Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 27th Sep 2010 22:17 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Is Research In Motion still, well, in motion? Heck yeah they are. They just unveiled their long-awaited tablet, christened the BlackBerry PlayBook. It's got a dual-core 1Ghz ARM processor, and it runs... QNX! This alone already makes it the most awesome tablet ever.
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RE[4]: Enterprise-ready toy??
by Thom_Holwerda on Tue 28th Sep 2010 08:00
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I also have a hard time believing that both France and Germany would be turned off by the name.
iPad is a million times worse than Playbook. A "pad" is nothing in either Dutch, German, or French. A "book" is much easier to grasp, cross-lingually. Yet, the iPad seems to be doing just fine over here.
RE[5]: Enterprise-ready toy??
by Fettarme H-Milch on Tue 28th Sep 2010 08:12
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Member since:2010-02-16
iPad is a million times worse than Playbook. A "pad" is nothing in either Dutch, German, or French.
I don't know about Dutch and French but in German it's pretty common to say mouse pad, touch pad, etc.
IT-related phrases are almost completely English here.
Not only that but Star Trek TNG tells its viewers since 25 years what a "pad" is.
RE[4]: Enterprise-ready toy??
by aliquis on Thu 30th Sep 2010 00:26
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The US is a large enough market to sustain this product without the rest of the world.
I also have a hard time believing that both France and Germany would be turned off by the name.