RIM introduces the BlackBerry Playbook tablet

[obemon]

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Playbook - The BlackBerry Tablet


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Specs:

• 7" LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
• BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
• Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
• Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
• HDMI video output
• Wi-Fi - 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
• Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
• Ultra thin and portable:
• Measures 5.1"x7.6"x0.4" (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
• Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
• RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future.

Uncompromised Web Browsing
With support for Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1, Adobe® Mobile AIR® and HTML-5, the BlackBerry PlayBook provides customers with an uncompromised, high-fidelity web experience and offers them the ability to enjoy all of the sites, games and media on the web. For more than a decade, the mobile industry has worked to bridge the gap between the "real web" and mobile devices through various apps and technologies and, in fact, a significant number of mobile apps today still simply serve as a proxy for web content that already exists on the web. The BlackBerry PlayBook closes that gap and brings the real, full web experience to mobile users while also opening new and more exciting opportunities for developers and content publishers.

Source:
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So what do you guys think? On paper it sounds really good.

[Gisborn]

Pangontra sa iPad o. Sounds good on paper pero sa performance na gyud daogon.

[BroadBandAC]

First tablet, I think, to utilize a multi-core CPU... BlackBerry PlayBook Unveiled, See Full Specs and Features
Pero nice para naa sad competition ang mga tablets...

[obemon]

One thing I did find strange is that they called this thing the 'business tablet' or the 'enterprise tablet' but they named the device 'PlayBook'. Don't you think the name is kinda contradicting for the market they are aiming at? BlackPad would have been a better name I reckon. In fact if I had it my way, I would call this thing the 'BlackBerry Moses', but that's just me.

Other key things they haven't mentioned is the battery life and pricing. Hope they get both right.

[BroadBandAC]

One thing I did find strange is that they called this thing the 'business tablet' or the 'enterprise tablet' but they named the device 'PlayBook'. Don't you think the name is kinda contradicting for the market they are aiming at? BlackPad would have been a better name I reckon. In fact if I had it my way, I would call this thing the 'BlackBerry Moses', but that's just me.

Other key things they haven't mentioned is the battery life and pricing. Hope they get both right.

They didn't announce the pricing because of the tight competition, and besides the product will be available by 2011 Q1 and Q2... It's a great move for RIM not to announce the pricing to force Apple launch iPad 2 or whatever the great Steve Jobs call it... IMO, maybe they called it a business or enterprise tablet because of its features and target customers... Think of the Cius...

[samamar21]

maybe this good!