Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Blackberry PlayBook Price, Features, Specifications & Launch Date

RIM Today unveiled the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet which is said to be the first serious competitor for the iPad.

Watch the below video of Blackberry Playbook preview!

BlackBerry PlayBook Features & Specifications:

7″ LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support.
Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording.
BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing.
1 GHz dual-core processor
1 GB RAM
Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
HDMI video output
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)

Availability of Blackberry Play Book:

The BlackBerry PlayBook will be made available in retail outlets in the USA in early 2011 and will be available in other countries in the second quarter of 2011. So People of India should wait till the 2nd Quarter 2011 to place your hand on the new PlayBook from Blackberry or get one from United States if you cannot wait.

The BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK is planned for release in the coming weeks and developers can register for early access at www.blackberry.com/developers/tabletos. RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future. The Blackberry Playbook Price is not yet declared and expected to be cheap and placed in the lower end of the tablet market

For more information, visit www.blackberry.com/playbook.

*Bluetooth support required.

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