You thought I was joking, right. No, it’s true. The most backward tablet in the world just got worse. The only thing they forgot was a stylus — maybe they can get some from Samsung.
What the hell are these guys thinking?
PlayBook
Netflix will not support RIM’s PlayBook
Anthony Kay: Netflix finally comes out and says No to a PlayBook app, much to the chagrin of the PlayBook user community who seemed to assume that with the release of PlayBook OS 2 all the missing apps would automagically … Continued
PlayBook gets email, but it’s still a piece of shit
Roger Cheng: While RIM touts the ability to get e-mail, it’s actually using Exchange ActiveSync, and not the company’s own secure BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Without RIM’s secure network, the PlayBook’s e-mail access isn’t any better than what can already be … Continued
More crap from RIM
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for RIM:
PlayBook OS 2.0 benchmarks better than any other mobile implementation (just point your PlayBook at HTML5Test.com), and better than every desktop browser, except Chrome 16. It also includes WebGL for accelerated 3D graphics, and with WebWorks, we can free HTML5 code from the browser, let you upload it to AppWorld, and turn that HTML5 website into a revenue generating HTML5 application. How ‘bout them apples?
Two things:
1. Make sure you’re near a Wi-Fi connection before pointing your PlayBook at any site because it doesn’t have 3G.
2. You think it’s a good idea to allow developers to sell an app based on an HTML5 Web site? That’s not a plus. People want real apps, not fake shit.
11 things RIM did right in 2011
Yeah, that was ambitious. I got nothing, sorry.