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Originally Posted by aygriffith
Has there been any indication on how the Playbook device will function within a BES environment? I'm excited for this because I've been dodging and weaving my way around "We need Ipads!" conversations in the office for a number of reasons and anything I can manage through BES would be preferable.
The Ipad's that a few of the VP level titles have bought for themselves have been a joke as an enterprise device. Its a 600 dollar email reader with a data plan we have to pay for each month.
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It's thought that it will teather VIA bluetooth to access BES etc. It is 'enterprise ready' which should mean yes.
On another side, it's 4-6 Months away. I was speaking with a RIM employee last night here in Waterloo and he stated that the thing is VERY buggy right now. He was surprised that they were showing off a working model at launch.
We bought 5 iPads because an idiot in our organization sees shiny new things and just randomly says "buy this shit" 2 days after our purchase he started saying "oh maybe we shouldn't have bought those because now the Playbook is around"
I'm eager to see a playbook myself, but the iPads will allow us to leverage some technologies right now and playbook has no price or release date.
Playbook on BES?
