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<h1 style="text-align: center;">blackberry playbook</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>a tablet computer built and sold by Research In Motion(RIM), 7" form factor / screen size, runs the Playbook OS (qnx based), was launched in 2011, competitors apple ipad mini, asus nexus 7</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>] some pretty&nbsp;DECENT&nbsp;HARDWARE&nbsp;specifications ....</li>
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<li>] PROCESSOR: 1 Ghz Dual Core&nbsp;</li>
<li>] RAM: 1024 MB ram&nbsp;</li>
<li>] SCREEN: 1024x768 screen</li>
<li>] No NFC but it has GPS,&nbsp;accelorometer, gyrometer</li>
<li>] STORAGE: 16 GB ( 32GB model available, also 32GB LTE model )</li>
<li>] micro usb</li>
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<li>] super duper&nbsp;AWESOME&nbsp;PRICE .... IMO, one of the BEST VALUE TABLETS out there ...</li>
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<li>] PRICE: $ 129.00 - currently, a little shopping around and you should be able to pickup&nbsp;a 16&nbsp;GB model for that amount&nbsp;or less&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] cameras HD front and back</li>
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<li>] front HD camera</li>
<li>] rear HD camera</li>
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<li>] excellent video playback support</li>
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<li>]&nbsp; a good selection of codecs, including support for flash video,</li>
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<li>] micro hdmi port </li>
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<li>] YES you can plug this in to your big screen HD TV and watch the HD videos that you recorded or the video content that you downloaded, including support for playback of&nbsp;adobe FLASH VIDEOs&nbsp;found on youtube/elsewhere,</li>
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<li>] amazing sounding speakers</li>
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<li>] for a tablet including the ones that cost 2 and 3 times as much,&nbsp;speaker quality&nbsp;seems to have been an afterhought on many.&nbsp;the sound coming out of the playbook is pretty decent.</li>
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<li>] windows file system support ( dont know if this is avail on other os's as well)</li>
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<li>] YES you can easily mount your playbook as drive on a windows PC, super easy, no software required. You can then Copy your music, photos, videos and&nbsp;documents from your pc to playbook&nbsp;OR vice versa</li>
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<li>[operating system]</li>
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<li>] 2 tap OS update -</li>
<li>] file system access - wless connectivity to windows networks</li>
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<li>[APPS-NATIVE] </li>
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<li>] Document to Go - sort of a microsoft officy type software package, creates and edits ms word and excel files, also views ms powerpoint files(no/limited editing capabilities),&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>[APPS-THIRD-PARTY] included are 2 FREE GAMES -&nbsp;it comes with a couple of full blown, full fledged HD video games</li>
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<li>[racing]- Asphalt 6 HD -</li>
<li>[fps] - Modern Combat HD -</li>
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<li>] + it runs android apps </li>
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<li>] YES -&nbsp;android apps from google play store ... all 66 billion of them , well perhaps not exactly all 66 billion of them but ...</li>
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<li>] the red blinky</li>
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<li>] a little LED indicator signal that flashes when you've got a new mail, and you can see that from across the room</li>
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<li>] coming soon - blackberry 10</li>
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<li>] RIM has promised that the new blackberry 10&nbsp;OS will be made available on its playbook. bb10 brings a brand new UI with a number of very compelling features.</li>
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<h2>[WHY NOT]</h2>
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<li>] of course there are alway's some things that it does not do as well as some of the others may&nbsp;... some things that a little annoying,</li>
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<li>and here they are in no particular order ...</li>
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<li>] slow boot up - </li>
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<li>] really slow, minutes ...</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;native file manager is somewhat primitive -</li>
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<li>] there are file manager APPS available, that are better and offer more features,&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] browser </li>
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<li>] works fine and all, but not as "featured" as we might expect, there are THIRD PARTY BROWSERS that offer better options (Dolphin) i</li>
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<li>] blackberry world ( the app store )</li>
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<li>] there are no&nbsp;apps -&nbsp;0 not even 1, its totally empty&nbsp;OK lets stop being ridiculous here. What apps do you use?</li>
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<li>] it runs android apps</li>
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<li>] it has the capablity to do this, BUT the average user will likely never do this because its not a "seamless" experience</li>
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<li>[PB cnet art]</li>
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<li>good codec support (ac3 the only real problem),</li>
<li>great screen quality,</li>
<li>good quality camera,</li>
<li>+] amazing sounding speakers</li>
<li>and since OS 2.0 e-mail program is not an issue anymore.</li>
<li>If only they had more apps I would have stayed with it. Now I bought a Nexus 7 and I am amazed!&nbsp;</li>
<li>] BlackBerry Playbook is the first and only FIPS certified tablet.</li>
<li>Solidly built.</li>
<li>Cost $120.</li>
<li>Wifi mounts as drive,</li>
<li>paypal for apps,</li>
<li>plays many video formats,</li>
<li>easy program termination,</li>
<li>better cursor for editing,</li>
<li>ports,</li>
<li>less fragile connector than my old ipad, and best of all: IT HAS A DOCUMENTS FOLDER THAT ALL programs can see.</li>
<li>Come on, be fair. My iPad had none of these things and it was 4 times the price. I still like the iPad better all told, but not 4 times better.</li>
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<li>[AUTHOR] </li>
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<li>other devices do not have.</li>
<li>I can read/send emails, bbm, text messages on my phone but from my PB and</li>
<li>use my phone as a remote control and keyboard which is amazing whilst giving a presentation or</li>
<li>having you PB hooked up to the TV through HDMI.</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>] to buy</li>
<li>]&nbsp;to use [what]</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] to use [what]</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li>] what in action</li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<li>] getting started with [what] step-by-step</li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] where did we get information about [what]</li>
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<div>&nbsp;</div>
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<li>TEMPORARILY - putting all my playbook stuff(notes, events, issues, ...) &nbsp;in here ... until i get the "my_pc" dapp sorted out</li>
<li>] removed NOTES from here, have NEW my pc dapp structure that will host &nbsp;</li>
<li>o.wh=technology.inv=computer/tablet/.itmgrp= </li>
<li>NEW e.cal=technology.pln=by_device&nbsp; .tgr=by_action{install/configure/remove}</li>
<li>] E.my-pc, device=tablet-playbook, ] install sw, ]</li>
<li>] E.my-pc,my-tablet-data "LIST image e"(image= os + apps + data + configuration) (id=1784)</li>
<li>]</li>
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&nbsp;
 &gt; great comparison , BUT i cant believe that you forgot to mention the Blackberry Playbook 7" Model
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RIMember when ....
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&gt; Another entertaining episode&nbsp;Chris,&nbsp;I really like the mustache&nbsp;! BUT i cant believe that you&nbsp;really asked &nbsp;" does RIM matter any more "
&gt; the Blackberry Playbook 7" Model - seriously, i am NOT kidding around ...
&gt; GREAT SPECS - 1 Ghz Dual Core, 1 GB ram, 1024x768 HD screen, wifi,bluetooth, GPS,accelorometer, No NFC,&nbsp; + front AND rear HD cameras, + it runs android apps + i can give you at least 10 more good reasons why you should check it out !
( <a href="/view/item?id=148" target="_blank">http://sospep.com/view/item?id=148</a> )
Besides the AWESOME PRICE !!! which if you shop around a bit, you can&nbsp;likely pick up one of the 16 GB model for around $120 which is just a little more the 1/3 the price of your ipad mini. Could go a long ways to filling all those xmas stockings....
and NO i am not selling them and NO i dont work for them, if your looking for a great deal on a great tablet ... check these out!!
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&gt; I dont think "the bridge" between the playbook and the bb phones was so much RIM trying to force consumers into buying inferior phones (as wirelesscaller suggests) as it was about giving existing bb phone uses a much nicer/larger i/o device(vs their small screen phone+physical kb) to work with/on while leveraging the communications capabilities of their existing phones / data plans
&gt; the fact that you could also use your phone as a remote, to control the playbook that you connected to a large screen display (via hdmi) to give your microsoft office presentation, kind of sounds like a feature to me