BlackBerry PlayBook

 



FINALLY BlackBerry Playbook hands on and thus it’s time for me to details back with my initial review and impressions of Research In Motion’s first tablet device featuring the all-new QNX-based BlackBerry Tablet OS.


The time I had to prep this post to go live for the embargo was tight and we’ll have even more opportunities throughout CES to play with the Playbook, so I’m going to keep this initial review as short as possible and we’ll likely add to it over the days ahead. Oh, and as for those questions of pricing and release date, those are still TBA, though RIM is still sticking to their Q1 release which means you’ll be able to buy a Playbook before the end of March.

General
2G Network     N/A

Availability
Announced      2010, September  ,  Status      Coming soon. Exp. release 2011, Q1

Size
Dimensions     194 x 130 x 10 mm  , Weight               425 g

Display
Type    TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors ,  Multi-touch input method
Size      600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches  ,  Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate

Sound
Alert types       MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker    Yes, with stereo speakers  , 3.5mm jack        Yes

Memory
Phonebook      Practically unlimited entries and fields
Internal      16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM  , Card slot      No

Data Types
GPRS    No  , EDGE       No  ,   3G         No  , WLAN      Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth        Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR  , Infrared port      No
USB      Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera
Primary           5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels, autofocus
Video         Yes, 1080p  , Secondary    Yes, 3 MP

Features
OS        BlackBerry Tablet OS  , CPU   1.0 GHz dual-core processor
Messaging       Email, Push Email, IM  , Browser       HTML  , Radio    No
Games      Yes + downloadable  , Colors        Black  , GPS     No  , Organizer
Java     Yes, MIDP 2.1 ,  Micro HDMI port  , Document viewer
Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+  , Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
Adobe Flash 10.1 support   ,  Predictive text input

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 5300 mAh
Stand-by      Update Soon        ,  Talk time      Update Soon