Just a little story I thought I would share....



So, I am really pissed of at BlackBerry for abandoning the PlayBook. I have two. The first one, a 16GB model, I bought for $499 + tax. The second one, a 64 GB model, I bought for $189. It was the deal of the century considering we were all going to get BB10 on it. I have cases, and rapid chargers....



So, when BlackBerry announced that BB10 wasn't coming to the PlayBook, I decided to sell my PlayBook's (not sure anyone would buy then) and get another tablet.



I decided on a 32GB Microsoft Surface running Windows RT. It sounded like a business-enough tablet.



So, I get it, charge it up and go through the setup procedure. Out of the box, it is slower than the PlayBook, the IE browser not as good, and the email experience truly terrible. It cannot sync with Google Calender (due to some dispute between Microsoft and Google) and email has a tendency to come it very slow.



The UI looks good, but it is slow and the gestures are no intuitive like on the PB. My Z10 ran rings around the Surface for everything except screen size.



My point is, it won't take much to make the PlayBook much better... browser update, better keyboard and.... full bridge! That's it. It's a solid piece of hardware in need of a better OS. Perhaps 2.2 or 3.0.



Please BlackBerry..... just some good faith here.



Oh, BTW, I returned the Surface the next day.

Last edited by Matt J; 08-02-13 at 08:23 AM .