Blackberries have all of that hardware, yet still run a shitty OS with hardly any application support.
At this point I think its time to just give up.
Can't the playbook run android apps?
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;33538330]Can't the playbook run android apps?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but what is the point if you can buy a bigger better Android tablet?
I agree, but it's not like it has "hardly any application support".
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;33539189]I agree, but it's not like it has "hardly any application support".[/QUOTE]
Native application support.
The thing which differentiates it from every other tablet.
A friend of mine purchased 4 of these when it went on sale here in Canada, it was like half the regular price :v:
Solution?: Open the tablet up - don't make it closed like the others, open it up completely, make is like a proper OS instead of the closed systems everyone has right now. Then people will buy it.
EDIT:
Everyone saying that android tablets are open, no, they aren't.
Sure, they are open compared to an iphone - but compare an android tablet to a computer. No tablets are open right now. None, not by any of the main developers. Open is when you can go onto any website, and download what you want, and install anything compatible without going through any considerable effort. Open is when you don't need individual developer tools to make what you want, instead just doing it directly from the tablet.
But yes, android is "open". Now, tell that to someone who picks up an android for the first time in their life, after using all linux or (some of the better) windows OS, on a computer. They will have different opinions.
[QUOTE=Tommyx50;33542824]Solution?: Open the tablet up - don't make it closed like the others, open it up completely, make is like a proper OS instead of the closed systems everyone has right now. Then people will buy it.[/QUOTE]
android is pretty open
[QUOTE=Mr.Dounut;33543294]android is pretty open[/QUOTE]
It runs QNX, not Android.
[editline]3rd December 2011[/editline]
I planned to buy one considering they're $300 off. But it's too small for me to get any use out of it. The only tablet in the 7-8 inch range I would buy is the vanishing Galaxy Tab 7.7 with its 1280x800 SAMOLED+ screen, that's the only feature that could wow me enough to get a tablet smaller than 9-10 inches.
I got a playbook and it is a nice tablet. Really is, it is fairly powerful and has a lot of nice features.
HDMI output, it does not stutter or have issues loading flash, webpages and videos online like the HP tablet for example. Its also a bit smaller and makes it nice for travel and such. It really is a solid tablet for 200USD.
it has the best screen for a tablet out there
but selling a 7 inch device for 500 fucking dollars when the faster galaxy tab 8.9 goes for $399 is just retarded
its like they wanted it to bomb
Its actually 199 at the moment...
[QUOTE=meppers;33543962]it has the best screen for a tablet out there
but selling a 7 inch device for 500 fucking dollars when the faster galaxy tab 8.9 goes for $399 is just retarded
its like they wanted it to bomb[/QUOTE]
Best screen for a tablet out there? I think the Galaxy Tab 10.1 holds that title(tab 7.7 has the best screen on any tablet but Samsung made it disappear). What makes the playbook screen so good?
[QUOTE=garrynohome;33545400]Best screen for a tablet out there? I think the Galaxy Tab 10.1 holds that title(tab 7.7 has the best screen on any tablet but Samsung made it disappear). What makes the playbook screen so good?[/QUOTE]
The Galaxy tablet 10.1 has a resolution of 800 x 1280 with a ppi of 149 and a peak brightness of 464 cd/m^2 contrast of 1081:1 .
The playbook is 600 x 1024 with a ppi of 169 and a peak brightness of 513 cd/m2
Also this
[img]http://content.reviewed.com/products/12147/specs/5268/contrast.jpg[/img]
(that is the first galaxy tab by the way, not the 10.1)
[QUOTE=Fatal-Error;33535940]Blackberries have all of that hardware, yet still run a shitty OS with hardly any application support.
At this point I think its time to just give up.[/QUOTE]
QNX is a hellva lot better than their previous OS's. I have even read reviews that tablets like the iPad 2 would be better if they ran QNX (minus the obvious app difference).
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