BlackBerry PlayBook: BlackBerry Device Is Not Required

April 24, 2011 | By | 12 Comments

I think it’s important to stress the fact that the BlackBerry PlayBook does not need a BlackBerry. It runs by itself, and the BlackBerry Bridge is there for enterprise and syncing some of your information, but it’s not a requirement. Al Sacco from CIO has some important points. Check it out…

There’s been so much misunderstanding about the BlackBerry PlayBook. Some journalists and bloggers have misconstrued the nature of the BlackBerry PlayBook. Yes, it’s RIM’s first Tablet, and it’s the WiFi version. Yes, RIM does create BlackBerry devices. But a BlackBerry PlayBook does not need a BlackBerry handset to work. Granted, the native email apps are coming, but you can still email from the device on the web using WiFi. How many of us use the Windows Mail from our pc versus the web? It also uses the BlackBerry App World, but you can create your own account for apps.

I’ve been using mine and I have to admit, it’s nice to know that some of my files sync and do work on the BlackBerry PlayBook, but I could use this device solo and have done so just to see how it works. Slacker is amazing on the BlackBerry PlayBook, and with all the OS updates, I have no doubts in my mind that this is only the beginning of a great device. With Poynt, the Need For Speed, and quite a few other apps that make this tablet even more fun to use. And while the WiFi version can use the BlackBerry to Bluetooth “tether”, any phone can be used for that. With the 3G and 4G versions, the “tether” option won’t be necessary.

When Apple released the first iPad, there were numerous updates before it became the ideal. The PlayBook will accomplish this and coupled with the QNX system, will be perfect. The size is perfect, the screen is clear, and the camera is really nice. I’m looking forward to the BBM support and hoping that Pandora will be on the way.

How many of our readers have had a chance to grab a BlackBerry PlayBook or play with one? What do you think?

[via: CIO.com]

 

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  • http://seriousmobile.wordpress.com donny

    regarding email, my sentiments exactly! i posted this just two days ago either on my blog or on howarsforums.com, or on blackberryforums.com under my alter ego Prom1 / Jagga.

    looking forward to updates as currently im on .1710.

  • PlayBook lover

    Great Point. well said. perfect explaination.. now I only need to get my friends to read it so they can stop asking me…thank god I can take screen shots on my blackberry to let everyone know. also if you don’t have a blackberry in my area you are no one and no one cares about you. I have 247 contacts of only people I know etremly well (close friends) and I stay in touch with them constantly. so having a playbook makes it easier on me and my friends that listened to me and bought one at launch (they didn’t regret it)

    LOL! one of my friends throw his iPad in his trash can after he got the playbook (No, I couldn’t find it :( but it’s ok cause the playbook is better, either way the iPad was broken, screen didn’t work right, he bought it like that, and apple care didn’t help him)

  • BBuser

    What no email app without a BB. The iPad,Android had apps for email with the first release. No email, no real apps. Leave it on the store shelf. I’ll wait for version 2.

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