RIM Blackberry Playbook
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The Playbook is RIM’s (“Research in Motion”) attempt of bringing the Blackberry OS into the tablet market, and already on first glance this proves to be a tricky objectvive. Not only is the screen a bit too small to directly compete with the IPad or the various 11-inch Android devices, the number of Apps available for Blackberry is only much smaller than for its competitors.
Measuring less than half an inch thick and weighing less than a pound, the PlayBook features a 7-inch high-resolution display that looks and feels great in your hand-and it supports 4-fingered multi-touch gestures. It also wirelessly connects to your BlackBerry smartphone for real-time access to email, calendar, address book and task list, Documents To Go and BBM using BlackBerry Bridge.
In addition to Wi-Fi support, the PlayBook features a 1 GHz dual-core processor, 16 GB of storage, 1 GB of RAM, GPS for navigation and location-based services, dual HD webcams for video chats and snapping pics, and an intuitive BlackBerry Tablet OS based on powerful, user-friendly QNX technology.
It certainly serves as a browsing device and has decent speed and accurancy when it comes to touch gestures, however personally for us the screen is simply too small to make it work as an IPad replacement. However if you love your Blackberry and want to have something with the same touch and feel, this might be the tablet you have been waiting for.
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Holger
July 8th, 2011 at 11:14 am
I love my Blackberry and what makes this an awesome device is the fact that it fully syncs with my BB torch. That is awesome simply because the IPad has no such function and if you want to work away from home and need to do for example grachical work, this device simply works best.
Also with regard to the number of Apps available I don’t agree with you. Yes, it’s less compared to Apple or Android, but the important ones are there.
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