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RIM demos PlayBook

By | October 26, 2010, 3:38am PDT

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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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helping them get the most from their new MP3 player or digital camera.

Adrian has authored/co-authored technical books on a variety of topics, ranging from programming to building and maintaining PCs. His most recent books include "Build the Ultimate Custom PC", "Beginning Programming" and "The PC Doctor's Fix It Yourself Guide". He has also written training manuals that have been used by a number of Fortune 500 companies.

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RE: RIM demos PlayBook
FAULKNE 13th Oct
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Cool ideas are one thing.. Making them work is another.
James Quinn Updated - 26th Oct 2010
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!

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Why?
Jeremy-UK 26th Oct 2010
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.
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Matt_Fabb@... 26th Oct 2010
@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.
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I've had an iPhone 3GS for a year and a half now...
James Quinn 26th Oct 2010
@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?

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With 120 million iOS devices out there, any company
frgough 26th Oct 2010
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.
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keeping in mind..
thx-1138_@... Updated - 26th Oct 2010
@Matt_Fabb@... that RIM are only giving glimpses - whilst still in the product development stages - of features.

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..

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.

I wish RIM all the best on this project.
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120 million iOS devices
Michael Alan Goff 26th Oct 2010
- 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.
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@goff256. Not for long. This product is a yawn.
kjdig@... 26th Oct 2010
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.
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The future is a gimped OS?
Michael Alan Goff 27th Oct 2010
I hope not.
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