Image: A Blackberry PlayBook.
Photographs: Courtesy, RIM
Photographs: Courtesy, RIM
Research in Motion unveiled on Monday the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet computer in San Francisco, California.
The PlayBook based on a new operating system QNX and high end hardware specifications will be pitted directly agianst iPad, once launched in 2011.
Let's check out the specifications...
BlackBerry Tablet OS
- Powerful, user-friendly QNX technology - it's what the World Wide Web runs on
- On-screen keyboard
- True multi-tasking
Ultra portable
- 7" LCD display, 1024 x 600 screen resolution
- 5.1" x 7.6" x 0.4" (130mm x 194mm x 10mm)
- 0.9 lbs (400g)
- Built-in microUSB connector
- Multi-touch capacitive screen
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
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The stunning BlackBerry PlayBook launched!
Image: A Blackberry PlayBook.Photographs: Robert Galbraith/Reuters
Video conferencing
- Crystal clear HD display
- Rich stereo sound
Best in class media
- 3 MP high definition forward-facing camera
- 5 MP high definition rear-facing camera
- Codec support for superior media playback, creation and video calling
- 1080p HD video; H.264, MPEG4, WMV HDMI video output
- Micro USB, Micro HDMI, and DLNA media streaming
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The stunning BlackBerry PlayBook launched!
Image: RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie discusses the new BlackBerry PlayBook device during an interview with Reuters.Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
BlackBerry essentials
- Pair BlackBerry PlayBook with a BlackBerry smartphone via secure Bluetooth connection for full access to:
- Push technology
- Email, calendar, BBM , tasks, documents and more
- BlackBerry security and data efficiency
Web without limit:
- Ideal for games, media, apps and everything the real Internet offers
- Full Adobe Flash 10.1 enabled
- Built-in support for HTML 5
- No-compromise, beautiful rendering of text, graphics and video
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The stunning BlackBerry PlayBook launched!
Photographs: Courtesy, RIM
Ground breaking speed:
- Full computing power in a tablet format
- 1 GHz dual-core processor
- 1GB RAM
- Symmetrical dual-core processing
Highly secure and efficient app platform
- Rapid development environment
- Reliable BlackBerry Tablet OS, powered by QNX technology
- Supports POSIX OS, SMP, Open GL, BlackBerry 6, WebKit, Adobe Flash, Java and Adobe Mobile AIR
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The stunning BlackBerry PlayBook launched!
Image: Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer of IM, holds the new Blackberry PlayBook with a screen projection of the devic.Photographs: Robert Galbraith/Reuters
CIO and enterprise ready
- Out-of-the-box compatibility with BlackBerry Enterprise Server
- Seamless pairing for a secure window into your BlackBerry smartphone
- 3G access via existing BlackBerry smartphone service plan
- Corporate data access
- Secure and manageable
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