esearch in Motion (RIM), the makers of the Blackberry, have revealed details – and images – of the PlayBook, the machine they hope will prove to be an iPad killer. The tablet device won’t go on general sale until early in 2011, however.
The new handheld machine was revealed at at RIM's annual Blackberry developer’s conference in San Francisco yesterday with some pomp. Despite its name, RIM president Mike Lazaridis claimed the PlayBook was the "world's first professional tablet".
He said: "RIM set out to engineer the best professional-grade tablet in the industry with cutting-edge hardware features and one of the world's most robust and flexible operating systems.
"The BlackBerry PlayBook solidly hits the mark with industry leading power, true multitasking, uncompromised web browsing and high performance multimedia."
The PlayBook is the third entry into the market dominated by Apple since it launched the iPad in April this year. At the beginning of this month, Samsung launched its own offering, the Galaxy Tab.
The spec for the PlayBook contains no great surprises: it is pretty much as rumours and leaks had painted it. The seven-inch screen is 2.7 inches smaller than the iPad’s and the same size as the Galaxy Tab's.
The PlayBook is significantly lighter than the iPad at 400g to Apple's 680g – 730g, and just 20g heavier than the Galaxy Tab. It is also expected to be slightly cheaper than Apple’s machine.
PLAYBOOK, THE SPECS:
7in touchscreen
• BlackBerry Tablet OS built on architecture by recently-acquired QNX
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• HD video playback
• HDMI video outputJuly 7 2008:
• Bluetooth 2.1
• MicroHDMI and microUSB ports
• Support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1
• Dimensions: 5.1″x7.6″x0.4″
• Weight: 400g
• Able to connect to BlackBerry Enterprise Servers
• Pairing with BlackBerry handsets
• Ability to connect to 3G network on existing BlackBerry data plan
Via : thefirstpost.co.uk
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