I noticed that FutureShop online still has lots of BlackBerry Playbooks available. The reviews on the site are overwhelmingly positive. Given that you can get 3 Playbooks for a single iPad, which do you think is a better value? When the upgraded version of QNX comes out in February 2012 with Android support, the Playbook will be the cheapest, quality tablet out there. Playbooks are built in Taiwan by Quanta and the build quality is superior to the cheap knock off Android tablets that proliferate the internet. There was an article recently about how dominant Apple is in the tablet market and how that's not about to change unless the price point issue is addressed. That's why Amazon Kindle is making it. Amazon is taking a loss on the hardware so that they can make more further up the food chain with software and content (like gaming consoles). I really hope RIM can turn it around. Mike Lazaridis helped found the Perimeter Institute. What did Steve Jobs ever do other than enrich himself and Apple?
Interestingly, it appears that you can change the Playbook battery yourself (unlike the Apple iPad!). Here's a teardown guide. I guess well-heeled Apple iPad buyers wouldn't care to worry about such details and would simply buy and iPad 3 instead (and fall for more of Apple's masterful marketing pitch to buy more expensive Apple toys).
We got an LG Shine Plus at London Drugs today. Going with prepaid service on Telus. I won't be using that phone though!
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