The BlackBerry PlayBook has been getting a lot of flack, and the parent company seems to be taking most of the blows. Why? You would think that after the entry of the Apple iPad, the 85 or so tablets that are being designed and manufactured would have zeroed in on the flaws or the things that the iPad lacks. That’s a simple notion. BlackBerry’s RIM launched a product that has the capabilities to have solid hardware with unmatched and untapped potential. What the biggest gripe that tablet users had was the running of Android Apps, but it has so much more going for it, so much that it lost the same amount of stock that Apple picked up, that there is even talk of staff layoffs.
The sales figures for the playbook are not as expected, not that the general public was aware of RIM’s expectations, but it could not have been to the point that Sprint had to stop its plans to sell the PlayBook 4G version as it had been previously mentioned in launches. The sales have been struggling so much the tablet was overshadowed by Windows 7 tablets that came out in the first quarter of 2011.
What RIM came out with as an added advantage was that it would be launching BlackBerry PlayBook Accessories that can run Android apps and this was unceremoniously leaked through the application store. It was found within the change log of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager update. You can now download the Android player unofficially since RIM hasn’t released the application as a certified version. It is available at the App World, but can only be side loaded; all you need is a little bit of time and some more information from forums that are full of BlackBerry aficionados, ready to find out anything they can about the BlackBerry applications and anything that has to do with the newest BlackBerry application tools.
In other addition to the BlackBerry PlayBook Accessories that have been added to enhance the operation of the BlackBerry, is updating the operating system. The incremental operating system that RIM has launched bumps the 1.0.5 version and adds a number of subtle changes. Tapping the battery icon invokes a menu that allows users to adjust the brightness of the screen and put the PlayBook in standby mode when not in use. It saves a lot of battery power and those settings are just available with a simple tap. These are just a few of the benefits to buy BlackBerry PlayBook.
