[LiquidTurbo]

Originally Posted by Jmac

It takes you through a tutorial when you first start it up, so it's really not a problem when you buy it ... Average user who comes in to use the demo needs a cheat sheet, though.

Swipe from bottom frame up = home screen
Swipe from top frame down = menu
Swipe from side = switch window
Swipe from top corner while in a fullscreen app = check top bar (time, date, messages, etc.)
Volume up + Volume down at same time = screenshot
Hold power + volume up + volume down for 5 seconds = restart

You really only have to remember 3 things, the last 2 are optional ...

Lack of universal search sucks, though they say it's coming in a future update.

To select text, hold your finger on the screen and 2 blue bars will come up. Move the left one to where you want to first start highlighting text, move the second one to where you want to finish highlighting text, then press copy. It's pretty easy.

My Playbook stays really cool ... Maybe they have the screen on full brightness on display ... My GF watched a 1080p version of Avatar over HDMI today and it was probably around 40*C after that 2.5 hours or so ...

Playbook's GPU appears to be faster than the iPad2's ... You can run a 1080p video on HDMI and play Need for Speed at the same time ... I'd say that's pretty damn good ... Video was a little laggy at launch, but they released an update the evening of launch that took care of it. Maybe the display model you used didn't have the update.

Anyways, the Playbook has better hardware than the iPad2 pretty much all around and it has a technologically superior operating system, but it really lacks in the app and functionality department right now and not everyone is a fan of the screen size. Overall, it's has some features that appeal to the general audience (HDMI out, Flash, BB Bridge), but there are too many detractors for the general public to really grab a foothold in that market right now, IMO. I'm pretty sure I'm returning mine in the next couple of weeks and waiting for us to get the Touchpad ... barring some miracle on BB's behalf of getting more useful apps and functionality into the OS in that time frame.

The biggest market here, at least so far, has been Shaw's mobile techs. They've been buying them like crazy because of the size, bridging, and the fact that their website they have to use for work doesn't 100% work on the iPad where it does on the Playbook. Most of them come in replacing iPads or PC tablets.

That's a great point. I like it. This will force Apple to up their game. My dream tablet would be a Playbook Style OS and functionality in an iPad form... drool.. that would be amazing.

I really dig the superior screen of the playbook...