Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet 7-Inch Review
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This is an in-depth look at the Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet with as little “bias” as possible. I am a BlackBerry user and, truth be told, lover. I have had a blackberry for years now, and I currently have a Bold 9700, so after a week of use I am very pleased with the PB.
The Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet is a very capable devise with an excellent screen, the 7 inch tablet is just enough screen to enjoy videos and browse the web. Well-built (except for maybe the power button, but learn to turn on with finger swipe), fantastic graphics, nice audio, responsive, stable, and just the right size. It truly is an amazing device. I absolutely love the gestures they’ve designed to bring up menus and apps, and to move around. Brilliant! The Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet is truly an impressive piece of hardware, it’s easy to hold, its light, and it feels solid in my hands. The screen is fantastic, fluid and not clunky, very crisp and displays images/videos/text with very sharp clarity. I loaded up a bunch of pictures on my playbook just so I can look at the beautiful screen. Everything is so clear, it’s such a pleasure to look at. The camera is also good. The back facing one is 5 MP and it takes good pictures, and HD quality video (however no flash 
) The speakers, they work great. The speakers are front facing and are loud (for a tablet). Unlike the other tablets with speakers on the sides, you get better sound quality since they are facing the user.
Some key product features of the Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet
• BlackBerry Tablet Os, 1 GHz dual-core processor based on powerful, user-friendly QNX technology
• It has 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB for storage
• Wireless-N Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
• 0.9 pounds (15 ounces).
• 7-inch high-resolution display that supports 4-fingered multi-touch gestures
• GPS for navigation and location-based services
• dual HD webcams for video chats and snapping pic
• supports Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR and HTML-5 so you can enjoy all of the sites, media, games, and 3D games thanks to the built-in accelerometer and 6-axis motion sensing
The Playbook’s OS is very intuitive and really easy to pick up. I think RIM really shines in that sense. Also the browser for the Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet is also very fast was, launching applications, loading web pages, and switching between apps is blazingly fast. Smooth and effortless operating environment, it was able to load any website I threw at it, all the menus flow and the graphics fly, no hesitation on most all switching of applications and functions. Also because of the high screen quality, all websites are easy to read even with the 7 inch screen.
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Another great thing about Playbook’s OS is the multi task ability. It handles multiple open programs easily. Also the way the OS is set up, it’s easy to manage your open programs so it doesn’t clutter the devise. On the android devise, I would have to go to task manager to see what programs are still operating and then kill them. On the Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet, it goes away with a swipe of the finger, literally.
The lack of apps is a real issue for me though. A lot of my favorite apps are missing, including Pandora, Kindle, KeePass (password management) and SSH (sys admin software). These are key apps I use on my bold every day, and without it, it is a big issue. However, one recent addition to the app world has boosted the score for me, and that’s the blackberry news reader. I was using GeeReader since that was the only decent RSS feed reader available, but blackberry just released the news reader, and it is fantastic on my Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet. I do see new apps crop up everyday in app world, and the Android app reader is going launch soon, so I think this will improve (the FB app, word and acrobat apps are great as well).
I am very impressed with this little tablet. The build quality, ease of use and simplicity is awesome. I am very satisfied with my purchase and would highly recommend the Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet.
Here’s what one customer has to say about the Blackberry Playbook 16GB Tablet:
“better than an ipad,” May 13, 2011 By W. Abbott “W Abbott” (Rural Nebraska): “The “blackberry bridge” works great. The screen and display are unbelievable. The operating system is intuitive. The glass keyboard (I’m typing this on the glass) is the best I’ve ever used. Apple’s OS for the ipad seems crude compared to RIM’s Playbook. I bought it for traveling, but I can tell I’m going to be using this thing a lot more than I thought.” Read more customer reviews here…
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