Nashton
On 02-22-12 9:53 AM, -hh wrote:

-hh
Sandman<m...@sandman.net>wrote:

Sandman
Nashton<n...@na.ca>wrote:

Nashton
Was it worth the wait? D... straight, it was!

-hh
The phrase "better late than never" comes to mind, although given that the iPad shipped two years ago with email ... and that RIM's core business has been email for businesses through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (which the Playbook **still** doesn't support) ... the phrase "exercise in futility" may be a far better description, at least by some analysts:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/BlackBerry-PlayBook-2-10-Reason s-Why-This-Tablet-Will-Fail-203924/ http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/02/sorry-rim-the-playbook-still-s.ph p

...although others have tried to be enthusiastic, although still also apologetic:

http://goodereader.com/blog/tablet-slates/blackberry-playbook-os2-update-is- finally-available/

Nashton
This thing rocks and the folks at RIM deserve some kudos for the fantastic work.

-hh
So then why doesn't Nick send them an IM thank-you via a Blackberry Messenger?

Oh...right: that RIM feature is still absent too.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/technology/an-e-mail-app-arrives-for-the-b lackberry-tablet.html

Maybe Playbook 3.0 will have it, if RIM's current business plan of losing money on every sale (as per Abramsky, quoted by NYTimes) doesn't sink them by then.

Nashton
This thing just rocks. Android apps work as if they were written for it, sync via gmail, email, calendars, all work like a charm.

Flash too. I get to use what is available now, not some crippled device that can't browse the web and offer users the full experience of every single website.

Well done.

My next phone: A BlackBerry.

Sandman
Wow, talk about hysterical fanboy!

-hh
Indeed. Stikes one as a classical case of being in denial for buyer's remorse.

Nashton
Really? The main reason I bought this thing was the form factor and to browse the web and experience it as it is meant to be experienced, Flash and all.

My real tablet, which happens to be a real computer (in the sense that it runs desktop computer apps that I use) is my Iconia.