BlackBerry Tablet - PlayBook!

[xxMATTGxx]

RIM have announced their tablet which is known as the PlayBook I believe.



Specification List:

7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
1 GHz dual-core processor
1 GB RAM
Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
HDMI video output
Wi-Fi - 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
Ultra thin and portable:
Measures 5.1"x7.6"x0.4" (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future.

Video:



Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/27/r...kberry-tablet/

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What does everyone think? I'm not quite sure what to think of it really, I'm not a huge BlackBerry fan.

[marriott0.01]

The OS looks very nice, very much like WebOS. However what the **** have they shoved that gorgeous OS in?! It looks like a giant photoframe with the huge frame :|

[Pyroka]

Screen could be bigger, but I bet thats what they wanted to do... Not peak with a huge massive screen straight away. Doesn't look terrible, and hell the specs sound pretty decent to me. Has flash too, which is nice. Really it looks like they've shipped out a Wi-Fi only version, to see whether their market is interested in it enough, and if so, theyll release the better models.

[Excellent2]

The OS looks amazing and the features are brilliant. Would love to know the price.

[HotelUser]

I'm quite content with my iPad but I'm quite excited to see what other companies do. The pictures there look appealing. If they make a Windows tablet with really good battery life and a nice keyboard I'm going to really regret buying my iPad

[Jordy]

Nothing on it resembles a Blackberry to me, could of been released by any company. Apple cashed in on the success of the iPhone and iPods to make the iPad a success.

Blackberry's are immensely popular phones too, why not create a device which resembles parts of a Blackberry to tempt people to buy the accompanying tablet?

[HotelUser]

I'm really surprised to see how small this thing is in comparison to the iPad!

http://www.engadget.com/photos/ipad-...fight/#3407578

[GommeInc]

Looks pretty good to me, you can't really tell it's a BlackBerry, but that's probably because it lacks any sort of physical keyboard. Does it actually record HD video, or are they using dumb-speak when they actually mean "The picture quality is better than expected"? It has multi-tasking so it technically beats an iPad, and the specs are pretty decent. I can see business people buying it, possibly due to the phones but not sure if there'd be an immediate use... The iPad afterall didn't go straight for businesses, quite alot went to Apple fans who buy anything with an 'i' in front

[HotelUser]

Looks pretty good to me, you can't really tell it's a BlackBerry, but that's probably because it lacks any sort of physical keyboard. Does it actually record HD video, or are they using dumb-speak when they actually mean "The picture quality is better than expected"? It has multi-tasking so it technically beats an iPad, and the specs are pretty decent. I can see business people buying it, possibly due to the phones but not sure if there'd be an immediate use... The iPad afterall didn't go straight for businesses, quite alot went to Apple fans who buy anything with an 'i' in front

I felt the same way about the iPad and multitasking. Infact I seriously considered returning mine because I couldn't multitask. But then I found a 4.2 upgrade on Google. I installed it and it gave me multitasking and since then I have been very content. Other then the multitasking problem my other big complaint is that I make many mistakes on the keyboard, although its more than likely that I am just a horrible typer to begin with!

[Jamesy]

Never really paid attention to any Blackberry devices if I'm honest. This looks quite smart though