Blackberry playbook?

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Are they any good?

In a word, No.

Blackberry messed up with this tablet. Too little, too late. Very few apps available for it. I hear you can fiddle with it and then use Android apps but it's not simple and you need to be fairly techy. Frankly why would you want to? If you want to run Android apps, get an Android tablet.

Lastly the proof of how messed up it is, is the fact that nearly 6 months after it's been released, it still doesn't have email. Erm...that's the whole raison d'etre for Blackberry. It would be like Apple releasing the iphone without music. It would be like Ford releasing a car then promising you a steering wheel later.

They're practically giving them away to corporate customers and still can't get anyone to have them.

Thanks niceguy I'm trying to decide between a playbook and an android tablet - can't really stretch to an ipad and it's only for sticking in my bag.

If your handbag can fit an iPad then I'd suggest perhaps looking on eBay for the iPad 1?

I was at a mates house yesterday who has iPad and a transformer eee pad. One of the best android tablets. He's a real android fan and even he said get the iPad. I've also got android on one of my tablets and honestly they are nowhere near as polished as the iPad.

I bought this to slip in my handbag for the 30 min wait I have during the school run.I wasnt expecting too much but it performs better than I ever expected.No 3g but I can tether it too my phone.I had to delete quite a lot of crap that came preinstalled and tweak the wifi settings to prolong the battery but I couldnt justify one twice/three times the price as had a new laptop this year.