14 DAY TRIAL // Yesterday we brought you news BlackBerry has updated its BlackBerry Bridge app, available for download via BlackBerry World, adding a few improvements and fixes. This, in turn, rekindled hopes that the company is still actively working on its dedicated tablet OS.
In turn, some speculated BlackBerry is pushing forth plans of rolling out a successor to its original PlayBook tablet launched back in 2011. But how many BlackBerry users are actually still using the PlayBook?
As it turns out, quite a lot. Crackberry was curious enough to set up a poll, questioning BlackBerry fans as to whether they have stopped using the PlayBook in favor of something newer (like an iPad or a Samsung slate).
According to their findings, an impressive 60% of those taking part in the poll claimws they are still actively using their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. And that’s not all; apparently, they are quite satisfied with how the device operates and what they can do with it.
22% of those answering the questions said they have moved on to another platform, which is understandable with the multitude of options currently available today.
The remaining percent said they didn’t need a tablet for their activities at all. 60% of happy PlayBook users actively taking advantage of what the device has to offer might seem a counter-intuitive result.
Bear in mind, the original PlayBook tablet saw the light of day three years ago. Translatedinto tech years, this is quite a lot because, as you know, the field develops at a rapid rate, adopting new technologies and standards all the time.
The tablet has a 7-inch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and draws power from a dual-core 1GHz Cortex A9 processor combined with 1GB of RAM. The tablet offered a choice between 16GB/32GB and 64GB internal storage and had dual cameras onboard (5MP as main snapper and 3MP on the back).
Recently, a BlackBerry official claimed the company is still mulling over tablets and they might have something planned for the future. But to make a statement in the tablet market, BlackBerry will have to seriously up their game.
Not so long ago, we brought you news of a BlackBerry concept that detailed a pretty capable device. The tablet was envisioned to have a 10-inch Super AMOLED Screen with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels, while power was drawn from a quad-core Snapdragon 800 clocked at 2.3GHz fitted together with quad-core GPU Adreno 330 with 450MHz.
Are you still using your BlackBerry Playbook? Would you be interested in a tablet such as the one outlined above?