BlackBerry PlayBook (16GB)

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 117 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

• prev
• 1
• ...
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12

• Sort by: Most helpful Highest rating Lowest rating Most recent

• 4 stars

  Too little, too late

  by oneupcanuck on April 15, 2011

  Pros: Features a high resolution screen, portable design and versatile QNX operating system. The playbook finally offers decent 3D gaming performance that the iPhone has had for a while now. Companies may like it's security features and integration with corpora

  Cons: Lack of a true purpose. It seems as though RIM created the Playbook as a knee-jerk reaction to competition rather than in response to actual demand. There is a severe lack of application support making this expensive device of limit use to most people. Th

  Summary: Unless you have a lot of money to throw around, save it. There is nothing the Playbook can offer that is significantly different than what you can get from other ...

  Read more

  Summary: Unless you have a lot of money to throw around, save it. There is nothing the Playbook can offer that is significantly different than what you can get from other devices. Once there is more app support which should come in a few months then it might be worth considering.

  Show less

  2 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 2 stars

  Sad testament to the future of RIM

  by dosnitsG on April 15, 2011

  Pros: Nice display and browser

  Cons: No corporate email. Are you kidding me?

  Summary: Corporate email is the one feature that was expected out of RIM and they failed to deliver. That makes this just another tablet in the current herd. How completely arrogant ...

  Read more

  Summary: Corporate email is the one feature that was expected out of RIM and they failed to deliver. That makes this just another tablet in the current herd. How completely arrogant of RIM to assume that corporate users still have a BlackBerry that they can tether to for email. Most have already switched to an iPhone or Android. The Playbook was the last hope of the corporate security department to keep a secure device in the inventory. As our execs told our RIM sales reps, "Too little, too late".

  Show less

  3 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 2 stars

  Buy it now and we fix it later!!

  by cwalker1984 on April 21, 2011

  Pros: I do not see any

  Cons: No native email, small screen, buggy(like all RIM Phones), power button, short battery life

  Summary: Tried this tablet for 1 day and returned it. It is buggy, and many functions expected are not there like email and calendar. Blackberry says that it will issue updates, ...

  Read more

  Summary: Tried this tablet for 1 day and returned it. It is buggy, and many functions expected are not there like email and calendar. Blackberry says that it will issue updates, etc but why in this world they put on the market an unfinished product(same reasoning as Microsoft buy it now and we fix it later). I returned it too much hassle to keep this device which is way inferior to the iPad.

  Show less

  2 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 2 stars

  Big thing is small thing

  by HeueongJim on June 2, 2011

  Pros: I have this and I was not type many a lot but with thing can

  Cons: Many money and too have two apple ipad to buy

  Summary: I think I have this hold in arms and then pull the finger along but anything happened but not! No fare!

  Summary: I think I have this hold in arms and then pull the finger along but anything happened but not! No fare!

  0 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 6 stars

  Good product but 1st gen

  by jibendow on April 14, 2011

  Pros: Gives you the inetnet the way it is

  Cons: RIM's bridge is only for Blackberry users and no apps

  Summary: It has to develop before it can challenge the likes of the IPad and Honeycomb
  
  Updated on Apr 14, 2011

  It has to develop before it can challenge the likes ...

  Read more

  Summary: It has to develop before it can challenge the likes of the IPad and Honeycomb
  
  Updated on Apr 14, 2011

  It has to develop before it can challenge the likes of the IPad and Honeycomb Edan Aharony

  Show less

  1 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  No reason for this product to exist

  by Kevico_Suave on April 15, 2011

  Pros: Flash, although many Flash sites don't work/crash
  UI is fluid

  Cons: Too small - Apple clearly cornered the market on full sized tablet screens
  Far too few apps.
  Single device platform. Unlike the iPod->iPhone->iPad, the PlayBook is a single device. Apps that you buy on a BlackBerry won't run on it or vice versa.
  

  Summary: There really isn't any reason for this product to exist. The iPad and Android tablets offer all kinds of advantages. It would be one thing if this product was ...

  Read more

  Summary: There really isn't any reason for this product to exist. The iPad and Android tablets offer all kinds of advantages. It would be one thing if this product was related to the BlackBerry, and gave advantages to BlackBerry users, but it doesn't. Sure you can tether to a BlackBerry, but that's not a platform advantage as you can tether any WiFi tablet to any phone that allows WiFi tethering. Since apps and everything else aren't compatible, you're really looking at a whole new platform that happens to be shipping from the same company as the one who is struggling to remain relevant with the BlackBerry.
  
  7" is the wrong size.
  
  Buying this will leave you stuck with a minority platform that lacks all the apps and accessories everyone else has while not providing any advantage to you as a BlackBerry user. Considering it's the same price as the iPad (despite the smaller size), why not just get an iPad and use that with you BlackBerry if that's the phone you prefer? Or get an Android if for some reason you're stuck on needing 7".
  
  Updated on May 9, 2011

  @NOCARRIER_416,
  
  I did use the device, and my review still stands. The Bridge unfortunately, isn't a solution at all on AT&T, and a very poor solution anyway for a device that really should have 3G to begin with, at least as an option. It would be one thing if the Bridge allowed full access, synonymous with tethering but it doesn't. You're significantly limited with what you can do with it... to the point of "what's the point?"... especially on a 7" screen.
  
  Ok, insert here how you can do some trivial little task like checking email when Bridging. That's great, but I can look at my iPad or Android tablet and all the apps I want to run that would not run when Bridged even if they were available for the Playbook, and again know that there also wouldn't be an option with 3G either.

  Show less

  2 out of 14 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  Big disappointment, (What did you expect?)

  by calexaka on April 15, 2011

  Pros: None that I can see, but may be the name RIM...?

  Cons: No email ! You got to be kidding...No 3G ? Are you insane? No native Android?, get out of here...Battery life of 6hrs ! This will not last thru lunch if I used one.

  Summary: All the Rave Reviews must be written by RIM CEO's who's bacon are on the line. What is the purpose of this tablet?. Seems like RIM wanted to ...

  Read more

  Summary: All the Rave Reviews must be written by RIM CEO's who's bacon are on the line. What is the purpose of this tablet?. Seems like RIM wanted to be in the game but unfortunately failed miserably. Who wants yet another Tablet OS...isn't IOS, Android, and WP7 enough fragmentation already? If this was using Android 3.0 may be it could have had a fighting chance..Did I mention No Email, and 3G? Come on RIM ...What are you thinking? .Good night and Good Luck.

  Show less

  2 out of 15 users found this user opinion helpful.

• prev
• 1
• ...
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12

See pricing