Comments on: PlayBook free per Android App says desperate RIM http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Marie http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-195567 Marie Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-195567 Wow. Just bought a playbook on sale at Radio Shack. Beautiful but GET WITH THE PROGRAM!

I mean no Netflix in their app market? No Skype? Heck, why would anyone buy this. Blackberry is dying but they got a great tablet. Hook us up to Android.

If it doesn’t do it, guess what? It goes back. I’d sooner buy the Toshiba Thrive to get what I want than to get a bargain.

BTW, I paid $199 for the Playbook – about what you get the Kindle fire for.

One ominous sign of the future… I called Blackberry tech support as I had a bug to finish setting up the Playbook and he told me “Well, Samsung came out with a nice tablet.”

???????

]]> By: Taghi Jafari http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-181407 Taghi Jafari Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-181407 there is persian word for your suggestion and that is “kos nagu momen”..i.e” what u say is rubish”

]]> By: Eleeflyguy43 http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179734 Eleeflyguy43 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179734 good for RIM. they are finally being friendly to app developers. now they have to enable wifi connectivity to the internet so it can catch up Kindle Fire, iPad, Android tablets, and Touchpad. one Ican connect to the internet, i can bring my Playbook out of the dust pile. 

]]> By: Eleeflyguy43 http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179735 Eleeflyguy43 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179735 good for RIM. they are finally being friendly to app developers. now they have to enable wifi connectivity to the internet so it can catch up Kindle Fire, iPad, Android tablets, and Touchpad. one Ican connect to the internet, i can bring my Playbook out of the dust pile. 

]]> By: backflipbedlem http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179679 backflipbedlem Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179679 Is this available for developers in the UK?

]]> By: backflipbedlem http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179680 backflipbedlem Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179680 Is this available for developers in the UK?

]]> By: backflipbedlem http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179681 backflipbedlem Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179681 Is this available for developers in the UK?

]]> By: backflipbedlem http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179682 backflipbedlem Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179682 Is this available for developers in the UK?

]]> By: Glenn Urrea http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179267 Glenn Urrea Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179267 Gimme my green bot apps!

]]> By: Glenn Urrea http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179268 Glenn Urrea Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179268 Gimme my green bot apps!

]]> By: Anthony Mazzalonga http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179243 Anthony Mazzalonga Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:26:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179243 Couldn’t disagree more.  It’s a chicken and egg situation.  Developers will come when the tablet gets popular, users will buy the tablet when there’s an abundance of apps.  For BlackBerry to offer this kind of incentive means they are serious about kick-starting the ecosystem.

]]> By: Anthony Mazzalonga http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179244 Anthony Mazzalonga Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:26:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179244 Couldn’t disagree more.  It’s a chicken and egg situation.  Developers will come when the tablet gets popular, users will buy the tablet when there’s an abundance of apps.  For BlackBerry to offer this kind of incentive means they are serious about kick-starting the ecosystem.

]]> By: Counsel Dew http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179215 Counsel Dew Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179215 Has the author used a PB? The lack of any need for any physical buttons is great and an advancement over competing products. Are there downsides? There are in every device. However, being different from Apple isn’t bad. How is the gui on iOS that different than the palm OS on the Treo 650? The PB is responsive, and I like the size…

]]> By: Rob Kingston http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179210 Rob Kingston Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179210 I’m going to write an awesome “Hello world!” app for my Playbook.

]]> By: themach1ne http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179193 themach1ne Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179193 I’m confused, didn’t Heins just put down Android and its phones for all being the same?  And now it wants to play nice, nice with Android devs?  Thort isn’t the brightest star in the sky.  I have a feeling this is the start of the fire sale I alluded to last week.  Fairly obvious enterprise doesn’t want RIM crapware nor do consumers…and this last stunt will prove developers have no interest.

]]> By: Gandalthewhite http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179151 Gandalthewhite Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179151 Cool. Now if they would hurry up and accept my BB World account, I could try it. :P

]]> By: Saikou Otaku http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179142 Saikou Otaku Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179142 time to make a cheesy app for a free playbook XD

]]> By: rjbuddyboi http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179137 rjbuddyboi Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179137 I want Android market available in Playbook please.

]]> By: Glenn Urrea http://www.slashgear.com/playbook-free-per-android-app-says-desperate-rim-02211856/#comment-179136 Glenn Urrea Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=211856#comment-179136 No matter how you twist it, this is good news for us Playbook owners. We want as many Android apps as possible. 

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