Not so great things for the first edition BlackBerry PlayBook
I’ve read a bundle of reviews for PlayBook. There is no one want to offend those who think they are Neutralism (hint: most of them have an iPad or iPad 2). The differences among these reviews are how many missing things listed by them. I don’t plan to compose a review as there are so many to it, and fold all or part of the points of them as well.
As we know, it’s a better thing to give your suggestions or express your opinions to the vendors who serve products to customers. For example, iPad is launched without camera, on the contrary, iPad 2 hasn’t done this yet, though both of them can’t use flash at all. So, the following paragraph will show you what are PlayBook miss on the first edtion, keep in mind, if you are familiar with them, feeling free to skip it (maybe you will do that without the note).
Lack of Applications. This really needs to change moving forward to compete with the AppStore and MarketPlace.
Lack of Email Support. This really is huge. Not having a native pop/imap email client is one of the biggest fail factors yet. Perhaps on April 19 when the device launches, we will see some Android based email clients coming to save the day! Only time will tell.
Battery life is good, but not as good as the iPad. We only have had a few days of testing the device so stay tuned for a full comparison.
Initial updates are at 300MB so out of the box, you will need to be hooked up to broadband or have patience to allow for the full upgrade to complete. And at 300MB now, will this size grow down the road?
A reboot of the device, takes between 3 – 5 minutes.
No micro HDMI cable provided. (not the end of the world, but given the Motorola Atrix Smartphone comes supplied with one, it almost sets the bar) RIM product specialists advised a micro HDMI cable could be purchased for approximately $15 as an accessory.
We tried uploading a 1080p .mkv file and playback is not supported natively. Perhaps an application will provide support for the file type. We tried a 1GB file as well as an 8GB file. Xvid/Divx .avi files played with no issues.
Price. The price is identical to the USA iPad prices, but we need to keep in mind this tablet is quite a bit smaller. The price point should have been about $50 cheaper IMO. ($449 for 16GB sounds more ideal)
When selecting a wallpaper it automatically sets it to stretch it would appear. There are no settings to change this back to standard 1024×600.
