“It is the herpes of tablets — once you have it, you can’t get rid of it.”One of the perks of being a tech journalist are all the new toys we get to try out — companies generally send us products for a week or two, and after trying them out they’re sent back to the company (it keeps us honest),” Matt Stuart reports for CNNMoney.
“Except for this PlayBook. It was given to us for Julianne to review, and every time we contact RIM asking where to send it back to we don’t get a response,” Stuart reports. “I’ve been keeping it in a drawer at my desk, pulling it out only when sub-standard products are released and I can say: ‘But at least it’s not as bad as the PlayBook!'”
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MacDailyNews Take: Yet another bad review for DCW‘s PlayBook; this time blessedly short and sweet.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lava_Head_UK” for the heads up.]
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