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307 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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21 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Solid construction
Premium compact feel
Brilliant looking display
Responsive platform experience
Secure
Fast
Great display.
Sharp display has vivid
Accurate colors
High-definition video playback impresses
Light weight makes this conducive to hold in hand
Solid hardware build quality
Excellent high-resolution screen
Speakers on both the left and right sides
Nice finger-friendly user interface
Comes with an office suite
Touch-sensitive bezel supports gestures
Top-notch HTML renderer
Flexible multitas
Great design and formfactor
U.I. is polished and easyto use
Fast performance
Excellent display that is complimented by a set of powerful builtin speakers
Android app compatibility is coming
Handsome design
Gestures make the OS easy to navigate
Good battery life
Solid hardware and build quality
Superb e-mail functionality and social networking integration
Easy-to-use interface with touch-sensitive bezels
Fully functional without a BlackBerry smartphone to tether
Good speakers on each side for watching video
Excellent user interface. Sharp
Beautiful screen. Topnotch browser with full Flashvideo support. Wirelessly transfers files to and from computers on same network. Internet tethering with Blackberry phones works well—and it's free
Good multitasking power
Sleek and solid design
Crisp 7-inch display
Captures high-quality 1080p video
Powerful speakers
Wellbuilt body
Gripfriendly back
Attractive IPS display
Wonderfully portable
BB Tablet OS is capable
Clever at its heart
Great at multitasking
Better than usual cameras for a tablet
1080p
Solid battery life
Beautiful screen. Top-notch browser with full Flash-video support. Wirelessly transfers files to and from computers on same network. Internet tethering with Blackberry phones works well—and it's free.
Compact Size Easy To Carry
Excellent Video Support Including 1080p HDMI Output
Strong Multitasking And Intuitive Interface
1 GHz dual-core processor
BlackBerry Tablet OS with multitasking capabilities
Upcoming support for Java and Android apps
Full WebKit browser
Fast response
Great screen
Solid build quality
Future promise
The BlackBerry Playbook offers 16
32 or 64GB of memory
Tough
Solid build
BlackBerry Tablet OS responsive
Fluid
Most complete tablet browser to date
Office apps superb
With an intuitive
Gorgeous-looking display
It’s also dinky enough to fit comfortably into any average size bag...
Strong
Gorgeous screen
Low price
Highly integrated e-mail and social-media apps
Pleasant to use
Awesome screen
Snappy performance
Great
Sexy design appeals to the Mies in you. Media is a joy with a brilliant display
Great sound and an HDMI output. Two cameras
One on the front
A better one on the back. Supports tethering to BlackBerry phones. Comes with officeproductivity apps that can read and edit MS Office files. App multitasking is innovative and intuitive. Runs Flash
And a browser that integrates Adobe Flash 10.2 for a desktop-style Web experience
Great design and sharp screen
Unique OS
Fun
Intuitive gestures
Android
Java app support coming
Great keyboard
Best in class browser
Great form factor
+Fast and very powerful multi-tasking
+Excellent camera and file storage
Handy size
Stable case
Brilliant colors / good contrast
Bright TFT for outdoors
HDMI video out
Long battery life
Operating concept
The editors didn't like
Lack of organizer apps and email client
No video chat support
Requires BlackBerry smartphone for some additional functionality
A bit pricey for its set of features
Needs a separate BlackBerry phone to use some features.
Initial software is buggy and lacks polish
No integrated e-mail
Contacts
Or calendaring
Awkwardly designed onscreen keyboard
No expandable storage
Flash experience is underwhelming
Doesn't come with much functionality out of the box
Bridged file access didn't work for me
Crashes and other issues under high memory load
No dedicated email or calendar apps yet
Hampered by lack of apps at the moment but that will surely change quickly
Power/wake button is a bit too recessed
Pricing could be more competitive.
Software feels sloppy
No native email or calendar
Third-party support is awful
Still no expandable storage
OS can be finicky at times
No native third-party integration
Official apps from A-list third-party developers are missing
Some hardware issues and significant software bugs. No native email support at launch—only browser bookmarks for Webmail sites. Bridge support for BlackBerry phone sync is not yet finalized. No video chat despite frontfacing camera.
Need BlackBerry phone to get native e-mail
Calendar apps
Buggy software
Low-on-memory messages
Lackluster apps
No video chat option yet
Android Player coming later
Painfully unfinished software
No native email
Calendars
More
No BBM at all on launch
BlackBerry Bridge doesn't work as well as we'd need
Underdeveloped camera and image handling apps
Poor app selection triggered by poor developer tools
Screen too small for some (not all) tasks
No direct Mac syncing until summer.
Some hardware issues and significant software bugs. No native e-mail support at launch—only browser bookmarks for Webmail sites. Bridge support for BlackBerry phone sync is not yet finalized. No video chat despite front-facing camera.
Software Package Incomplete Currently
Virtual Keyboard Could Be Better
Power/Sleep Button Difficult To Locate And Use
No microSD slot
Missing dedicated PIM apps
Small Power button
BlackBerry smartphone required for many tasks
Few apps
Missing core functionality
Mediocre camera
There is not a large of selection of applications available as several similar devices offer.
No SD card slot
Power button way too small
Memory management needs work
The BlackBerry App World is lacking in apps when compared to Apple and Android’s offerings. The fact you can only get online via Wi-Fi may put off someLook and Feel...
Still no BBM or Enterprise Server support
Android apps are hit-or-miss
No memory-card slot
No email/calendar/contacts without bridge
No app support.
RIM’s WebKitbased browser is about as stable as your bipolar uncle. No native email
Calendar or contacts apps. App ecosystem is lacking. You’ll need to install a driver before you can connect it to your PC or Mac. Runs Flash
Sorta.
Occasionally glitchy softwareMissing appsExpensive for a seven-incher
As we have seen throughout this review, the BlackBerry PlayBook offers a lot to like, and a lot to hope for. The user experience is solid, it can be a joy to use, and we rarely found issues with crashing or instability. Unfortunately, that is not enou...
Solid hardware build quality, Excellent high-resolution screen, Speakers on both the left and right sides, Nice finger-friendly user interface, Comes with an office suite, Touch-sensitive bezel supports gestures, Top-notch HTML renderer, Flexible multitas
No expandable storage, Flash experience is underwhelming, Doesn't come with much functionality out of the box, Bridged file access didn't work for me, Crashes and other issues under high memory load
Although RIM has delivered excellent hardware and a well-designed user interface, the software experience still falls short of expectations. The tablet offers little functionality out of the box and suffers from an abysmally poor third-party applicati...
Great design and formfactor, U.I. is polished and easyto use, fast performance, excellent display that is complimented by a set of powerful builtin speakers, Android app compatibility is coming,
No dedicated email or calendar apps yet, hampered by lack of apps at the moment but that will surely change quickly, power/wake button is a bit too recessed, pricing could be more competitive.
We tested the WiFi only version of the BlackBerry Playbook with a 16GB capacity, although 32GB and 64GB versions are also available, and 3G and 4G models are also on their way. Overall, we've really taken a liking to the BlackBerry Playbook. The devic...
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Published: 2011-04-26, Author: Mike , review by: bitbitbyte.com
Abstract: No tablet since the release of the iPad has garned as much media attention as RIM's PlayBook. While the Motorola XOOM certainly had its fair share of limelight, the PlayBook has been herald not only for it's powerful hardware, but all new QNX-based operat...
Great design and sharp screen, Unique OS, Fun, intuitive gestures, Android, Java app support coming, Great keyboard, Best in class browser
Launch apps plentiful, but lacking quality, Screen size may be too small for some, BlackBerry Bridge has limitations, No native email, calendar apps
The PlayBook is not an “iPad killer, but if you're a BlackBerry phone user or are dying for a tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook might be worth a look. ...
Lack of organizer apps and email client, No video chat support, Requires BlackBerry smartphone for some additional functionality, A bit pricey for its set of features
RIM is really introducing two products with the PlayBook. A new operating system, and new hardware in a different sector. There’s a lot of new-ness here. It definitely feels like they’re doing the right things. The hardware has great specs and the ope...
Wellbuilt body; gripfriendly back, Attractive IPS display, Wonderfully portable, BB Tablet OS is capable, clever at its heart, Fast; great at multitasking, Better than usual cameras for a tablet; 1080p, Solid battery life,
Painfully unfinished software; no native email, calendars, more, No BBM at all on launch, BlackBerry Bridge doesn't work as well as we'd need, Underdeveloped camera and image handling apps, Poor app selection triggered by poor developer tools, Screen too small for some (not all) tasks, No direct Mac syncing until summer.
We wanted to like the BlackBerry PlayBook, and in some ways, we still do. The hardware is designed with a love and attention that's still rare in tablets from beyond Cupertino. It's genuinely unique. And while we think HP would like to have a word with...
Abstract: Set up was easy. The Playbook recognized the TV and automatically began mirroring its display in 1080p. I reduced the resolution to 720p for better results and navigated to the browser. I clicked on the Amazon Instant Video tab I had created, selected ...
Abstract: After months of rumors, the BlackBerry PlayBook is finally available for purchase. Specs-wise, it's quite the impressive tablet - 1 GHz dual-core Cortex CPU, 7-inch display, 5-megapixel camera, 3-megapixel front-facing camera, and 1 GB of RAM. Presently a...
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Published: 2011-04-23, Author: Daniel , review by: examiner.com
Abstract: A year and a half ago Blackberry announced the Playbook would be coming. This week it's started shipping out to customers in the US and Canada. After a few days of playing with it we've got some mixed emotions on the device.The GoodThis device is a qualit...
