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RIM demos PlayBook

Summary: RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis has give the first live demo of the upcoming PlayBook tablet at the Adobe MAX conference.

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

By for Hardware 2.0 |

RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis has give the first live demo of the upcoming PlayBook tablet at the Adobe MAX conference.

Here's the video:

First impressions - neat, but the UI seems to suffer from an annoying lag, especially when flipping through photos. Obviously there's a lot more work needed before this device is ready for market.

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  • Cool ideas are one thing.. Making them work is another.

    I wish BB well and I hope they introduce a valid competitor. One note "lag" won't do. I don't own an iPad but a friend does and one of the things that impresses him is it's responsiveness. I mean he never shuts up about it!<br><br>Pagan jim
    James Quinn
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  • Why?

    Why should anyone care if it's YouTube's site or an optimised YouTube app? Seriously, don't we just want to watch the video - why should anyone care HOW it's delivered. As long as the video plays stutter-free, HTML5 or Flash is irrelevant.

    If RIM are trying to communicate some advantage they've failed.

    As for this nonsense about "dumbing down" the Internet, (and they surely mean "web") why are proprietary web technologies "smarter" than open standard web technologies? I think the opposite is true.
    Jeremy-UK
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    • RE: RIM demos PlayBook

      @Jeremy-UK Why does it matter? Because often not all YouTube content is available in their app versions or have access to all the features available in YouTube's web Flash based player.
      Then there's a lot of existing video Flash content outside of YouTube that you would not be able to watch without the Flash Player.
      Matt_Fabb@...
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      • I've had an iPhone 3GS for a year and a half now...

        @Matt_Fabb@...
        I've yet to have any issue in regards to my lack of FLASH on it. As you state there is stuff out there I won't be able to watch on my 3GS but based on your words and my experience I think I'd have to actually look for it and I would want to do that because?

        Pagan jim
        James Quinn
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      • With 120 million iOS devices out there, any company

        who whines about iOS not having flash support is going to get left behind by those who realize that consumers have voted and convert their video into a format those 120 million devices will play.
        frgough
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      • keeping in mind..

        @Matt_Fabb@... that RIM are only giving glimpses - whilst still in the product development stages - of features. <br><br>I notice too, that there are alot of negative comments about PlayBook .. and it seems that most of that is from RDF affected, Apple fanbois. Right on cue as well..<br><br>Granted, in its current state (i.e. at the time of video being filmed), it's apparent the PlayBook needs alot of testing, re-testing and fine tuning. I really hope that by RTM, the RIM Team have ironed out any UI and general performance issues and can deliver an excellent, viable alternative to the iPad.<br><br>I wish RIM all the best on this project.
        thx-1138_
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      • 120 million iOS devices

        - How many of those have something that runs flash?
        - How many users don't have an iOS device but have something that can use flash?

        I guess my point is that those who only have an iOS device are in the minority.
        Michael Alan Goff
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  • @goff256. Not for long. This product is a yawn.

    iOS is the future. Remember the financial demographic of thos 120 Million users that dropped anywhere from $300-$900 on their iOS device. Very desirable crowd for businesses. Any business in their right mind will develop in HTML5 not Flash.
    kjdig@...
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    • The future is a gimped OS?

      I hope not.
      Michael Alan Goff
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