Blackberry Playbook

iPad mini vs. BlackBerry Playbook hands-on

By Chris Parsons, Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012 a 8:47 pm

Rene already expressed the opinion that if Amazon, Google, et. al really want to come at the iPad mini based on price, what they're really doing is telling people to buy a $150 BlackBerry PlayBook. So, in the interest of science, I picked one up to put it's through it's paces.

iPad 4 vs. Kindle Fire 8 HD vs. Nexus 7 vs. Surface RT vs. PlayBook: Spec shootout!

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 a 8:18 pm

Apple not only released the iPad mini but also a brand new iPad 4 to sit on top of the tablet food chain. It's got the new Apple A6X processor, the new Qualcomm international LTE radio, and the new Lightning connector.

New iPad vs. ASUS Transformer Infinity (Android) vs. BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Mar 7, 2012 a 3:40 pm

Apple announced the new iPad at their [event today](http://www.imore.com/tag/ipad-3-event, but how does it compare to the recently announced Android 4.1 Ice Cream Sandwich-packing ASUS Transformer Infinity, and the just updated PlayBerry Playbook 2.0?

BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 vs. iPad 2 feature comparison

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Feb 24, 2012 a 5:02 pm

Apple iPad vs. Blackberry PlayBook 2.0, which should you buy?

BlackBerry has just released their new PlayBook 2.0 OS upgrade and CrackBerry has done an unbelievable job covering every pixel of it. Most interesting to iMore readers is Gary Mazo's incredibly comprehensive, finely detailed iPad 2 vs. BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 comparison. Gary goes covers everything you need to know about user interface and experience, apps an organization, multi-tasking, personal information management, media handling, email/messaging, eReading, photography and videography, web browsing, and gaming.

Unbaked

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 a 12:51 am

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I spent a couple hours this weekend trying out the BlackBerry PlayBook and Android 3.0, Honeycomb-powered Motorola Xoom tablets. I'd tried the PlayBook and seen the Xoom before at CES 2011, but both were unfinished at the time and I was interested in seeing what the shipping versions were like. Unfortunately, the shipping versions were still unfinished, or more properly, unbaked. They reminded me of cookie dough.

Cookie dough has all the right ingredients, so much so that people can and do enjoy it in its raw, unbaked state. They nibble at it, lick it off mixers, and eat ice cream filled with chunks of it. And why not? It's delicious... In nibbles and licks and chunks. But no matter how good it is in small doses, you inevitably wish someone would just bake it already.

iPad Live 52: Premature competition

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Apr 18, 2011 a 9:18 pm

Georgia, Chad, Rene, and Jon talk iOS 4.3.2, the mysterious ix, Toys R Us and Best Buy, Adobe concedes, how do you Sync, the BlackBerry Playbook, hiding the iPad from Google, and the state of the Jailbreak. This is iPad Live!

Complete show notes for the week in iPad after the break!

iPad competitors considering delays in the face of tepid market reception?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Apr 15, 2011 a 1:47 pm

The Motorola Xoom launched to sales that were okay but not breakthrough, the BlackBerry Playbook has gotten hopeful though mixed reviews, and now Digitimes reports other would-be iPad 2 competitors may be getting cold feed.

TiPb Asks: Are you tempted by the PlayBook or an Android Honeycomb tablet?

By Georgia, Thursday, Apr 14, 2011 a 5:58 pm

If it were possible for the iPad to own 138% of the tablet market it probably would, but competing devices have already launched like the Motorola Xoom, are about to launch like the BlackBerry Playbook, or will be launching later in the year like the HP TouchPad and more Android Honeycomb tablets.

RIM's iPad competitor, BlackBerry PlayBook gets reviewed!

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011 a 10:39 pm

CrackBerry Kevin goes hands-on for a full BlackBerry PlayBook review

RIM finally gets their 7-inch, QNX-powered iPad competitor to market and our sibling site, CrackBerry.com has your positively gargantuan BlackBerry PlayBook review piping hot and ready! From hardware to software literally nothing is left out. So how does the man who loves BlackBerry like the PlayBook?

iPad Live 49: Tablet round table

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Mar 28, 2011 a 10:22 pm

Georgia and Rene are joined by CrackBerry.com's Kevin and AndroidCentral.com's Phil for a tablet round table featuring PlayBook, Android, and iPad 2. Also, iOS 4.3.1 goes live, will iOS 5 be delayed, and is old media afraid of new technology? This is iPad Live!

Complete show notes for the week in iPad after the break!

[Apologies for the clicking sound in the video, we'll make sure that doesn't happen again. #stupidchatroll]