03-25-2012, 07:38 PM
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#881
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Originally Posted by Top Shelf
Just picked up an iPad 2 for the wife today. Our first real foray into the Apple world. Any must have apps?
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Flipboard is a good "first app" - it'll show off the iPad, get you used to linking apps (eg. signing into your twitter, google reader, and facebook feeds), and is generally an example of a well executed app all around.
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03-25-2012, 09:01 PM
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#882
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary
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I have looked everywhere and can not find out how to install the android market on my playbook. My goal is to get kindle on the playbook and from what I have read you need android market? Anyone know how to do this?
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03-25-2012, 09:18 PM
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#883
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by flamesfan55
I have looked everywhere and can not find out how to install the android market on my playbook. My goal is to get kindle on the playbook and from what I have read you need android market? Anyone know how to do this?
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You have to go through the Blackberry App World to get Android Apps, I don't know what it's like after that.
I returned my Playbook after I found out that Android apps will go through the Blackberry App World and not it's own Android Market Google Play App.
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03-27-2012, 06:27 AM
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#884
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
You have to go through the Blackberry App World to get Android Apps, I don't know what it's like after that.
I returned my Playbook after I found out that Android apps will go through the Blackberry App World and not it's own Android Market Google Play App.
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You can also load apps by yourself if you have the apk file for the app.
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03-27-2012, 07:20 AM
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#885
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by FlamesPuck12
You can also load apps by yourself if you have the apk file for the app.
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How do you do that?
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03-27-2012, 02:49 PM
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#886
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Franchise Player
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Head to Crackberry forums, Playbook section and it'll be hidden in there somewhere, instructions and whatnot. Better place if you've got general playbook questions.
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03-27-2012, 03:04 PM
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#887
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Anduril
Head to Crackberry forums, Playbook section and it'll be hidden in there somewhere, instructions and whatnot. Better place if you've got general playbook questions.
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Thank you very much!
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03-28-2012, 09:08 AM
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#888
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary
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Anybody with the transformer prime getting a notice to double you battery life to download something but when you download it, it says it wont download cause its not from the android market. I know I can change my settings to allow it but is it a legit download or some virus crap?
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03-28-2012, 09:16 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Never seen it, I doubt it is legit. One of those, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is".
I don't have battery issues - a charge lasts a decent length of time and I can plug in the keyboard if I need it to last longer.
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04-09-2012, 11:58 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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RIM planning to remove the ability to sideload android apps.
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While BlackBerry App World doesn't have anywhere near the volume of apps that Android enjoys, it's apparently more profitable, and Saunders claims that there are developers who refuse to work with RIM until sideloading support is removed.
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http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/9/293...android-piracy
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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04-09-2012, 12:03 PM
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#891
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
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Heh, RIM VP calling the Android App (Google Play) store a "chaotic cesspool".
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04-09-2012, 01:21 PM
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#892
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by chemgear
Heh, RIM VP calling the Android App (Google Play) store a "chaotic cesspool".
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If Android's ecosystem is a cesspool, the playbook ecosystem is a dead zone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)
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04-16-2012, 04:32 PM
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#894
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sclitheroe
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Yeah that had been linked and partially confirmed on XDA a couple weeks ago, but now the actual program was released and real world results are being revealed.
I'll order one but my unit didn't have the GPS issues anyways. I was always able to get a gps lock. Some people reported that they were never able to get a lock, so to them this would be a godsend because otherwise it is a great unit. But for myself, there is no rush.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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04-16-2012, 08:06 PM
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#895
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On Hiatus
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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I am look at buying the girlfriend the kobo ereader for her birthday i wanted to buy her a kindle fire.but apparently they dont sell them yet it in canada is a kobo tje best option for somebody that loves reading books thanks for the help
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04-16-2012, 08:19 PM
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#896
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For books I would get the Sony E-Reader, I have used that and the Kobo and the Sony one is better hands down, faster response times and was just an easier system to use (in my opinion of course)
Plus right now they are 20 dollars off at future shop (129.99)
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04-16-2012, 08:40 PM
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#897
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On Hiatus
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
For books I would get the Sony E-Reader, I have used that and the Kobo and the Sony one is better hands down, faster response times and was just an easier system to use (in my opinion of course)
Plus right now they are 20 dollars off at future shop (129.99)
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It doesn't seem to have a color screen or ability of android thanks for the recommendation though
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04-16-2012, 11:52 PM
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#898
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Violator
It doesn't seem to have a color screen or ability of android thanks for the recommendation though
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Is it the Kobo Vox that you are looking into? I wouldn't really classify it as an E-Reader per say, it is more of a tablet and as such it is going to have the same issues with reading text - in that it is going to be bright and it is going to have glare. Frankly, if you are looking for an e-reader, I would suggest getting an e-reader to do the job, it is lighter and the screen is better suited for it. If you are looking for a tablet in the 200 dollar range, I would get a playbook, they are better than the Vox having used both and you can get e-reader applications for it which do what you are looking for, including a kobo app.
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04-17-2012, 08:40 AM
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#899
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Violator
I am look at buying the girlfriend the kobo ereader for her birthday i wanted to buy her a kindle fire.but apparently they dont sell them yet it in canada is a kobo tje best option for somebody that loves reading books thanks for the help
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I've yet to read a positive review on the Kobo Vox. There are loads of tablets under $299 and they'll all have the Kindle app, which is really all the average person needs for an e-reader.
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04-17-2012, 11:43 PM
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#900
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On Hiatus
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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You people arent helping my decision im not just buying her a birthday her dads a super techy and i brought the playbook home for christmas it was really cool until her sister pulled out an ipad 2 and the playbook wouldnt connect to his home network.But i cant afford an ipad 3 right know and i want something to tide her over for a couple months
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