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Playbook now on sale for 199 in Canada. US too now
Bamelin
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Edit: on sale in us too now.
16 gig 199
32 gig 299
64 gig 399
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/category/blackberry-tablets/31042.aspx?path=333fe11a03ec0c922315c0e8db41c892en01
Wondering if I should get this? How is the multitasking? Would I be buying into a tablet that may/will be dead very soon? Is this a fire sale?
I should add that I have an iPad 1 but have been unhappy with it's multitasking abilities (can only load 9 web pages at once and they always reload when switching windows --- mind you I haven't updated to IOS 5 yet) ... I use my iPad for surfing on the couch at home mostly.
16 gig 199
32 gig 299
64 gig 399
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/category/blackberry-tablets/31042.aspx?path=333fe11a03ec0c922315c0e8db41c892en01
Wondering if I should get this? How is the multitasking? Would I be buying into a tablet that may/will be dead very soon? Is this a fire sale?
I should add that I have an iPad 1 but have been unhappy with it's multitasking abilities (can only load 9 web pages at once and they always reload when switching windows --- mind you I haven't updated to IOS 5 yet) ... I use my iPad for surfing on the couch at home mostly.
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The price is very good but be careful what you are getting into. Even 6 months + into the devices life still feels like a beta test product. There are quite a few features promised "weeks after launch" that are still missing and the amount of bugs still around on a device as high profile as this is quite scary.
Ignoring all the bugs and promises RIM are going to fix, The Playbook is a really nice looking device. However the biggest problem ive found is the screen size is just too small for any tasks outside of media playback. Trying to type or web browse was just such a pain even compared to other 7-8 inch tablets. Multitasking was quite easy to do but I found it a jarring experience and reading all the reports on crashing the device I rarely risked having too much running on my device.
There's a DOSBox port for the Playbook, if that's your thing.
You can even use it to install Windows 3.1 on the Playbook so you can actually have a fully functional OS.
All gripes aside, for $200 it's not the worst device in the world, and hopefully there will be more updates soon.
I realize you already bought the Playbook, but I have two questions here - Is there a reason you haven't updated to iOS 5 yet? Safari on iOS 5 adds traditional tabs and eschews the 9 'pages'.
Also, is there a reason you aren't using an alternative browser? Something like iCab Mobile will save old page states instead of forcing a reload ala Safari. This isn't actually a limitation of iOS's multitasking as you implied, but Safari's design to deal with the issue of limited available RAM on the device. Alternate browsers don't all follow this pattern.
My phones I realize now this was a major upgrade.
I'll check out the browsers u mentioned. I just got so used to safari I hadn't bothered trying anything else ... I figured with ipad 1 ram issues other browsers would still have same problems ..
Looking forward to play book arriving. It's on sale in the us now too for those interested
Kindle fire and nook tablet have less specs wise for same price (or more money) compared to playbook ... Also in Canada I'm sure we will get screwed content wise just like we do on Live. Content is the big reason to buy these 2 tabs in my opinion as they are heavily modified android reskins designed to push u to amazon or Barnes content. Canada amazon blows compared to us.