-hh
On Feb 22, 2:06 pm, Nashton<n...@na.ca>wrote:

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... http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/02/sorry-rim-the-playbook-sti...

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

http://goodereader.com/blog/tablet-slates/blackberry-playbook-os2-upd...

Silence from Nick.

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-fo...

More Silence from the Fanboy Nick.

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.

-hh
And it failed, which is why ~6 weeks later, you bought your Acer Iconia W500:

Nashton
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.

-hh
So now that the Playbook *finally* has some of the features that it really should have shipped with, does that now mean that you have bought two devices to accomplish the same thing?

Nashton
Of course, an Apple fanguurl would lash out and postulate that I'm having buyers remorse and expect anybody to take him seriously.

And you're still a...windbag.

-hh
Which is why you're voluntarily investing your time to defend your prior decision.

So just which of your two tablets is now the one that is unnecessary?

AFAIC, it doesn't really matter if you consider the Playbook to be the "winner" and the Iconia W500 to be the "loser", or vice versa: in fact, I'll even point out that in Acer's defense, they at least shipped a product that had email from its launch, which is what RIM is now only fixing. Even if you say "both", that's still not optimal. Keep on searching...

-hh