Extreme battery drain for Playbook OS2 [Updated]

Extreme battery drain for Playbook OS2 [Updated]

My Playbook has no stamina after the upgrade to OS2. The battery is completely drained after 14 hours in standby mode. In comparison to my iPad or Transformer, the Playbok never really impressed from a battery performance perspective. After the upgrade to OS2, however, the drain issue seems to have worsened. My initial feelings for(…)

Early impressions of Playbook OS 2

Early impressions of Playbook OS 2

A wait of almost a year is over. On Feb 21, 2012, Playbook OS2 launched with a list of features promised since long: Native email, a proper calendar application, an address book and a built in Android app-runtime environment. Given RIM’s and Blackberry’s niche of professional messaging for enterprises, the lack of a proper corporate(…)

How to survive multi device writing over many years time

How to survive multi device writing over many years time

My list of requirements might be very personal: 1) Write anywhere 2) Use any device 3) Do it over many years as a life long passion 4) Make sure no material is lost 5) Make sure all material is organized and relatively easily found (easier said than done after twenty years and twenty computers) This list, however, will be relevant(…)

Professional writing on a Playbook

Professional writing on a Playbook

The Playbook is a contradiction in terms. The name implies a device made for games, but the market niche Research in Motion (the maker of Blackberry and the Playbook) is trying to carve out for its strangely named seven inch tablet computer is Professional, Business use. Let me begin this review with a clear conclusion(…)

Document collaboration in the tablet era

The tablet revolution brings a cool new take on computing that attracts corporations and grandmothers alike. But if the tablet manufacturers aren’t careful, they are about to repeat historic mistakes and throw fifteen years of experience and hard earned progress in the garbage. Over the last few years, computer users have gotten used to creating(…)

iPad2 Buddy Case Keyboard, Review

The Aluminium Buddy Case from MicGadget Using an iPad professionally means typing more than you like with the soft keyboard and the sometimes stupid spell-helper/destroyer at one time or another. There’s an abundance of external keyboards to use with the iPad over Bluetooth, including Apple’s own full size but still slim keyboard. As great as(…)

iPad2 vs eeePad: tablet based writing

Shootout between an iPad2 and an Asus eeePad Transformer Writing on the road is always a tricky thing. To travel light, you can only pack so much. On the other hand, when you have a deadline to meet or your award-winning novel to write, the equipment matters: a good keyboard, a nice screen, a distraction(…)