RIM Co-CEO dances around BlackBerry PlayBook criticism in interview [video]

I all I heard was “We don’t think we’re going to make it…”.

It’s a tiny shitty device for tech mental midgets.

I’d bone her

what a happy face! good job mr!

I dont see how he was dancing around questions. he answered all questions. no they dont have native apps, but as they have said before they have browser. and lets be honest those who will be buying the playbook are going to be those of us who are BB users. Im sure they will work on promoting to non BB users once they have all these other native apps like email, calendar etc etc.

I will def be getting mine. I will def enjoy reading my email, playing games, etc at the same time something u iPad users cant

But it has the full web.

You know. The web. It’s full. The full web.

RIM couldn’t have pushed back the date because enterprises are holding off on their purchasing decisions and they’re not going to wait forever.

You’ll note Steve Jobs brought forward the iPad 2 launch in an effort to hijack the Playbooks momentum. Unfortunately for Apple I think their device is just too big for enterprise to use conveniently. Who wants to look like a dork in a meeting? Can you do a presentation while holding an iPad 2? These are pretty obvious human factors that Apple missed.

If a mistake was made by RIM, it was in targeting consumers at all.

You’ll note the subtle change of tack by Jim Balsillie in the video away from consumers and toward enterprise. They’re going to do just fine with enterprise (my client just ordered loads), and consumers will follow as capabilities become available.

The device is amazing. Engineering wise it exceeds or meets the competition and is the first tablet I’ve tried that I actually want.

I blew my wad on that interview — emily is f’ing hot! –speeeewww–

I personally have been a Blackberry user for over a decade now and it is the one platform (OS) that truly suits my needs in every way.

Now i cant pass judgement on a device i havent tried yet but to release a device void of normal standard features def does seem somewhat rushed IMO.

I fully understand the need to get their product out on the market to try and steer some of the other tablet sales towards RIM’s, but cmon, NO email client right out of the gate???

Yes we all have smartphones and can check our email there but not including such a minute detail seems almost unexplainable to a degree.

While i must say that the functionality i have seen so far has impressed me with the Playbook, im still up in the air on the 7″ screen. I wish RIM would have came in at an 8 or 8.5″ screen IMO.

Hearing that its going to support Android apps is great but also a little confusing, its a Blackberry device, so shouldnt they be focusing on making a Marketplace with their own apps for it, not using a diff OS’ apps.

I really am going into the Playbook with an open mind and cant wait to give one a test drive as i have yet to dive into the tablet market.

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see

This doesn’t make sense, how can the comment say that he does little to convince the public to buy a PlayBook….I think the writer did little to convince me that he knows what he is talking about!!

iPAPiNYC took some criticism for his anal relationship with Tim242. iPAPiNYC defended it by saying he is simply wide open, droooiiid style. Like his momma last night.

To many haters of RIM out there. They’ve made a very competitive product that will continue to get better with time. The ability for my PC to recognize the playbook so I can drop files onto it wireless through wifi is a great plus, not to mention the tethering, html5 and flash, and the bridge and the fact it is a stand alone device that updates through the air. Those are all things I want in a tablet that an ipad does not do. Ipad is a good device for some, but this tablet definitely carved out a niche in the tablet market, and I am guessing its going to do very well as a professional grade tablet.

I like how he doesn’t actually answer any questions she asks, just mentions the web browsing experience and free connectivity with a BB device. Deflect deflect deflect.

Hmmm….Last time I looked e-mail is RIM strength. Update will come over something called an OTA! iphone don’t know anything about that though.

Also, lets be real here, the ipad is a subpar product as far as current tablets and the ipad2 is an attempt to keep up with the Jones’ and doesn’t bring anything groundbreaking’ to the table market place. Jobs even threw in 2 crappy cameras just to say that they have some.

great interview