Blackberry Playbook - Page 3

you need to run a hybrid or at least shrink out the bloat

That philosophy could be applied to several aspects of my life.

ahem...

moi aussi



Hey, it can't possibly be as bad as Coleco's Adam, right? Right?

"dual tape-drive"

i mean port your current number to google voice then it doesnt matter what provider you go with and what number they give you, your current number will ring your new phone/carrier

http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/...number-to.html

nup....

Well, IT managers at large enterprises (RIM's core customers) absolutely love this - helps protect the integrity of the network. I'm not saying its perfect from the perspective of a consumer device, but RIM has opted for this for a specific reason (its not an oversight on their part).

QNX is what I assume you're refering to, next year we will see several devices released. for what it's worth carrier reps said their "jaws dropped" when introduced to these devices and the playbook...

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did not pay attention to your location, my bad

I saw the title of this thread and thought blackberry was trying to compete with playboy by publishing a monthly nude book. Turns out its just an equally as bad idea.

Maybe someone should tell RIM's marketing department that the Playbook tablet is better designed for corporate and enterprise use. Attachment 62069 http://us.blackberry.com/ The Blackberry front page as it appears at the moment. 'It's game on', 'awesome web, gaming, video experience'. The screen shows the thing playing a racing game. A direct link for consumers to buy the thing from Best Buy. Even the name 'Playbook' sounds like the Sony games consoles, as someone else has already pointed out. Seems to me that RIM is heavily marketing the Playbook as a consumer, gaming and entertainment device, to go head-to-head with things like the iPad, Galaxy Tab, Sony PSP and Nintendo DS(whatever). Its dependance on another Blackberry device and Blackberry subscription makes it a complete fail for consumer web, e-mail, gaming and entertainment purposes.

Thats because corporate customers already know/use/like blackberry. A Businessman spends his entire day looking at something and considering how he can use it to his advantage. He knows that the Playbook does and how it will help.

A consumer on the other hand needs to be spoon fed information, and convincing why he should by this when all his friends have an iPad.

As a result the Ad budget goes to converting consumer users who might want it, because business users are already going to buy it regardless of advertising.

Exactly. People here act as if the guys at RIM are complete retards who haven't thought through their strategy.

Sometimes I wonder though....

My father is buying 10 for his staff to use as presentation devices. They don't need Phone capability or anything more than a few basics really. I would assume that many people are in this boat. They might sell 500 000 units in the first 6 months. By the time they release stage two a significant portion of those people will upgrade because (1) they realised the basic one wasn't good enough or (2) Their social/economic status tells them that they need the newest version of any device they own. They've essentially said "Hey, want a product 6 months early and are dumb enough to pay for it? Hand over the cash. In 6 months time we'll bring out a "full fat" product that you'll buy anyway!"