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Blackberry Playbook unveiled

04/10/2010

Research In Motion (RIM) and makers of popular BlackBerry phones have unveiled a tablet computer, which will function more or less like Amazon's Kindle or Apple's iPad.

RIM named the tablet, BlackBerry PlayBook. It has a 17"screen and dual facing cameras. It also is WiFi capable and has Bluetooth (but to access cellular networks, it needs to link with a BlackBerry smartphone).

It will start to ship to corporate customers and developers in October and to consumers early in 2011.

Web: 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.

Portability

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

The OS: On-screen keyboard and True multi-tasking. Powerful, user-friendly QNX technology - it's what the World Wide Web runs on

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 plus BlackBerry security and data efficiency.

Security and Efficiency: 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 (Get details on app development)

Media: Audio-Video

Crystal clear HD display
Rich stereo sound
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

Speed: Full computing power in a tablet format. 1 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM and Symmetrical dual-core processing

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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