It's not really surprising given the prices of the playbook.
Playbook is actually a really neat OS that has multi-tasking that puts the iPad to shame. I almost got one to add to my collection of tablets when they had sales.
Neat unit. Lack of software killed it.
right....lets see....new poster, check. Obvious astro-turf, check. The playbook is so good, they have to sell them at a huge loss to move them. Yeah....it sure puts the iPad to shame.
Seriously though, the people who want $100 tablets are the same people who want $100 notebooks. And genuinely wonder why they won't boot after six months.
Who the fk cares? They are practically giving them away and they are from a Canadian company so being purchased for national pride not rational choice. Canada is a country of only 34M people, just 6M more than the population of the city of Chongqing, China.
Who the fk cares? They are practically giving them away and they are from a Canadian company so being purchased for national pride not rational choice. Canada is a country of only 34M people, just 6M more than the population of the city of Chongqing, China.
You will be happy to know that every beaver in Canada will be getting a free Playbook. We pride ourselves in our national symbols. Up in Canada we have a saying for people who makes statements such as yours... "His toque is too tight."
No offense to our fine brethren in that fine country to the north, but 'Canadian market share' is probably a rounding error for iPad sales at this point.
No offense to our fine brethren in that fine country to the north, but 'Canadian market share' is probably a rounding error for iPad sales at this point.
I bought a Playbook. It is no iPad, but I wanted a 7 inch screen. It has few apps, can't stream Hulu or Netflix. No Skype, but there is a work around. But for $199, it will download and play movies that I have made for my iPad. It is smaller and that is what I wanted. Untill they come out with a la.rger iPod.Touch, this will do
This reminds me of being a kid, and asking for a Nintendo 64 for Christmas. I dropped so many damn hints to my parents. I told them about the best N64 games, the accessories, etc. So Christmas morning rolled around, I open up the big box, and it's a Sega CD. They went to the store to buy me the N64, but there was a big shiny "SALE" sticker on the Sega CD, so they bought that instead. It was fun for about a month, and then it became next-to-impossible to get games for it.
I anticipate buyer's remorse for a lot of those Playbook owners in about a month....
"DOOMED. DOOMED. APPLE ARE DOOMED, I TELL YOU Free Playbooks and Android Tablets will KILL THE IPAD , Mark my words DOOMED. DOOMED. APPLE ARE DOOMED, I TELL YOU"
Oh... sorry... I see what you are saying. Of course.
Apologies... somebody just stepped on my toque and kicked my beaver. I was a bit sensitive.
Looking again at my original post, I see that I said "Canadian market share" when I actually meant to say "change in Canadian market share". It's understandable why you responded the way you did.
Seriously though, the people who want $100 tablets are the same people who want $100 notebooks. And genuinely wonder why they won't boot after six months.
...and in another six months they will wonder why the current Playbook doesn't work with the brand new RIM phones.
I bought a Playbook. It is no iPad, but I wanted a 7 inch screen. It has few apps, can't stream Hulu or Netflix. No Skype, but there is a work around. But for $199, it will download and play movies that I have made for my iPad. It is smaller and that is what I wanted. Untill they come out with a la.rger iPod.Touch, this will do
If I understand you right, you paid $200 for a 7" flat-screen TV that doesn't even have a DVD drive built in?
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I'm Canadian and I've never seen it a PlayBook in anyone's hands. I saw one once at a stand in a mall... but it did not work.
Well... um... that's actually what they look like when they're working...
It's not really surprising given the prices of the playbook.
Playbook is actually a really neat OS that has multi-tasking that puts the iPad to shame. I almost got one to add to my collection of tablets when they had sales.
Neat unit. Lack of software killed it.
right....lets see....new poster, check. Obvious astro-turf, check. The playbook is so good, they have to sell them at a huge loss to move them. Yeah....it sure puts the iPad to shame.
Seriously though, the people who want $100 tablets are the same people who want $100 notebooks. And genuinely wonder why they won't boot after six months.
They are staying that every damn tablet priced less than the iPad is taking away sells of the iPad. This is market manipulation at its best.
Who the fk cares? They are practically giving them away and they are from a Canadian company so being purchased for national pride not rational choice. Canada is a country of only 34M people, just 6M more than the population of the city of Chongqing, China.
You will be happy to know that every beaver in Canada will be getting a free Playbook. We pride ourselves in our national symbols. Up in Canada we have a saying for people who makes statements such as yours... "His toque is too tight."
So in other words, this is not real data.
Please learn something about statistical sampling techniques. Comments like this reflect a basic lack of knowledge.
No offense to our fine brethren in that fine country to the north, but 'Canadian market share' is probably a rounding error for iPad sales at this point.
Hey... they could easily be 5 or 6% of sales.
Hey... they could easily be 5 or 6% of sales.
You're right, in that Canada (~33M people) is between California and Texas in population. It could conceivably account for 5% of global sales.
However, a small decline in that 5% share (reflecting Canadian share decline from 78% to 68%) is likely to be tiny in terms of aggregate impact.
You're right, in that Canada (~33M people) is between California and Texas in population. It could conceivably account for 5% of global sales.
However, a small decline in that 5% share (reflecting Canadian share decline from 78% to 68%) is likely to be tiny in terms of aggregate impact.
Oh... sorry... I see what you are saying. Of course.
Apologies... somebody just stepped on my toque and kicked my beaver. I was a bit sensitive.
Why not... because it's only 1000 or because it's Canadians?
Ya I've had trouble trusting Canadians since the pig war.
I anticipate buyer's remorse for a lot of those Playbook owners in about a month....
Slappy has spoken!
"DOOMED. DOOMED. APPLE ARE DOOMED, I TELL YOU Free Playbooks and Android Tablets will KILL THE IPAD , Mark my words DOOMED. DOOMED. APPLE ARE DOOMED, I TELL YOU"
Took the words right out of my keyboard...
Oh... sorry... I see what you are saying. Of course.
Apologies... somebody just stepped on my toque and kicked my beaver. I was a bit sensitive.
Looking again at my original post, I see that I said "Canadian market share" when I actually meant to say "change in Canadian market share". It's understandable why you responded the way you did.
Perhaps I should be the one to apologize.
Well whaddaya know, you CAN give them away.
Seriously though, the people who want $100 tablets are the same people who want $100 notebooks. And genuinely wonder why they won't boot after six months.
...and in another six months they will wonder why the current Playbook doesn't work with the brand new RIM phones.
I bought a Playbook. It is no iPad, but I wanted a 7 inch screen. It has few apps, can't stream Hulu or Netflix. No Skype, but there is a work around. But for $199, it will download and play movies that I have made for my iPad. It is smaller and that is what I wanted. Untill they come out with a la.rger iPod.Touch, this will do
If I understand you right, you paid $200 for a 7" flat-screen TV that doesn't even have a DVD drive built in?
...and in another six months they will wonder why the current Playbook doesn't work with the brand new RIM phones.
This man speaks the truth. RIM might not be around in six months, so it makes sense that the Playbook wouldn't work with phones that don't exist.