Blackberry Playbook Specification and Price. Research In Motion (RIM) has officially introduced the BlackBerry tablet product called Playbook. The Playbook looks different from most other tablets out there; it's a 7-inch device, as opposed to the 9.7-inch and 10.1-inch versions that most of its competitors offer. The compact size makes it fit more easily into a purse or jacket pocket, but I tend to keep my tablet in a briefcase, so it isn't an advantage for me. In fact, I prefer the larger size, because I tend to do a lot of reading on the devices, but I do agree that the resulting weight difference (14.4 ounces vs. 20.8 ounces for the iPad) makes the tablet easier to hold for extended periods of time.
The Blackberry Playbook is built around a 1 GHz Texas Instruments OMAP4430 Dual-Core processor, which certainly seems fast enough to do the job. The smaller screen has a 1024-by-600-pixel resolution. That's less than most other tablets, but still sharp enough for playing back videos that looked pretty good.
The biggest difference, of course, is the Blackberry Playbook OS, a version of the QNX real-time software Research in Motion acquired. (We're all waiting for BlackBerry phones based on it, though RIM just released the Torch 9810 and the Bold 9930 with OS 7, the older BlackBerry software design.)
The operating system helps make the Blackberry Playbook quite fast. You can have multiple applications running simultaneously, which is both good and bad. It means the transition to another application is very quick, but it uses a lot of memory. There's no home button (as on the iPad or the TouchPad) or even soft buttons (as on Android Honeycomb). Instead, you just scroll upwards on the screen to view all your running applications. On the top of the screen, icons alert you to new notifications (including application updates), new messages, etc.
The browser is very nice, with multiple tabs. When you're in the browser, you scroll down to view other tabs and open new ones. Flash sites seem to work well; I was able to play Flash video on a number of sites, but noticed a bit more stuttering and artifacts than on other tablets.
The number of available applications for Blackberry Playbook is still very limited--a huge problem for consumers. You won't find the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, or USA Today. A new Facebook application works better than the one that originally shipped with the device, but it's still basically a phone version running on a tablet.
Blackberry Playbook Price is :
Blackberry PlayBook 16 GB Price : USD 500
Blackberry PlayBook 32 GB Price : USD 600
Blackberry PlayBook 64 GB Price : USD 700
Blackberry Playbook Specification is:
7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, layar sentuh capacitive touch screen juga multi-touch dan support gesture (gerakan)
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.
