Finally it seems that Blackberry have thrown their hat into the tablet market with the announcement of the Blackberry Playbook Tablet device.
This handy little tablet sports a seven inch display and will be running the new Blackberry Tablet Operating System. Inside the device, there will be a 1 GHz dual core processor and for those users that like Flash the device supports Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR and HTML 5.
It is a good move by RIM to get into the market at this time where the competition begins to heat up as we move closer to the holiday season.
These are the specs and features released by RIM for the newly announced BlackPad:
7” 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)
Additional features and specifications of the BlackBerry PlayBook will be shared on or before the date this product is launched in retail outlets.
No price details as of yet
Source [Eee PC]
