BlackBerry PlayBook UK pricing and release date confirmed - Telegraph.co.uk

Reviews in the US have been mixed, with many reviewers critical of the fact that the PlayBook's native email and calendar apps will not work unless the device is paired with a BlackBerry smartphone.

The Wall Street Journal said: "Unless you are constantly glued to a BlackBerry phone, or do all your email, contacts and calendar tasks via a browser, I recommend waiting."

However, the BlackBerry brand still has plenty of loyal users and those who feel confident in RIM will be keen to get hold of the tablet. Bloomberg, whose review of the PlayBook was one of the more positive ones, said: "The PlayBook makes BlackBerry relevant again."