The engadget review is kind of ridiculous ... which isn't unheard of, to be honest, I can't think of any product they've ever reviewed where I took most of their review seriously..
I will add this: I have now had a playbook in my hands for about 6 hours. There are a few things I would say, but without outting my client who provided it, there are some fundamental errors in these reviews... first, the app store is basically locked. So, talking about few apps available isn't really the point, since I don't think the AppWorld is actually expected to go live for a few days. Second, the comments about the power button make me wonder about how they are using it.. it wakes up just fine via gesture without needing to find the power button; so either I have a radically different result then them, or ... the power button is literally a power button.. on/off, but it hibernates and wakes up via gesture, immediately rushing for the power button is the wrong idea.
The thing is, there are lots of things I like so far, but I come back to my basic problem: I can't find a use for any tablet. My wife has the iPad (1, I haven't jumped to a 2 yet, and not really feeling pressure to do so, thankfully) and while there are some thoughts that are cool, I just don't see anything on here that pushes me to "do" it outside of my client who will be using these, so I need to know how they work.
I'm not sure about the "flash being landmines" I'd have to think of something to try that. So far, no issues with Youtube, Hulu or most websites I've tried (ABC/CBS/etc.) so I'm not sure where that comes in.
Again, though, it still brings me back to my original thought......... I can't find a hard purpose for any of these. Maybe that problem is just me. I will say in a comparison to the Xoom, I don't know why anyone would grab a much more expensive Xoom which my experience was total crap with.
I will add this: I have now had a playbook in my hands for about 6 hours. There are a few things I would say, but without outting my client who provided it, there are some fundamental errors in these reviews... first, the app store is basically locked. So, talking about few apps available isn't really the point, since I don't think the AppWorld is actually expected to go live for a few days. Second, the comments about the power button make me wonder about how they are using it.. it wakes up just fine via gesture without needing to find the power button; so either I have a radically different result then them, or ... the power button is literally a power button.. on/off, but it hibernates and wakes up via gesture, immediately rushing for the power button is the wrong idea.
The thing is, there are lots of things I like so far, but I come back to my basic problem: I can't find a use for any tablet. My wife has the iPad (1, I haven't jumped to a 2 yet, and not really feeling pressure to do so, thankfully) and while there are some thoughts that are cool, I just don't see anything on here that pushes me to "do" it outside of my client who will be using these, so I need to know how they work.
I'm not sure about the "flash being landmines" I'd have to think of something to try that. So far, no issues with Youtube, Hulu or most websites I've tried (ABC/CBS/etc.) so I'm not sure where that comes in.
Again, though, it still brings me back to my original thought......... I can't find a hard purpose for any of these. Maybe that problem is just me. I will say in a comparison to the Xoom, I don't know why anyone would grab a much more expensive Xoom which my experience was total crap with.