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307 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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21 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Speedy multitasking
Excellent Flash video playback in the browser
Smooth
Intuitive user interface
Welldesigned music store
1080p HD video playback
Fast dual-core processor
HDMI mirroring
Secure email
Bright
Responsive screen
One of the things we love about the BlackBerry PlayBook is the fact that it's among the smaller tablets
With the 7-inch screen making it portable enough to take wherever you go. The compact screen also leads to a light weight
With the 425g body easily light enough to hold comfortably in one hand for long periods of time. Despite having a compact screen
The BlackBerry PlayBook goes one better t
Excellent screen
Slick operating system
Fast in use
Excellent multitasking
Intuitive
Vibrant screen
It's also small enough to fit easily into your average bag
Screen
Size
Speed
Performance
Small form factor
Enterprise security
Good quality screen
Well put together
Clean interface
Fine browser
Good screen for video
Very good screen
Excellent design and finish
Compact and easily portable
BlackBerry Tablet OS 2.0 is original
New and very fast
Good battery life / Good email system
Pleasant
Highquality web browsing (with Flash) / Good
Clear audio
Top notch security
Splendid screen
Strong snapper
The editors didn't like
Must be connected to a BlackBerry phone for many key features to work
Video calling only works between PlayBooks
Fewer available apps than on competing platforms
Hardly any worthwhile apps
Confusing bridge to phone
No email client
Smaller screen
The biggest problem with the BlackBerry PlayBook is a lack of apps. The Apple iPad 2
RIM's biggest rival
Features loads of apps specifically designed for the tablet form factor
And the PlayBook really struggles to compete without them.
Expensive
No email
Not many apps available
There's a lack of apps at BlackBerry App World compared with the likes of Apple and Android's app stores. The WiFionly net connection may deter some
No apps
Currently no email
No calendar
No contacts
Small form factor
Poor application support
No mail app
Expensive for smaller size
Performance can be beaten
BlackBerry Bridge still required for access to BlackBerry Messenger
Abstract: The Playbook has a stylish design, feels well made and is nice and light. It's small with its 7-inch LCD screen and seems smaller than Samsung's Galaxy Tab, though that is also a 7-inch tablet. The Blackberry tablet device is easy to hold with one ha...
Abstract: Because it's a BlackBerry at heart, the tablet could find favor with feds Welcome to a new feature from the GCN Lab. Each month, we’ll search for a product that we believe deserves special attention from government tech managers and workers. It might ...
Abstract: We've finally got some extended time with the BlackBerry PlayBook and we're pretty excited about this upcoming tablet and feel like it could be a credible competitor to the Apple iPad and the Motorola Xoom.The BlackBerry PlayBook has all the goods on pape...
Abstract: Another day, another tablet PC. Ontario-based Research In Motion (RIM) has just announced its new PlayBook tablet, based on the QNX Neutrino operating system. The PlayBook looks like it will run the best chance of any tablet PC to give Apple’s iPad a r...
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Published: 2010-07-27, Author: Will , review by: intomobile.com
Abstract: RIM just announced their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet device, powered by the QNX operating system that the BlackBerry maker recently acquired, at the BlackBerry DevCon 2010 opening keynote in San Francisco. A bunch of RIM higher-ups took to the stage to tal...
Abstract: It’s there, if you look hard enough.See for yourself: Take a trip to Research In Motion Ltd.’s cluster of research and development buildings near downtown Waterloo. Take a look over in the corner of the lobby in building Ten – it’s a poster from the “R...
Abstract: Much like a mini-version of Microsoft's Surface interactive table, Scrapbook accesses photos, documents and screenshots users have clipped on the PlayBook (tip: get a screenshot of anything on the PlayBook's screen by pressing both the + and - volume butt...
Abstract: While many of the initial reviews of the BlackBerry PlayBook are correct in that the tablet has a ways to go before it truly rivals other tablets, there are glimpses into features that will help distinctly set this model apart from its competition....
