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

[Stuart Burns]

Oh and it defaults to Bing for search. Reason enough to say no ;)

On 2 January 2012 20:45, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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