By Tasfia Ahsan

iPad 2 vs.Blackberry Playbook

No,

you’re

not!

I’m better than you!

Blackberry Playbook

1. Price 16 GB for only $499.00 32 GB for only $599.00 64 GB for only $699 .002. Wi-Fi3. Dual HD Cameras4. Light-weight Design5. 7” LCD Touchscreen Display6. 1 GB Ram (and 3 memory options)

7. 1 GHZ Dual-Core Processor8. Long Battery Life

iPad 2

1. Price 16 GB for only $519.00 32 GB for only $619.00 64 GB for only $719.002. Wi-Fi3. 2 Cameras for Facetime, HD

Video Recordings, Picture Taking

4. Light-weight Design5. 9.7” LED Touchscreen

Display6. Dual-core A5: makes

everything fluid 7. 10-hour Battery Life

Technology Specs

1. The Size2. Browser: Can do Facebook Chat unlike iPad, YouTube,

emails3. Connects to Wi-Fi4. Smooth motion to move from screen to screen/

multitask5. Can watch movies6. Easier to download apps: always connected to the App

Store.7. Easy to check battery life8. Camera/ Video Camera9. Has copy and paste10.Has Video Games11.Has a PowerPoint for presentations12.Has a Calendar

Information: Blackberry Playbook Pros

1. Not too many apps

2. Can have a few connection issues

3. Text features: No automatic capitalization on a sentence

4. The keyboard: spacing between letters

5. Occasionally cannot click links from emails or select text

Information: Blackberry Playbook Cons

Yay! Awww!

Com’n!

1. Battery Life: 10 hours

2. Speaker and Microphone

3. Amazing App Store

4. Like iPod

5. User-friendly: read newspaper, eBooks, magazines

6. Wi-Fi

7. Unlike a laptop, the iPad does not put a screen between the student and the teacher

8. Single tasking creates focus

Information: iPad Pros

1. Camera and flash not supported

2. GPS is not supported fully

3. No flash videos

4. Not compatible with USBs / SD Cards

5. No Multitasking

6. No full size keyboard

Information: iPad Cons

Who’s laughing now?

Shut it.

I chose the Blackberry Playbook because:

• It’s cheaper

• It can do Facebook Chat unlike iPad, also can do YouTube and emails

• Can watch movies

• Video Games

• Copy Paste: Easier, you don’t have to write out something multiple times

• Can do easy presentations

Final Decision: Blackberry Playbook

I WIN!

1. "Pros and Cons of the new Playbook - BlackBerry Forums Support Community." BlackBerryForums.com - BlackBerry Support Community Forums. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2012. http://www.blackberryforums.com/general-playbook-discussion/247757-pros-cons-new-playbook.html.

2. “15 Pros and Cons of iPad." CallingAllGeeks — Gadgets- iPhone-Macbook-Apple-Technology. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2012. http://www.callingallgeeks.org/1033/15-pros-and-cons-of-ipad-think-before-you-buy/.

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