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Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat
quoting for the new page

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Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Posting on page two for the two million playbooks sold in two years

Hed
Mar 31, 2004

Fun Shoe
"this is definitely a thread"
-yosposter 294839

Hed
Mar 31, 2004

Fun Shoe
did this thing at least support blackberry messenger? that was big in like 2005 right

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

i think that was another one that only worked when paired with a blackberry phone

maniacdevnull
Apr 18, 2007

FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

Sagebrush posted:

i think that was another one that only worked when paired with a blackberry phone

It probably didn't help that every career was dead set against tethering at that point

my morning jackass
Aug 24, 2009

Hed posted:

did this thing at least support blackberry messenger? that was big in like 2005 right

when bbm came out for ios and android a while ago there were a number of people i knew who jumped all over that poo poo.

fortunately we are not very close.

Doc Block
Apr 15, 2003
Fun Shoe
Amazon has the 32GB playbook for the same price as the 16GB playbook.

Also, remember that running out the battery on the Playbook completely bricks the device according to some of the reviews I've seen. Like, if you totally run it out it can never ben charged back up.

Joe 30330
Dec 20, 2007

"We have this notion that if you're poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

As the audience reluctantly began to applaud during the silence, Biden tried to fix his remarks.

"Wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids -- no, I really mean it." Biden said.
"Also, remember that running out the battery on the Playbook completely bricks the device according to some of the reviews I've seen. Like, if you totally run it out it can never ben charged back up."

-- D. Vader, myBlackBerry

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Millstone posted:

"Also, remember that running out the battery on the Playbook completely bricks the device according to some of the reviews I've seen. Like, if you totally run it out it can never ben charged back up."

-- D. Vader, myBlackBerry

:pwn: no way

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
after reading a webpage about batteries i can completely understand why that is possible and easy to do, and you have to go out of your way to hardware a device to not get hosed like that

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
turns out batteries are hosed up and dont like being used. you totally gently caress over a car battery by draining it even once. or overchraging it

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
like draining a car battery, itll work after but you've done decent damage to its life

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


every machine shuts itself down at like 5% or whatever

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
well it should

once i had a cheap asia phone my mum got me (she discovered nz's ebay and went nuts buying thing "these phones are so chaep!" yeah its for a reason) anbd anyway i bricked one battery! hahah i put in battery number 2 and was ok. it also took 2 sims

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

apparently after draining it to 0 you had to plug in and charge it for 24 hours? i can find a lot of forum posts about it but not a real story

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
something to do with slightly different technology being required to bring a battery from a very low charge compared to other ones, needed extra amps or something at very low charge? who cares anyway kill yoursel fffff

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


extreme saving at fort echopenis

i see now why u are so frugal

Wild EEPROM
Jul 29, 2011


oh, my, god. Becky, look at her bitrate.
my favorite part about the playbook is how you had to have a blackberry in order to use email and the calendar.

my cousin is a huge rim fan and has 2 blackberries and bought the 3g playbook the day it came out.

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.

Migishu
Oct 22, 2005

I'll eat your fucking eyeballs if you're not careful

Grimey Drawer

echinopsis posted:

this is definitely a tablet

the best review

good job engadget

Kazy
Oct 23, 2006

0x38: FLOPPY_INTERNAL_ERROR

i got one of these for free for porting an app from that all builder thing google used to have.

i sold it on craigslist for $200

pram
Jun 10, 2001

lol

ANIME MONSTROSITY
Jun 1, 2012

by XyloJW

ahhhh what the gently caress

buttcrackmenace
Nov 14, 2007

see its right there in the manual where it says
Grimey Drawer

who is still buying these three years after they've been discontinued

pram
Jun 10, 2001

buttcrackmenace posted:

who is still buying these three years after they've been discontinued

apparently a lot of people since theres new reviews for every day of the month lol

Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

a medium-format picture of beeftweeter staring silently at the camera, a quizzical expression on his face

buttcrackmenace posted:

who is still buying these three years after they've been discontinued

Che3p moses tablet slate. Get own tablet, for internet. BlackBerry Bold flavor country: Unitedstates only $95 us dollars. "its definitely a tablet" stars/*****

pram
Jun 10, 2001
there were 1.4 million unsold units

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012


ooh yeah right at least when it came out the on-screen keyboard had no autocorrection feature.

Egan Yardley
Jun 11, 2010

they cant even firesale the drat things right, the touchpad takes the trophy for that

:rip: hp/palm

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
my friend has a playbook, he got it for $99

basically uses it for watchin porn on the shitter. never touch anyone's playbook

the bsd boys
Aug 8, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 395 days!

pram posted:

there were 1.4 million unsold units

is this including the semi truck full of tablets that got 'stolen'

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

homo punching bag posted:

never touch anyone's phone, tablet, laptop, mouse or keyboard

and probably everything else in their house to be sure

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


Sagebrush posted:

and probably everything else in their house to be sure

what about sex organs op

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.


the playbook blackberry sent me had been sitting in a warehouse for months because it had passively discharged so low with the pack-in charger it took 12 hours to get to a point where it would power on

Dans Macabre
Apr 24, 2004


I have great news
http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/blackberry-passport/overview.html

The BlackBerry® Passport smartphone challenges the smartphone status quo with a large square touch screen and touch-enabled keyboard.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


"great news"

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



an acquaintance of mine is really excited that verizon is getting the blackberry classic, whatever that is, since he's convinced he needs a keyboard to email and sent instant messages quickly

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
remember zynga

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du -hast
Mar 12, 2003

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GENTOO

NevergirlsOFFICIAL posted:

I have great news
http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/blackberry-passport/overview.html

The BlackBerry® Passport smartphone challenges the smartphone status quo with a large square touch screen and touch-enabled keyboard.

did u just resurrect a 4 month old blackberry thred

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