Blackberry Playbook
Pre-orders open for BlackBerry PlayBook
If you haven’t been entirely put off by the poor reception it received Stateside, or the recent news of unit recalls, you can pre-order your BlackBerry PlayBook now from Carphone Warehouse.
The Wi-Fi only 7in Blackberry Playbook comes in three models, priced £80 apart. There’s the 16GB version for £399; the 32GB BlackBerry PlayBook is £479; £559 gets you 64GB of storage. Incidentally, those prices are exactly the same as the Wi-Fi only iPad 2.
Click here to read more...BlackBerry PlayBook hit by 1,000-unit recall in the US
Oh dear. Typical – the reviews are mixed, the spotlight is on... and then you only have to go and issue an embarrassing recall for a thousand faulty units.
This is the ongoing tale of RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, around one thousand of which have reportedly been recalled suffering from a fairly fundamental problem: they were “unable to properly load software”.
Click here to read more...BlackBerry PlayBook goes 3D
If you’re anything like me, the news that RIM is bringing gimmicky 3D content to its Blackberry PlayBook tablet will have been met with an audible sigh. But don’t let my curmudgeonly ways put you off. 3D tablets? The future is now, man.
RIM recently announced that it had acquired developers The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), and they’ve been busy working on content that’s displayed in not two but three dimensions. Astonishing indeed.
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It's fair to say RIM has taken a bit of a beating over the BlackBerry PlayBook recently, with the tablet having been slated in reviews and RIM criticised for releasing a product that clearly isn't ready yet. But one analyst at least is looking on the bright side, Slashgear reports, claiming that demand for RIM's slate “far exceeds” the level of interest in the Motorola Xoom
RIM CEO defends email-less BlackBerry PlayBook
RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie has spoken with Bloomberg about the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry PlayBook, which goes on sale tomorrow in the US. It was launched at a glitzy party last week in New York, but received a largely negative response from critics.
Some have suggested that the BlackBerry PlayBook has been rushed out. The 7in tablet doesn’t yet have an email client, for example, though accessing email is possible if you already happen to have a BlackBerry phone.
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I was really hoping that someone would step up and give the iPad a run for its money some time soon. Firstly, competition is always a good thing, and – hypothetically at least – should benefit the consumer as manufacturers try to excel each other and provide the very best products possible.
Having said that, Apple doesn’t always seem overly concerned with releasing the “best” products, not in terms of specs anyhow, and the iPhone 5 would sell a zillion units if it was simply an iPhone 4 with a 4in screen. But still, competition is good. It certainly can’t do any harm.
Click here to read more...Poor reception for BlackBerry PlayBook
RIM launched its BlackBerry PlayBook on Thursday evening at a swank do in New York, however the glitz and glamour couldn’t distract from the fact that the BlackBerry PlayBook has received largely negative reviews.
The general feeling seems to be that the BlackBerry PlayBook has been rushed out. The hardware side of things gets a thumbs up, but the software is lacking. The latter is something that RIM seems keen to address. Indeed, even this week RIM has pushed out several fairly significant updates.
Click here to read more...BlackBerry PlayBook delays caused by iPad 2 touchscreen demand
The BlackBerry PlayBook is pencilled in to launch next week, but according to Taiwan's DigiTimes there's every chance it might not make it.
And if you're looking for someone to blame, cast your eye in the direction of a certain Mr S Jobs, because it seems it's the iPad 2's popularity that's to blame.
Click here to read more...It had already been semi-confirmed by a company spokesman, but now RIM has made it official: the BlackBerry PlayBook will indeed run Android apps. Head over to BGR for more details.
More abuse for the BlackBerry PlayBook
The BlackBerry PlayBook seems to have developed the knack of attracting all the wrong kind of attention.
Early last month we had one analyst predicting RIM's tablet would be “dead on arrival”, and now another has come out of the woodwork saying the Canadian firm has over-hyped the slate to the point that it has no chance of living up to expectations.
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