BlackBerry’s PlayBook Tablet – The maker of BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), has revealed at a developer conference on Monday its newest gadget which is the PlayBook, a tablet computer. It will be released in 2011.
Currently, the tablet market has been dominated by Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) and its famous iPad, however, the other tech companies are still trying to cash in as well.
The co-chief executive of RIM, Mike Lazaridis, said at the BlackBerry Developer conference in San Francisco that every successful professional has a great PlayBook. He did not name the price.
The PlayBook tablet features a 7-inch screen, Flash-capable video and a front and rear high-definition camera. It is thin with a measurement of 9.7 millimeters and it weighs 0.9 pounds. Furthermore, it includes a 1GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM. It is compatible with HDMI video output and Bluetooth, as well as microHDMI and microUSB.
As of now, the PlayBook can connect to the Internet only via Wi-Fi. However, RIM said it plans to offer 3G and 4G models sometime in the future. Despite of this, Lazaridis still said the company’s goal was to offer an uncompromised Web experience.
Although the tablet won’t use RIM’s newly launched BlackBerry 6 operating system, it has been built around a new platform from QNX Software Systems that has been acquired by the company earlier this year.
Via : keenobservers.com
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