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Well, one and all, Research in Motion has pulled the wool off their entry into the tablet pool, at a developer conference on Monday, according to CNNMoney. Their tablet will feature a 7-inch screen, Flash-capable video and a front and rear high-definition camera. But will it be enough to take down the iPad?
"Every successful professional has a great PlayBook," said Mike Lazaridis, co-chief executive of Research in Motion, at the BlackBerry Developer conference in San Francisco.
As mentioned above, the device will sport a 7-inch screen, Flash-capable video as well as a front and rear high-def camera. It's also quite thin, coming in at 9.7 millimeters, and weighs a mere .9 pounds. But lo and behold, Lazaridis was not able to name a price just yet.
For the time being, the PlayBook is planning to be released in 2011 and will only be able to connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi. But RIM is planning on offering up 3G and 4G versions down the road.
RIM's goal is "to offer an uncompromised Web experience," said Lazaridis.
The PlayBook will also maintain a 1 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM. It'll be compatible with HDMI video output, Bluetooth and microHDMI and microUSB.
Curiously though, PlayBook users won't see RIM's hot off the presses BlackBerry 6 operating system. In place of that, will be a new operating system via QNX Software Systems, who RIM scooped earlier on in the year.
At the conference, a QNX rep said that the PlayBook will offer up "just a great gaming experience."
Lazaridis added on that the BlackBerry Messenger system will be "opened as a social platform for applications," but didn't give much information beyond that. He also commented that in-app payments as well as a BlackBerry advertising service will "generate revenue immediately."
So there you have it readers! What's your take? Will it be enough to warrant your dollars? Or will the iPad still reign supreme? Feel free to leave your tablet prognostications below!
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