB and I own no stock in the company.
I do, however, work with software for a living and sorry but that is how it is. New releases = BUGS. Period and not avoidable.
As for iPhone being released with no bugs, BS! iPhone has had it's share of bugs and fixes.
Where do you get that it did not?
If you are going to make a statement, be able to back it up. I will back up my statement if you like. What bug would you like me to list first? The iOS 6.1.2 one? I can go on if you want.
It's not meant to justify the issues, it is merely a fact being stated.
Similar or identical?
I own an iPhone 5 and it's got major wifi connectivity problems, apps and web browser freeze all the time. I'm sick and tired of iOS and making the switch to Blackberry in a few weeks. I live in Canada and know quite a fe people who own the Z10. None have rebooting issues Still don't know if I will go for the Z or the Q yet...
Thought we are talking about the OS not the hardware
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Why does that mattter? It's pretty well known that many are having reboot issues. No matter how many "mine has been issue free" posts there are, the fact will not change that the phone has a defect that is affecting many.
No ****? Then how come it's ok for Apple to make a what ever generation the iPhone 5 is with battery life issues? How come u all little bitches bash BlackBerry and don't complain about iPhone or Samsung devices? Ffs why the hell don't you return it if you don't like it
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I wouldn't say identical, but then again I'm a man of details - stuff like the tapered edges, dimpled rear and different camera stand out to me. I can see why someone might think they look virtually the same though, and I think that was done on purpose. Seen the Samsung lineup lately? Everything looks exactly the same. In a similar fashion, BlackBerry is probably trying to re-establish a brand identity. Well, either that or their design department is being lazy... but I'm giving them the benefit of doubt :p
Guess you didnt get to my post about the software yet