Personally, I'm not feeling the hate. Sure, RIM's app strategy is a little sloppy--developers might not be motivated to create native PlayBook apps if they can just port Android apps instead--but it'll give RIM's app count a boost, particularly for games, which are often the most popular apps for smartphones and tablets. And although it's a drag that only BlackBerry users can access the PlayBook's native e-mail and calendar programs, RIM will fix that some time after launch.

I, for one, am intrigued by the PlayBook, with its and . The iPad-matching price points give me hope that this tablet can survive. In any case, RIM deserves a little credit for throwing its BlackBerry OS out the window and creating the PlayBook from scratch, and for building a tablet that, with its 7-inch screen, doesn't look exactly like an iPad. At the very least, the PlayBook deserves a chance.

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