Geek Syndicate Issue 3 | Page 6

Geek Syndicate kia once all ruled the waves of mobile technology in the past. In fact, RIM are expected to post big losses, and lay thousands of workers off – personally I give RIM about 5 years to following Nokia and Motorola in “circling the drain”. All this was grief was not helped by their in ability to make the significant in-road into the tablet market. The Blackberry Playbook is a good piece of kit, available only with Wi-Fi (you can get GPRS by bridging it with your Blackberry phone), with one of the best 7” touch-screens around, memory card expansion slots, dual cameras, and a wealth of apps (including the Kobo e-reader) on the Blackberry AppWorld; what killed the PlayBook was the very high initial price, and the fact that it was w ????????????????????????????????????????????????L?????????????????? ???? ?????????????????????????????Q?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q???????????????????5?????????????????$????????????????????????L????????????????????????????I%4??U????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????M?????????????????????????????????????????????????$????????????????????????????? ??????? ????????]?????????%??????????????????????????$?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()??????=L??????)Q?????????????????????=???????M??????=L???????????????????????????e????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????L?????????????E??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????A????A??? ?????-???????????????????????????????????q?????????????????????t??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????M??????M????????????Q????5??????a????????Q????????Y???M??????????????M???Q?????????????????????????????????????????????t????Êt??M??????????????????????????%????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%?e????????????????????????????M????????????Q????????e?????????????????????A??????????e??????????????????M???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????I4?????????????????L?????????????????????????()5?????????????????????=L????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????q?????t???????????????e???????????????????????????????????????????????Q?????Q??????????????????????5????A?????????????????'?e?????????????????????????????????????????????????????'?e?????????????????????????????????????????????M?????????????????????????????????????????e???????????Q,?5????????4?L??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????e??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]????????????????????????????????????????A???????????????????????????????????????????Y????????????????????M??????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%???????????((?((0