BlackBerry Playbook is RIM’s Tablet

this is good for the competition, but soon Apple will release another version of the iPad with similar or better specs……….

I don’t think this will kill the iPad, but choice is definitely good for the consumer. Let’s face it, it will always be hard to kill an Apple product, primarily because of the fact that they command legions of fanbois that worship their products without really thinking about alternatives.

From a technical perspective, this sure is nice. Really nice. But if you ask me, tablets aren’t really practical. You can browse, email, chat, watch videos, play games on your smartphone anyway. Plus, if I’m going to do office work on the go, I’d rather buy netbook or a really, really good-speced 11 or 12-inch laptop from Sony or Alienware. Then again, that’s just my 2 centavos.

7″ professional tablet vs 10″ ipad, i’d rather pay for a much larger screen.

Parang Asus EEE 1000series vs 1200 series in screen estate.

What ever happened with the wePad? They made the announcement before the release of the iPad, but I think there’s no release yet. With all these new tablets coming out, they’ll definitely lose some market.

looks very promising.

i’m looking forward to a day where we can multi-boot an android OS, webOS, WP7, on a tablet device. and on a phone.

All these announcement.. pero… they’re still not available for people to buy… so guess manufacturer’s are announcing their tablet and hope that people will wait for it to be available and not buy the iPad.

We may see an iPad that has a similar specs of the iphone 4. As long as they don’t change the size from 9″ to 7″. Which is the distinguishing factor between an iPad (9″) and the other tablets (7″).

I just coulnd’t get over Blackberry’s stupid name for the device. Playbook? really? Sounded more like a BenQ product to me.

Boss: What’s that?
Employee: Sir it’s the new Blackberry Playbook
Boss: facepalm

Apple iPad, Galaxy Tab and HP slate are better nomenclatures than a Blackberry PlayBook.

–“What ever happened with the wePad? They made the announcement before the release of the iPad, but I think there’s no release yet. With all these new tablets coming out, they’ll definitely lose some market.”

WePad is a vaporware. With Samsung Galaxy Tab and Apple iPad dominate Holiday buyers pockets who’s gonna wait for “early” 2011 (US&Canada) and 2nD-3RD qUARTER of 2011 (Globally) for BB’s Playbook?

Desktop/Laptop/Netbook = Content Creation
Tablet/iPad/Netbook = content consumption
Smartphone = Email/social app on the Go

@Ryan Ang
i definitely agree with you on a device with instant On, Always on, all day on. No more slow boot and loading times.

@iphonedevpinoy
by the time Playbook hits global market, Apple will probably sold hundreds of thousands or millions of iPad globally (including illegal and parallel unofficial imports).

I think the dates of launch and official anouncements are major strategies in directly competing with Apple in market dominance.

Apple’s charisma is still here to stay, unless a worthy competitor arrives.

@Ryan Ang
The technology is available since 3rd quarter of 2009. Making official announcements and launch as late as 2011, while only hurt the company. What were they thinking? Just like Microsoft Kin (deceased), Nokia N8 and Windows Phone 7.

People want it FAST, we don’t want to wait for another 6-10 months for it’s release.

Specifications wise, maybe but availability it’s still not a worthy competitor to the iPad.

Making an all-in-one device (see what happened to Nokia N-Series) will only saturate the category, but making a less but capable device sets the standard making people crave for more. IMHO

read this

http://www.techpinas.com/2010/09/blackberry-playbook-official-specs.html

san ka nakakita nang tablet na may support ng adobe flash player?

cool pero let’s see after a month it will released so we can have reviews :>

@nightcrawler

No, because they make announcements for their flagship products. Plus, the geek community gets tons of hints because Apple sends out invitations for an event.

dang! another temptation…

I would have an iPod, iPhone or maybe an iPad if only iTunes was a pain for me two years ago when I had some cheap Nano. It was not too friendly for me.

I’m leaning towards getting this since I have BB Smartphone. If I had Samsung Smartphone I would consider Galaxy Tab. Just my two cents.

i meant for “their” product

@newbie

yeah a fanboy and a stupid dick like you

hmmm hirap mag decide kung ano maganda until di pa makita nag full features nito..!!!!!…. mas ok to dahil may flash… how about the applications??…. masid pa rin…….

ive read that Blackberry promises Android Market will enter into a Playbook in the future.
ANDROID ON PLAYBOOK