The stunning BlackBerry PlayBook launched!

Last updated on: September 28, 2010 22:35 IST

Image: A Blackberry PlayBook.
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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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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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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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