RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: Unfinished, unusable It's been 50 percent a year considering that Investigation in Motion unveiled its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet primarily based on the QNX operating technique. This week, RIM started shipping the seven-inch tablet. Right after paying a couple days with the final products, it's crystal clear that the PlayBook is a useless device whose advancement is unfinished.
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: Unfinished, unusable
Not only can it not compete with an Apple iPad, it can't compete with the 2nd-finest tablet, Motorola Xoom, nor even with marginal Android tablets these as the Galaxy Tab that use the smartphone model of the Android OS somewhat than the Honeycomb tablet version. In actuality, if my alternative have been involving a PlayBook and a Windows seven tablet -- my benchmark for unusability -- I feel I'd fairly go sans tablet.
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