Jaybird-UK

Bread dipping time?

Im firmly in love with my iPad2 but I know some of you like a fringe bit of hardware

You can get a playbook for £149 today if you buy through Quidco and Currys*

Currys Quidco link

I seem to recall these being a pretty decent tablet being able to run flash etc, not sure how restrictive BB tablet OS is though

*cashback of £100 is for today only

Ant

Need a blackberry phone to make it work properly.

Had a go on snazys and it didn't overwhelm me

Luan Pra bang

YOu can get an andriod tablet for £120 so why bother ?

Saint AAI

But what about the Playbook..

J4CKO

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Fnarr Fnarr, what about the tablet

Trout

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Apparently there are more of these remaindered at the manufacturer than were ever distributed - oh dear!!!

800,000 unsold units!!

boxst

The tablet is a bit rubbish. It MAY get better next year when they release a new version of the operating system.

In order to get mail, you need to tether it to a Blackberry (a very, very stupid idea).

Steve

TingTongPJ

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get a kindle fire

android tablet for £125

it's a no brainer

JackClark

That's a great deal for anyone that can't afford the real deal. Not a knock off Android thing either.

Jamescsti

They will be better when they launch the update so users can access the android market, still a bit of a waste of time though

Snazy

Lol I don't remember you being underwhelmed either.

Markus

The new OS will also still require tethering for email, it seems they don't consider this a big issue.

I'll be interested to see what the prices fall to post xmas. Part of me is wondering if we will see a fire sale ala HP's tablet.

Ant

So what was I then? I certainly didn't say it was amazing and I'd want one did I?

Snazy

The new OS will require tethering or wifi for email and internet.... because its not 3G lol

Nope but you didnt say it was rubbish either. Touchy lol

RIM screwed up good and proper and launched without being ready, no doubt there. But I still prefer its size and function over the ipad.

Myles

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Jesus, next you'll be drawing pictures of Allah being blown by a dog. Daring!

Snazy

I already have, on an ipad!

JackClark

I think we can pretty much say that it's a flop. Imagine having your iPad at work, then being told you had to carry a Playbook. How much would that suck!

boxst

When we looked at them it is nothing to do with 3G more to do with security in that you can only read email from your Blackberry via the Playbook, you cannot natively download the email?

Steve

Snazy

Hmm, will look into that and see. Pretty dumb if thats the case.

Jack, I would be delighted, but thats me.

Dark

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typing this from my £150 Playbook!

was waiting for the Kindle Fire but initial reviews for that aren't great either unless somebody jailbreaks it.

syncing to my phone for email is easy and lots of features that the Fire doesn't have like camera and playback of my own video files which look stunning.

obviously a few gaps in the app store but this should be fixed once the android market comes on line next year.

my wife has an iPad which is very good but no way I could justify spending another £400.

the Playbook is perfect for my requirements and so much better than the cheap android tablets, remember the hardware is almost identical to the iPad.

for £150 i think it's a bargain! flame on.......

edited to say that the wireless file transfer between pc and playbook is excellent, so much better than iTunes!

Jaybird-UK

I think you got yourself a bargain there

Dark

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Thanks for flagging the Quidco deal!

Snazy

Good for you mate, glad you were not blinded by negativity.

Cant wait for OS 2 which will introduce some much needed features.

As for transfer between pb and pc, I love being able to put films of any format on without fuss.

I love the spec and form, but looking forwards to OS2 for Android market too lol