BlackBerry to Ship PlayBook Without Email
…or Messaging or Contacts. Basically the things that their phones do well.
Wired reports that a leaked FAQ states that you need to tether the PlayBook to get these features. Yes, this news came out back in December, but now that it is 15 days from launch, this rumor is nothing but bad news for RIM.
What is the use case for a PlayBook? It runs Flash and Adobe AIR apps? It runs Android 2.3 apps?
Here is RIM’s biggest issue. I work with a customer who is a big BlackBerry fan. Back in November 2010 he was excited to get his hands on one. He had the BlackBerry and loves it and his mobile provider, T-Mobile. But his daughter gave him an iPad for Christmas. And he loves it. Today he asked me why he should consider the PlayBook when the iPad is so amazing. I could have given him a bunch of reasons to not buy one, but I could not come up with one good reason to buy one.
My customer is now excited by the prospect of the iPhone coming to T-Mobile.
