RIM: PlayBook Works Fine as 'Standalone' Tablet

[JMcEntegart]

Who wants email, their contacts, memos and calendars on their tablet, anyway?

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[sgdidache]

Reminds me of the guy who was trying to win the Nobel Peace Prize by standing alone in the open field, because he was "out-standing in his field".

Really sounds like this tablet is going to be standing quite alone...

 

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@sgdidache

Pure win.

You are absolutely right...

 

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@sgdidache

Pure win.

You are absolutely right...

 

[dthx]

Don't worry, the playbooks will not stand alone ... they will all stay together as one big family on pallettes or on the shelves of a warehouse, protected by a thick layer of dust !
I am afraid that requesting the buyers of their probably pricey tablet to also own a BB phone just to be able to synchronize the mail/agenda with a corporate server (even the cheapest tablets or phones can do that for free now) is not exactly the kind of caprice that a company such as RIM (who hasn't proven anything in the leisure/consumer market and in the tablet world) is something they can afford at this stage. They better change their strategy !

 

[zodiacfml]

i feel bad for them

 

[house70]

Another BB fail...

 

[jazn1337]

I'm more eager to see what the Windows ARM platform and iPad 2 will yield. Then I will decide on a tablet.

 

[husker]

So if you choose to use it as a stand alone, do you still pay the price premium for it being a blackberry compatible device? My guess is yes you will. Therefore why would anyone pay more for this tablet when they don't really want the ability to connect to corporate stuff through their BB phone?

That is like saying you can pay full price for a car, but still have a horse pull it if you don't want to use gas.

 

[g00fysmiley]

In case you were unaware, the PlayBook can’t access calendars or memos, or perform certain functions, such as corporate email, without a wireless connection to a BlackBerry phone


so no wouldn't happen its not a standalone device, its not designed to be... make them active through regular wifi for emails and calander/memos and THEN you have a complete device

 

[Guest]

well it appears that the iPeople have weighed in.

who knows what will happen, it hasn't hit the market yet. Epic wins happen because they are epic, if it is epic, then it will win, if not, hey there are so many other tablets out there, I'm sure they will sell lots just based on statistics.

 

[silver565]

Sounds pretty rubbish to me

I'd rather have lenovo's, Hp's or dell's new tablets

 

[icemunk]

I want a business tool, not a toy, therefore I am getting a playbook. Made in China ifad? no thanks.

 

[therealfly]

Can you buy stock in this company? Cuz if so, I just sold mine. Really?

The company i work for is getting rid of Blackberry phones at a frighting pace. RIM seems generations behind the Android platform. That and the torch not coming out for Verizon? FAIL.

 

[mayankleoboy1]

fail. dont need a seperate device which cant even access calender

 

[Guest]

what people don't seem to understand about this company is that they are not after the consumer fads, they produce good quality "business" products that are stable, secure, and effective. Companies that are chasing the current consumer trends are not looking far enough ahead to keep pace with those that have their own vision of the future.

 

[Guest]

Having it be reliant on the user already having a BB is fine I suppose if you don't expect to win any new customers. Your market is limited to a subset of the current BB customer base, as I doubt anyone who might be interested in this device in general would want to purchase a BB as well to have full access to "basic" functions such as email and their calendar.

Not really a swing and a miss, more like a bunt that goes foul...

 

[eddieroolz]

I wouldn't mind it since I don't own a BlackBerry, but I'd imagine a lot of BlackBerry owners would find it a little irritating.