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Business Insider: The Reviews of the BlackBerry PlayBook are Unbelievably Bad
"Almost every single review we've read says in short: Don't buy it."
New York Times: A BlackBerry Tablet, but Where Are the Apps?
"...For now, the PlayBook’s motto might be, ‘There’s no app for that’."
"The PlayBook, then, is convenient, fast and coherently designed. But in its current half-baked form, it seems almost silly to try to assess it, let alone buy it."
"Remember, the primary competition is an iPad — the same price, but much thinner, much bigger screen and a library of 300,000 apps. In that light, does it make sense to buy a fledgling tablet with no built-in e-mail or calendar, no cellular connection, no video chat, no Skype, no Notes app, no GPS app, no videochat, no Pandora radio and no Angry Birds?"
Business Insider: The BlackBerry PlayBook Is A Huge Disappointment So Far
"It's as if there is no one at RIM who has the power/stones to say, 'This isn't good enough. Re-do it and make it much better.'"
PCWorld: BlackBerry PlayBook Gets Panned by Reviewers
"...it's not ready for prime time."
Financial Post: RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook underwhelms in early reviews
"Unfortunately for RIM, the consensus seems to be that RIM’s PlayBook is a bit underwhelming."
Wired: BlackBerry Playbook Tablet Lacks All the Right Moves
"...you may want to think twice before picking one up."
Gizmodo BlackBerry PlayBook Review
"...I don't think anyone should buy it right now..."
Wall Street Journal ATD: Overreactor Meltdown: RIM’s Lazaridis Blows Again
"...I don’t fully understand why there’s this negative sentiment, and I just don’t have the time to battle it..."
Wall Street Journal: PlayBook: A Tablet With a Case Of Codependency
"This first edition of the PlayBook has no built-in cellular data connection and lacks such basic built-in apps as an email program, a contacts program, a calendar, a memo pad and even RIM’s popular BlackBerry Messenger chat system...although the PlayBook has very nice front and rear cameras, it comes without video-chatting software."
Quanta is the actual maker of the Playbook:
Quanta Computer expected to see booming shipments of PlayBook
"Although most market watchers believe RIM's total PlayBook sales will reach only about 4-5 million units in 2011, since RIM plans to at least order an average of 800,000 units each month in the second half of 2011, the company will have a great chance of having annual sales surpass market watchers' expectations."
RIM's Future: Microsoft, HP, RIM Could Lose Out (Gartner)
An almost positive review: Engadget: BlackBerry PlayBook Review
"Like webOS? If so, you're going to love what's hiding under the PlayBook's (healthy) bezels...ultimately, we have a tablet that's trying really hard to please the enterprise set but, in doing so, seems to be alienating casual users who might just want a really great seven-inch tablet."
Here is a positive Review! PlayBook Tablet Makes Dull BlackBerry Cool Again
Check it out. If nothing else to see the worst toupee on a 60-year-old ever.
CrackBerry is not as positive: CrackBerry BlackBerry PlayBook Review
"So did the BlackBerry PlayBook hit the ball straight out of the park? Not quite."
Business Insider: The Reviews of the BlackBerry PlayBook are Unbelievably Bad
"Almost every single review we've read says in short: Don't buy it."
New York Times: A BlackBerry Tablet, but Where Are the Apps?
"...For now, the PlayBook’s motto might be, ‘There’s no app for that’."
"The PlayBook, then, is convenient, fast and coherently designed. But in its current half-baked form, it seems almost silly to try to assess it, let alone buy it."
"Remember, the primary competition is an iPad — the same price, but much thinner, much bigger screen and a library of 300,000 apps. In that light, does it make sense to buy a fledgling tablet with no built-in e-mail or calendar, no cellular connection, no video chat, no Skype, no Notes app, no GPS app, no videochat, no Pandora radio and no Angry Birds?"
Business Insider: The BlackBerry PlayBook Is A Huge Disappointment So Far
"It's as if there is no one at RIM who has the power/stones to say, 'This isn't good enough. Re-do it and make it much better.'"
PCWorld: BlackBerry PlayBook Gets Panned by Reviewers
"...it's not ready for prime time."
Financial Post: RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook underwhelms in early reviews
"Unfortunately for RIM, the consensus seems to be that RIM’s PlayBook is a bit underwhelming."
Wired: BlackBerry Playbook Tablet Lacks All the Right Moves
"...you may want to think twice before picking one up."
Gizmodo BlackBerry PlayBook Review
"...I don't think anyone should buy it right now..."
Wall Street Journal ATD: Overreactor Meltdown: RIM’s Lazaridis Blows Again
"...I don’t fully understand why there’s this negative sentiment, and I just don’t have the time to battle it..."
Wall Street Journal: PlayBook: A Tablet With a Case Of Codependency
"This first edition of the PlayBook has no built-in cellular data connection and lacks such basic built-in apps as an email program, a contacts program, a calendar, a memo pad and even RIM’s popular BlackBerry Messenger chat system...although the PlayBook has very nice front and rear cameras, it comes without video-chatting software."
Quanta is the actual maker of the Playbook:
Quanta Computer expected to see booming shipments of PlayBook
"Although most market watchers believe RIM's total PlayBook sales will reach only about 4-5 million units in 2011, since RIM plans to at least order an average of 800,000 units each month in the second half of 2011, the company will have a great chance of having annual sales surpass market watchers' expectations."
RIM's Future: Microsoft, HP, RIM Could Lose Out (Gartner)
An almost positive review: Engadget: BlackBerry PlayBook Review
"Like webOS? If so, you're going to love what's hiding under the PlayBook's (healthy) bezels...ultimately, we have a tablet that's trying really hard to please the enterprise set but, in doing so, seems to be alienating casual users who might just want a really great seven-inch tablet."
Here is a positive Review! PlayBook Tablet Makes Dull BlackBerry Cool Again
Check it out. If nothing else to see the worst toupee on a 60-year-old ever.
CrackBerry is not as positive: CrackBerry BlackBerry PlayBook Review
"So did the BlackBerry PlayBook hit the ball straight out of the park? Not quite."
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