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"We're sure RIM would still prefer that you own both a BlackBerry smartphone and a PlayBook, but it looks like it's now going some way to address the potential misconception that you actually need a BlackBerry for the tablet to be of any use. Speaking with Forbes, RIM senior product manager Ryan Bidan insisted that \"on its own, this is a great standalone tablet,\" and that \"this is not a device that is reliant on a BlackBerry.\" As Forbes notes, however, it is true that the PlayBook needs to be tied to a BlackBerry for most PIM functions like contacts and calendar management, but Bidan says those features will come to the PlayBook separately \"as the platform evolves\" -- he didn't get much more specific than that, unfortunately."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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