I will make a loud noise my phone i then fart(sound proof)

Blackberry playbook wins while Ipad 2 lost..
don't waste your money on Ipad 2 when you will save more than $200 when you buy a blackberry playbook instead of ipad..

some people don't know that ipad is lagging behind where blackberries are.

Round Six: Email/Messaging
This is the area where the new OS in the PlayBook 2.0 changes the game considerably. Prior to the OS 2.0 upgrade, the only way to email or message was to "Bridge" your BlackBerry to the PlayBook. Now, native messaging means this is a good battle for these two tablets.

PlayBook 2.0
Earlier we spoke of the "imitation" of some of the best features of WebOS in the PlayBook 2.0. The PlayBook surpasses virtually every other platform with the inclusion of a unified messaging inbox. What that means is that in one place - the Messages app - goes not only your email, but also Facebook messages, LinkedIn messages and Twitter Direct Messages.

The beauty of this is that you don't have to open the dedicated app (i.e., Facebook or Twitter) to respond. You can respond to and compose messages in all of your logged in account right from the messaging app. Just touch the Titter icon along the left hand side of the Messaging app and send a Direct Message - it couldn't be easier!

Email only gets better! Touch the Compose button to send an email. What you immediately notice is that the PlayBook gives you a full rich text email editor. You can change the font, the size, the color and easily change the style of text right from the editor - just like using a full featured email editor. Attach files that are stored locally on the device, change the priority - you name it and you can do it from the PlayBook Email app.

Perhaps the best email feature is that you can swipe down from the top to see the Options menu and then select Compose Email up to four times! That means that you can have up to four separate email compositions going at any one time. You can then swipe up to minimize the app and do something else. That is a level of email power unmatched in any device today.

The PlayBook has one of the best predictive (link to swipe tech) text systems I have seen in a mobile device. When you start to type, the PlayBook will show you five possibilities for the word you are typing along the top of the keyboard. Simply touch the correct one and it is inserted into the email.

Connect your PlayBook via BlackBerry Bridge to your BlackBerry Smartphone and you can take advantage of your BlackBerry Messenger app on the PlayBook.

iPad 2
Email on the iPad is...well, its email - just email. You can set up multiple email accounts, you can have a unified inbox of email - but at the end of the day you still get only email.

The iPad offers some nice features for email organization - adding messages to various folders and the like. There are no rich text editing features, however, in the Email app.

Typing offers Apple's version of predictive text, which I find somewhat annoying. The ipad will suggest one word and you can touch the Space bar to accept that or try to touch the small "x" to get rid of it.

One built in iOS feature that is great which the PlayBook lacks is the built in dictionary. Just hold down any word in an email (or other app,) choose "Define" and the iPad will give you a contextual definition.

iOS 5 introduced a new way to communicate with your friends; iMessage. iMessage is in some ways similar to BlackBerry Messenger - it is "instant," you can see when your messages are delivered . You can attach an image to your iMessage and send that along in the body of your iMessage as well. iMessage can be sent to any iDevice - that means you can send it to the phone number of an iPhone or the email address used as the ID on any iPad or iPod.

You can certainly send Facebook messages, Direct Messages via Twitter and LinkedIn messages - but you will need to load up each app first to have that option.

Video Chat

We are looking at Video Chat as a sort of messaging/communication aspect of both devices here. Both the PlayBook 2.0 and the iPad 2 offer front-facing cameras for video chat. Both have video chat apps - PlayBook's is called Video Chat and the iPad used Apple's FaceTime.

Both video chat apps are proprietary - you can only use Video Chat with other PlayBook users and you can only use FaceTime with other iOS users. Clearly, if you have lots of friends with other iOS devices, the iPad 2 will give you more people to talk to via FaceTime. Anyone with an iPhone 4, iPad 2 or a newer iPod touch can use FaceTime on their devices.

Functionality is fairly similar on both devices. The PlayBook does a nice job of knowing which of your contacts have a BlackBerry ID for Video Chat calls - this is done automatically as all your contact data is sucked into the PlayBook. On the iPad, you need to specify your contacts for FaceTime. You can use your Apple ID or your iCloud login to set up FaceTime. You can call people using their iPhone phone number - assuming they are connected to Wi-Fi. You can also use an associated email address if they have that set up.

Both apps let you search your contacts and both allow you to move the smaller video camera on the screen so that it is not blocking the view of the person on the other end. One of the very cool features of the PlayBook is that you can minimize the app and still see the video while you swipe to see if you may have a message to check or perform another task.

Video chat is pretty much a wash between these two devices. The one are where the iPad has the advantage is that you can use the Skype app. We do hope this will be released soon for the PlayBook, but it doesn't look so good.

When we thing about multi-tasking, we usually think about our desktop or laptop and all the windows from all the apps open at the same time. It is easy to just jump from the Word document to an email we are composing to the website we were just viewing.

Given the limited memory and the hardware constraints of many tablets, true multi-tasking can be a challenge. Multi-tasking actually came late to iOS since Apple felt they could not do it "right" in the early iterations. With iOS 5 on the iPad 2 and OS 2.0 on the PlayBook, we can now really compare two very different ways of working with multiple apps.

iPad 2
There has been much written about "true" multi-tasking on iOS devices. For argument's sake, let's say the iPad has very good "limited" multi-tasking built in. To get the most out of multi-tasking on the iPad 2, users should enable Multitasking Gestures in the iPad Settings app. This will allow you to move between your open apps by simply using four fingers and swiping.

I have tried this with about a dozen apps open at once and, for the most part, I could successfully swipe between the apps. If I was matching a movie, it would pause when I swiped to a new app and then I would have to hit the Play button again to restart.

The other way to multi-task on the iPad is to double click the Home button or, if multitasking gestures are enabled, move four fingers up from the bottom to reveal all "running" apps. This is a bit clunkier than simply swiping, but it is the only way to actually see which apps are open. This is my biggest grip with iOS multi-tasking - when you swipe through apps, you don't really know which one is coming next - only by using the second method of seeing all open apps and then choosing the right one can you figure it out.

When you iPad starts to slow down, you may want to close and app or two. The only way to do this is to bring up the list of running apps, hold down until the little "x" appears and then touch the "x to delete it.

The bottom line is that you can multi-task on the iPad, but you have to go through a few steps to get back to the specific app you are looking for.

Blackberry playboook (3g) uses sim card.

price: $100

Ipad 2 (3g) uses sim card.

price: $300-$400

Two months ago it might have seen crazy to speak of the iPad 2 and the BlackBerry Playbook in the same sentence. The iPad 2 is the grand-daddy of the tablet world and the Playbook was received like the poor step child. No native email, contacts or calendar - only useable with a BlackBerry Smartphone - the list was lengthy and the comparison of the two tablets was not a fair fight.

Enter Playbook 2.0. Now we are back to square one and the battle is on. Much is new in Playbook 2.0 and much is improved from when the Playbook first hit the shelves last April.

One factor that we are not looking at for the "competition" but users should think about is price. Currently, a 16GB iPad 2 will set you back $499.00 and a comparable PlayBook 2.0 can be had for $199.00.

So, now its time for the ultimate battle - it is David vs. Goliath - Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Mohammed Ali. There will be 10 rounds in this battle. We will use the 10 point must system - meaning that the winner of each round gets 10 points and the loser gets a lower number. We will look at both devices in detail and put them to the test. Will it be a knockout? Will it be a draw? You might be surprised to see the results....read on.

While the iPad mini does not exactly conform to the 7″ tablet standard, for all intents and purposes we shall consider it one. It comes packed with pretty much everything you’d expect from a 7″ tablet, much like the PlayBook. Despite the similarities, there are considerable differences.

The iPad mini boasts a slightly larger screen than the PlayBook. It also comes in two colours, and has an autofocus camera (which the PlayBook actually doesn’t have), a great battery life, and a super-fast “Lightning” connector. In addition, it is significantly thinner and lighter, making the PlayBook look and feel like a brick in comparison. The new processor is likely faster than the one found on the PlayBook, but probably not by much. The bezel on the PlayBook is also larger, so the iPad mini and PlayBook have approximately the same proportions despite the iPad mini’s larger screen. This makes a big difference visually. The iPad mini simply looks better without a super-thick bezel like the PlayBook. Even though the PlayBook does have bezel gestures, the bezels don’t need to be that thick.

Yet, when it comes down to hardware, the PlayBook simply packs more features: HDMI-out, better front-facing camera with 1080p video, rapid charging contacts, a universal micro-usb connector, dual microphones, dual speakers, slightly sharper screen and likely more RAM.

This means that you can: hook up your PlayBook to an HDTV without some expensive proprietary connector, take better pictures and video with the front-facing camera, have the option to charge your PlayBook super fast, use other standard chargers, have better sound recording and playback quality, have a sharper display, and run more applications at the same time on the PlayBook.

Software

As well all know, however, hardware isn’t everything. Software plays a huge role. I think it’s safe to say that the software on the iPad mini is more developed and the third-party application support is an order of magnitude better as well. The PlayBook does run an adaptation on QNX, making it more secure and excellent for multi-tasking. Yet the strengths end there. The Docs to Go software on the PlayBook, while free, is clumsy for documents, presentations and worksheets. To say that the pictures app on the PlayBook is limited would be an understatement. There is no decent solution that’s even close to iPhoto on the iPad mini. The PDF reader on the PlayBook is also quite limited. The video chat application only works with other PlayBooks, whereas on the iPad mini you can use “Skype” or “FaceTime” to many other devices.

When it comes to games, the iPad mini definitely holds the most titles, but the PlayBook is no slouch either. There are tons of high quality games on both platforms. If having access to the latest and greatest games is something you find important, the iPad mini is your best bet. As I mentioned before, the iPad mini has way more apps available. While the vast majority of apps are unnecessary the option to have more is clearly preferred.

Price and Value

When it comes down to price, the PlayBook is just simply way cheaper, thanks to steep discounts. These days, you can easily buy two 32 GB PlayBooks for the price of one 16GB iPad mini and still have money leftover for a decent sit down dinner with a significant other. With such a price difference, the PlayBook obviously has much more “bang for the buck” than the iPad mini on paper. Even in the real world, the PlayBook is still a much better deal than the iPad mini. For those that just want a full-featured 7″ tablet for the best possible price, the PlayBook is the right choice. Keep in mind that the PlayBook does trump the iPad in quality internals.

The iPad is priced to account for its lightness and thinness. The iPad mini does actually fit in a typical purse now, and you’ll appreciate how light it is. The iPad mini is now even more portable than the PlayBook even with a larger screen. This does command a premium, but I wouldn’t go as far as to say a 180$ one. On the software end, if you need to have those apps that are only available on the iPad mini, or would like to sync stuff with iCloud, or want the prestige of an Apple product, or simply have lots of money to spend on a 7″ tablet, I’d also recommend the the iPad mini.

Personally, I’d say that if money is no issue, the iPad mini is the better tablet. The size and weight, along with the better software, are reasons alone why it is the better tablet. On the other hand, the PlayBook has better hardware in most cases and is a fantastic deal. It has the software required to do the job, and in my opinion is the best choice for those who’s rather spend the money they save elsewhere. The PlayBook will be getting BlackBerry 10 in the future, which should provide a great boost in software quality.