Xmas tip, buy a Playbook

[PopeyeJones]

That does look pretty good, $249 at Walmart, did see it for $199 at Staples. The only difference I can see hardware wise is it doesn't have a rear facing camera while the PB has a 5mp rear camera that does 1080p video as well.

199 on the Google play store.

[trev]

199 on the Google play store.

They are pretty much sold out everywhere now. The next RIM or BBRY report is going to be interesting. They basically sold off their entire inventory of the ****ty playbook in the last quarter. At a loss but it's money off the shelf. Those of us that bought the device at peanuts will be happy with BB10. The Playbook was the first BB10 device and it absolutely kicks ass, my kids anrdroid and apple phones are cool but they have nowhere near the capability of my new BB. I have yet to see a tablet other than the Playbook that I can login to work and work a full day and do everything.

BB10 is going to snowball. I expect 60+ within a year. The early reviewers don't understand what they have in their hands yet. This is not a phone, it's basically a laptop that fits in your pocket.

QNX is over the top. QNX=BB10 and Apple and Google will be trying to catch up.

[fadetoblack]

Meh, I've played with BB10 a good bit, and while it's cool, they lost that tight hold they had on the business markets when people started to reject their hardware for newer, fancier phones. Those companies saw a market opportunity opening up and took advantage. BB will never get back to where the were, and honestly, I don't really see them rebounding a whole lot. BB10 will make them financially profitable again, but it took them way too long to get back in the game. They're forever destined to the sub-20% market share crowd at this point, imho, and probably sub-10% for the next 2-3 years.

[lechrus2]

What I want to know is why my BB is slower in retrieving internet pages than my niece's Hello Kitty phone?

[trev]

Meh, I've played with BB10 a good bit, and while it's cool, they lost that tight hold they had on the business markets when people started to reject their hardware for newer, fancier phones. Those companies saw a market opportunity opening up and took advantage. BB will never get back to where the were, and honestly, I don't really see them rebounding a whole lot. BB10 will make them financially profitable again, but it took them way too long to get back in the game. They're forever destined to the sub-20% market share crowd at this point, imho, and probably sub-10% for the next 2-3 years.

BB will never get that big again but they don't need to. Their small market share is still almost 80 million people. They are also big in developing nations where the brand is still highly regarded. Once companies start to see the value of BB Balance a lot might switch back. Dual profiles will be a big hit with Corps and users alike. A lot of people switched because BB didn't give them a choice, that doesn't mean a lot will not switch back now that they have a viable product. Loyalty is fleeting in that market and there are already rumblings coming from the Iphone crowd. A guy that works with me just ditched his older iphone (3?) for a Z10. If BB is smart they will make sure Obama has one in his hands the second they are available in the US. We'll see. Should be fun to watch.

[trev]

What I want to know is why my BB is slower in retrieving internet pages than my niece's Hello Kitty phone?

Hopefully your company puts a new BB10 in your hands. The browser in 10 smokes the Iphone5 and any Android device.

http://html5test.com/compare/browser...omemobile.html

[trev]

Hopefully your company puts a new BB10 in your hands. The browser in 10 smokes the Iphone5 and any Android device.

http://html5test.com/compare/browser...omemobile.html

Sorry, I forgot what version of basically the same phone Apple was up to now, the BB10 smokes the 6.0 as well.