The story so far? I want a new iPad, but have dug out my old BlackBerry PlayBook, dusted it off, dressed it in OS 2.0 and am trying to see if it can help me stay frugal. Hey, for £169, there’s a lot to love. Today’s test? eReading: Does RIM’s tablet have what it takes to beat the iPad and the Kindle in one swoop? Read more
Calm down. We’re not reviewing the year-old BlackBerry PlayBook for the first time. In case you’ve missed the first couple of rounds, I’m revisting the 7-inch slate to see if using it more, pimping it with apps and coming at it from new angles will stop me from wanting to spend £400 on the new iPad.
Today’s piece in the series is a look at how the PlayBook can act as your best business buddy. Read more
The new iPad. Secretly, we all want one. We might not be about to go out and drop £400 on one, but we certainly wouldn’t turn a free one down. I know I wouldn’t. But hang on, what’s this? RIM’s 16GB PlayBook for £169? That’s pretty damn cheap. Can it, after all this time, see a second coming as an iPad rival? While James tests the new iPad out this week, I’m going to do my best to find out. Read more
RIM seems like it’s spinning out of control. Having posted terrible losses last night, the internet has been awash with rumours that the company is going to cease making BlackBerry devices for consumers in favour of a renewed focus its business-y strengths. Now that appears not to be true, but one obvious question remains: Would you ever dip your toes in the BlackBerry waters again? Read more
At CES last month, VMWare showed off its plans to let you run your personal Android phone on your company’s IT network using the handy feat of virtualisation. At the time, the Palo Alto based company said that Telefonica was on board with its plans, and now the parent company of O2 has revealed the first phone that can make use of the tech. It’s a good one: meet the Samsung Galaxy S2, your new work phone.
Last week we asked you to help us out. We wanted to profile the denizens of ElectricPig and find out which smartphones make you tick. You know… as well as inciting a bit of a ruck. A week later and the results are in. Android’s taken the crown, but by how much? And who was next in line? Read more
Help us out here: we want to bring you the very best in tech news from all areas of the market, but we also want to tailor things to you. We also want to try and settle an old score: which smartphone platform is best? Answer our poll to let us know. Read more
