As far as tablets go, not many of them have been designed to be an out-right extension of a smaller device, like a smartphone. Many manufacturers have brought them to market to stand as their own device, unhindered by the necessity of being tethered to another device to have primary functions. For the BlackBerry PlayBook, the first tablet device from Research In Motion (RIM), one of the major complaints about the device is the requirement that it be connected to a BlackBerry smartphone for some features to function.
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1m BlackBerry PlayBook tablets incoming in Q1 2011
RIM is apparently expecting shipments of one million BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in Q1 2011, with the first models being WiFi-only and 3G. According to DigiTimes' industry sources, RIM looks to be positioning Motorola's Android-based XOOM tablet as its primary target; previous leaks suggested Motorola was expecting initial shipments of up to 800,000 XOOM units.
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CES 2011: All-Star Tablet Round-Up
Every CES has its unofficial theme – we’ve seen netbooks and ereaders flood the booths in previous years – and 2011 was the turn of tablets. As predicted before the show, the rise of the iPad, the imminent release of Android 3.0 Honeycomb and the promise of a new, lucrative segment has worked like catnip to manufacturers large and small. Check out the SlashGear CES 2011 tablet roundup after the cut.
BlackBerry PlayBook chip confirmed: 1GHz TI OMAP4430
Texas Instruments has confirmed that it is their silicon at the heart of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, RIM's upcoming 7-inch tablet which we played with last week. Brian Carlson, TI's product line manager, told EETimes that the PlayBook uses the 1GHz dual-core OMAP4430, the same chip that's at the heart of the TI Blaze developer device.
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Lazaridis: “It took RIM 24 years” to achieve “true mobile computing”
RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has admitted that it has taken the Canadian company 24 years to achieve their vision of "true mobile computing", and unsurprisingly it's the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G that has managed it. Speaking at a Sprint event at CES 2011 while demonstrating the PlayBook 4G to SlashGear, the outspoken exec joked that "it only took, what, [since] '87: 24 years!"
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BlackBerry PlayBook demo and hands-on by Mike Lazaridis
SlashGear scored an invite to Sprint’s “Shaking Things Up in 2011″ event at CES 2011 this week, and who should we bump into but RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis with a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in-hand. He was good enough to demo the 7-inch QNX slate and answer some questions about it and RIM’s new focus on tablet computing; check it out, along with live PlayBook video, after the cut.
Sprint BlackBerry PlayBook 4G due Summer 2011
RIM and Sprint have announced that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be launching on the carrier's 4G WiMAX network in summer 2011. Described as "the first" PlayBook to launch using WWAN, suggesting other 3G/4G models will debut later in the year, the Sprint PlayBook 4G won't get priced until closer to launch.
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BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS SDK Shown Off on Video
The PlayBook is seeing quite a bit of video love today. Earlier, we saw how Flash and HTML5 work on the tablet device from Research In Motion, along with the Browser having some time in the spotlight. And now, thanks to RIM's Developer Relations Team, we get to see what the tablet OS Software Development Kit will look like, for those who want to take some time and develop applications for the device.
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Forrester up tablet forecast: 1/3 of US online consumers to have a tablet by 2015
Forrester has revised its tablet sales estimates for 2011, claiming to have been "too conservative" with their forecast last year, and now predicting that 24.1m units will be sold in 2011. That's more than double the 10.3m estimate Forrester has put on 2010, and the research company expects Apple's iPad to hold the lion's share of sales through 2012. In fact, by 2015 Forrester expects 82 million US consumers - one-third of US online consumers - will be using a tablet.
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BlackBerry PlayBook gets browser demo: Flash, HTML5, more [Video]
RIM has outed another BlackBerry PlayBook demo video, this time showing the QNX tablet's browser in action. As well as streaming HTML5 video, the demo shows Flash-based gaming and social networks like Facebook, including support for things like Facebook chat.
Video demo after the cut
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RIM deny PlayBook power problems: any testing was on “pre-beta” units
RIM has blamed absent power management systems for any BlackBerry PlayBook tablet power issues, claiming that third-party testing would have been looking at pre-beta units without the necessary software. The statement, passed to Erictric, comes on the heals of suggestions by Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu that the PlayBook can only manage "a few hours" of runtime and that issues with prolonging usage have delayed the slate's release.
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BlackBerry PlayBook Could be Delayed Due to Battery Issues
Despite not having a firm release date quite yet, it looks like Research In Motion's first tablet device, the BlackBerry PlayBook, might be looking at a few delays. According to analyst Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros., a significant issue with the battery may be causing RIM to look at delaying the tablet. Wu has heard this from sources close to the matter. As of right now, in its current state, it looks like the PlayBook can only manage a "few hours," and against the major competition which can manage between 6 and 10 hours of battery life, that's simply not good enough.
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