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

[Stuart Burns]

To use the email, as defined in Playbook, you need to have it tethered to
your BB. Ok, I have a work one, but this isn't for work. Without a BB
phone, its pretty much useless. There are zero calendering and mail options
that work locally and sync via wireless. All sync occurs via the phone. I
mean how crazy is that ! Even sideloading google applications doesn't
work.It throws exceptions and wont let you store data locally.

Side loading isn't available until you use the version 2.0 beta version.
The new inbuilt PIM tools come with version 2 proper, due out in Feb.

I mean its as essential to the tablet as petrol is to a car.

To be fair to Dixons, they took it back , no issues (must happen a lot!)

On 2 January 2012 20:33, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:

> So do they expect you to have a BES to use email?
>
>
> On Monday, January 2, 2012, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Well there is 1 jailbreak for it, if you have right nvram version but
> like its phone counterpart, it is very secure.
> >
> > Security built in from the core.  Also as there are so few out there,
> people aren't bothering with custom os etc. It's a pity as its a lovely
> size and feel.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2 January 2012 20:08, Michael Crilly <mrcrilly at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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