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.

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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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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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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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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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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