[Chester LUG] BB Playbook £170 - Don't do it

[Michael Crilly]

You can't get a custom OS on it?

On 2 January 2012 16:41, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Stuart,
>
> Thanks for the review! I had noticed it in the sale, so thanks for the
> warning. There are some Android 4 tablets on eBay I'm being tempted by at
> the moment. They're cheap so I wouldn't expect much, but might be worth a
> play.
>
> Les
>
>
> On Sunday, January 1, 2012, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hiya Everyone,
> >
> > You may or may not be aware but the BB playbook is down to £170. I
> bought one today. It's going back tomorrow. It is small and nice, and
> relatively inexpensive BUT it doesn't have an email client, it doesn't have
> a calendar, not even one you can download and install.  It has few apps and
> the much fabled android load doesn't work until version 2.0  (and even
> then, hit and miss) It also has pretty much NO integration capabilities
> with any online service. No dropbox, nothing like that.
> >
> > It's a glorified web browser in a pretty box. Just don't :)
> >
> > Stu
> >
> >
>
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