Hmm if your budget okay, maybe 9790? Since it has OS7 which is as fast as 9900 just smaller screen. or a curve 9360.

I am using 9780 but OS6 is getting painfully slow... or you can wait till next year BB10 haha

Yup my playbook startup also much faster than my bold 9780... I am lazy to format/reinstall OS for my phone already, few months after format sure lag again.

Wait for BB10!

I played a few chapters, awesome game! But some stages are very difficult lmao I game over a few times lol

Not victim la, lucky guy who knows playbook exists

I bought from the same seller also but I heard ppl saying also no stock now..

Welcome back to the Team BlackBerry
Honestly my playbook is with me 24/7, my phone only used for intensive bbm or act as a 'modem'. I use my playbook to check facebook/twitter and online all the time. Haha

PMed you documents to go for 9780 'free' version. Check it.

I think 2-3 hours max... I charge it whenever the battery drops to around 35 so if not mistaken 2 hours should do... Didn't really count

Apparently my playbook also lag when typing for reply in lowyat forum (only reply, when quoting someone). But if other website no problem, maybe the background image is lagging it. I use simplebrowser+ (paid browser tho) no lag.
2.1 beta is already available but need to personally register for it, but I suggest you don't do it first unless you are already familiar with everything.

Using 2.1 and the android player never crashed even once =D

You will love it more Try loading some 1080p or 720p videos in it, you can pinch and zoom while the video is playing as well... Really awesome.

Sometimes I use it to watch episodes of drama 1 hour each also XD

We call it PB (PlayBook) instead of BP (Blackberry playbook) haha.

1) The native Adobe PDF reader is quite a simple app but it is smooth, can open large file but cannot do extensive stuff like bookmarking. Though you can install Repligo reader (android app) in playbook, it is an android app but runs perfectly well, and can bookmark as well.

2) Unfortunately there is no PPS app for playbook, and the PPS app for android doesn't run well in playbook. You can go PPS website to stream though, because playbook browser supports full flash, can stream basically any flash based website.

3) I mainly use for social networking and as a media player... Browsing on the playbook is awesome. Bridge with my blackberry phone = basically free internet connection anywhere. Video player is the best of all tablets, 1080p video without any lag and can pinch and zoom while watching! There are many games for playbook too but unfortunately there is rarely 'cracked' apps for playbook unlike iPad, you can jailbreak and use cydia + installous.

Though, I have my own way to get apps which is either buy from app world or some google search...

As you see, PlayBook is kinda unknown to the public in Malaysia, 9/10 people in Malaysia might not even know playbook exists... until now I haven't encountered any shop or outlet displaying a useable playbook.

Even myself, I get to try it the first time when I paid for it (I bought from a seller called item.com in this forum, but seems out of stock already). You won't find it in PC fair, not a chance.

In lowyat maybe but tough luck. I also have no idea where to buy playbook now, maybe you can try to find in garage sales see if there is any.

Do note that if you managed to find display/test units in stores, all if not most of them are using Playbook OS 1 which is not as solid as the current 2.0/2.1.

If you are satisfied with the fluidity/useability of OS 1 then you will be impressed by 2.0

Before this it charges? Should be okay, try reboot your PB and try charge again?

Hmm it should be reliable because it's directly from blackberry. Or you can try shop.crackberry.com, but not sure how much is the shipping to malaysia and is it expensive, but crackberry is reliable.

Your 2A charger should work, try again, because it worked before right.

If you got money, get this http://shop.crackberry.com/blackberry-rapi...r/5A17A8107.htm Expensive but great charger, I can't afford one because shipping to malaysia is expensive :|

Looks like a greal deal (seldom used, 7 months warranty means only 5 months old, free case and SP, somemore 64GB).

Though it might not be a brightstar set because it is cheap, but it is still worth it because still got warranty. Get it!

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Jul 19 2012, 06:36 PM

Hmm check the screen is it scratched (if with SP, then most probably safe)
check for any dent on the body itself
try all the buttons (Lock, volume buttons and play/pause)
-note: some playbooks the Lock button is a bit recessed inside but if you are able to press it then it's okay. Mine is also recessed a bit but so far no problem.

Also check the capacity is it really 64GB (bottom got write how big) and in options > About > Hardware you can also see the capacity.

Ah yea, make sure the charger provided is the original playbook charger, rated 2A output and usually have a orange tip with a blackberry logo. If he gives you a 750mA output charger, that is for normal phone, cannot charge playbook properly.

Check the speaker whether is it working on both sides, crank up the volume also. test the camera as well.

I think that's all I can think of...

Guys, grab it before it is gone! 32gb brightstar set for 899 is cheap!

ADDON: GOOD NEWS! Lowyat.net Storekini online store has restocked 64GB playbook for only RM1112!

http://storekini.com/tablets-1/blackberry-playbook-64gb.html

Brightstar warranty as well. Those who were frustrated because of no stock, now it's your chance

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Jul 20 2012, 07:33 PM

Do note that, the new PB although has sim card slot and faster clocked processor (same chip, just clocked faster), it has probably the same RAM, same GPU and same screen. YET it might cost you as much as the price of playbook 1 when it first launched (Around 1.5k for just 16GB, 2.x k for 64GB).

Though, seeing RIM's position now they might lower the price to be competent. Cannot say much about that.

For me, because I AM sure I will get a BB10 phone, so no point getting a playbook with sim card with a higher price.

P/S: Unless the screen of playbook 2 has higher reso i.e. 1280x800

1. RIM didn't annouce before but that was insider news, I couldn't link you the source because that's what everyone was talking about in crackberry. Well, I cannot assure it as well.

2. Current PB WILL receive BB10 update and it's definitely compatible, RIM announced it already. The OS in the BB10 Dev Beta is already useable in current Playbook lol but unofficially http://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-ta...laybook-736036/

Of course if budget is not a concern, then wait for the new playbook, it will be better than the current one for sure just not sure how much better.

I usually charge it before it reaches 20% lol... I am a paranoid person, I don't like my devices including my phone to fall below 20~30%...

When the battery fully drained you need to charge it about 20~30minutes only try to turn it back on... Don't hurry.

Now it's running okay right? Next time charge it before the battery kong! Modern lithium batteries last longer when you charge it frequently, don't let it drain too often.

As I expected, 1.5GHz processor, the rest almost identical. Even screen resolution and RAM.

550USD for 32gb (Around RM1.7~1.8k)... Compared with now RM1.1k for 64GB.

Summing up comparison:
Pay extra 600~700 ringgit, you get:
-Faster clocked processor
-Sim card slot (LTE connectivity)
-Slightly lower battery (4800mAh vs 5300mAh)
* And a cooler feeling of using the latest playbook?

you lost:
-32GB of space
-RM600

Hmm.

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Jul 24 2012, 06:25 PM