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BlackBerry PlayBook Wi-Fi 16GB Tablet $179.95 from MLN

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BlackBerry PlayBook Wi-Fi 16GB Tablet $179.95 from MLN
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Pzuzu72 on 09/11/2012 - 07:05 mln.com.au (340 clicks)
Last edited 09/11/2012 - 08:28 by 1 other user

This seems like a great buy blackberry tablet $179.95?? Dual Core.7inch,bluetooth,hdmi,wifi great chrissy idea for the kids

  • 1 GHz dual-core processor
  • BlackBerry® Tablet OS with symmetric multiprocessing
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 7" LCD display, 1024 x 600 screen resolution
  • Capacitive screen with 4-finger multi-touch and gesture support
  • Accelerometer, 6-axis motion sensing (gyroscope) and digital compass (magnetometer)
  • GPS capability
  • Micro USB port
  • Full Adobe® Flash® 11.2 enabled
  • Built-in support for HTML 5
  • Wi-Fi 802.1 a/b/g/n
  • Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR
  • 3 MP 1080p HD forward-facing camera
  • 5 MP 1080p HD rear-facing camera
  • Stereo speakers and stereo microphones
  • Crystal clear video; H.264, MPEG4, WMV HDMI video output
  • Micro HDMI port for 1080p playback
  • Music Store by 7 Digital, BlackBerry® Podcast app
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  • Geewhizz on 09/11/2012 - 07:10

    Link to the product. It's the 16GB version.

    http://www.mln.com.au/product/?itemID=3819&typeID=special

    The 64GB is $292

  • zuzu72 on 09/11/2012 - 07:27

    thanks geewhizz :)

  • Danstar on 09/11/2012 - 07:42
    +2

    I was gonna post this, but didn't think it was that great as its on a 7" screen

  • bchliu on 09/11/2012 - 07:50
    +13

    Limited software and support (since not everything Android is compatible) and an outdated resolution (1024x600). You might as well go for an Ainol Novo Flame/Fire's that does IPS and 1280x800 resolutions with better CPU/GPU (inc. Mali) running Jellybean for same price or less (search on Ozbargain for Ainol). Either that or pay the $70 extra to get the Nexus 7 16GB for a 100% better machine.

    • CarbonTwelve on 09/11/2012 - 08:37

      Yeah, I was about to suggest the same thing. A Chinese brand Android tablet is much better value - better specs, more software available, and cheaper for a 7".

    • quickling on 09/11/2012 - 09:00
      +1

      my ainol has caused me no end of problems…

      • StewBalls on 09/11/2012 - 09:13
        +5

        You can get ointment for that…

    • CyberGenesys on 09/11/2012 - 09:14
      +3

      I had to install a new wifi antenna in my Ainnol Aurora II 'cos half of it was missing :O
      Not to mention other issues….

      • netsurfer on 09/11/2012 - 09:51
        +2

        Pretty much the same for most of the other cheap Chinese brand tablets.

        • Poor wifi / wifi dropouts
        • 1GB phone memory + 15GB internal SD setup
        • Poor battery life
        • Rushed firmware
        • Sub-par Android Market support
        • Poor build quality
        • No warranty (try sending it back to the online store, how much is that going to cost - thank in part to Australia Post charging so much for postage).

        They are cheap though….

        • fchis on 09/11/2012 - 10:56
          +1

          not all chinese tabs have major issues. it's more like a lucky draw when you purchase one since they have sold so many of them. The thing is there are people quite happy to pay only $100 bucks and give it away as a gift or keep it as a spare so unless Google can release a $100 tablets, Chinese tabs will still become popluar.

  • gibspmuh on 09/11/2012 - 08:24

    I'm still using my PlayBook and have been quite happy with it. The build quality is solid and BlackBerry is still releasing updates. Certainly there's nowhere near the number of apps available on it as there are on other platforms but if your core interest is in Web browsing, email and media playback it manages them all nicely. Mobicity has the 64Gb model listed at $209.95 currently if you're looking for some extra storage.

    • foobar on 09/11/2012 - 08:28

      I added to this deal but removed again, out of stock. Looks like they had a recent promo for $199 and must have exhausted supply.

    • ddhytz on 09/11/2012 - 09:52

      How do you get email? Do you need BIS/BES for it?
      I used to have blackberry phone without BIS/BES. I had to use Shangmail's server to get my emails.

      • warwick108 on 09/11/2012 - 10:05

        Nope, this is no longer the case

  • siuol on 09/11/2012 - 09:28
    +2

    The price is still high for owning a piece of history

  • cpho on 09/11/2012 - 10:43

    OS 10 releasing in Q1 2013 should put it up to par with most other 7 inch tablets. Itd be a good deal if it was 150.

    • CarbonTwelve on 09/11/2012 - 11:05

      It still has poor specs (1GHz CPU, lowish res screen) and the OS will still have very little app support. Even at $150 it wouldn't be a good deal IMO.

  • IVI on 09/11/2012 - 13:11

    Long Boot times, not easy to view Flash video (FLV) files, not an Android device, it takes extra effort to run those Android app's that do run on the PlayBook, unusual UI features & NO plug-in RAM slots. The 64 GB storage doesn't buy you much, except (maybe) for a particular application.

    I'd say it's worth ~$100 with all the limitations…

    'just saying…

    • xsacha on 09/11/2012 - 16:04

      Yeah boot time is about 2 minutes on OS2.1 but only 30-40 seconds on OS10 which is comparable to Android and iOS.

      It has the best mobile Flash implementation. While it's hard to view Flash files outside the browser, there is an app for that.

      Yeah running Android apps is a waste of time. It can't run any of the good ones anyway. Just the Java ones like Google Maps and ES File Explorer.

      But what do you mean no plug-in RAM slots? No tablet has this.
      The 1GB RAM is more than what you need for this tablet though. On earlier firmware it would get used up when running Android Player but now I always have 500MB free.

      • IVI on 10/11/2012 - 03:36

        No USB drives.. PC can view PlayBook's drive, but I doubt you can plug a dumb ext hard drive into the PB & expect it to read from / write to it… am I right?

        how to access a local (ie, located on the PlayBook) HTML web page?

        Is OS 10 avail for PlayBook?

  • Geewhizz on 10/11/2012 - 06:51

    Would I be wrong in thinking that someone with a blackberry phone on crazy john's would have 6 months unlimited internet access for this for less than $30?

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