Here are some of thoughts from Randall Kennedy, a writer for Beta News, on the new 4G LTE PlayBook from BlackBerry.

“After spending some quality time with Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 running on an Acer Iconia Tab, I have to say that many of my favorite Android apps (gReader Pro, TapaTalk, Twitter) actually run better under the virtualization layer in PB OS 2.1 than they do in their native environment”

“With a faster CPU/GPU (1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4460) and a fully-baked RTOS that makes iOS and Android devices feel about as sophisticated as my daughter’s old “Speak & Spell”, the new PlayBook once again dances circles around the competition — for example, delivering a SunSpider score (1397) that even the formidable Nexus 7 can’t touch.”

“RIM’s aggressive discounting succeeded in moving those unsold units while establishing a sizable niche market of PlayBook die-hards (there are now some 1.5 million devices in the wild — more tablet units than even the mighty Samsung has shipped). “

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