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BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Will Get Amazon’s Kindle Application

Evan Selleck, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Research In Motion has officially unveiled the brand new PlayBook, the company's first tablet device, and they're pulling out all the stops. For fans of the BlackBerry lineage, getting the Amazon Kindle application on their device was a good day, and for those already thinking about picking up the tablet device with the BlackBerry logo on there, you'll be happy to know that Amazon is planning on releasing the Kindle application for the tablet device. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry PlayBook QWERTY keyboard and charging dock accessories look likely

Chris Davies, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [8]

For a company that's built its reputation on hardware keyboards, RIM's decision not to give the BlackBerry PlayBook anything but an on-screen QWERTY could be seen as an unusual one. Still, there's plenty of scope for accessories; the press release may be light on details, but we can draw a few conclusions from what RIM has said. For instance, as well as the microHDMI and microUSB, there are battery charging contacts on the PlayBook tablet. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet not due until 2011

Chris Davies, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [1]

The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet might have been RIM's surprise announcement at the company's DevCon 2010 conference today, but the 7-inch slate itself was a no-show on stage when it comes to actual prototype hardware. RIM showed off a canned demo video of the BlackBerry PlayBook - which you can see after the cut - but failed to put a physical device on show. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry PlayBook takes on iPad: Full Specs & Details

Chris Davies, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

RIM obviously knew they'd need some serious hardware to take on the iPad, and so they didn't hold back with the BlackBerry PlayBook. We've got the full specs now, and this 7-inch 1024 x 600 multitouch slate is a pocket powerhouse that challenges not only Apple's tablet but the Samsung Galaxy Tab, too. An ARM Cortex A9 dual-core 1GHz processor gets things going, then there's 1GB of RAM, WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, microHDMI and - in the future - the promise of both 3G and 4G models. Read The Full Story

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BlackBerry PlayBook official: 7-Inch 1GHz “Professional” tablet

Evan Selleck, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [2]

It looks like we might have spoken too soon. At this year’s BlackBerry DEVCON, the possibilities are endless for Research In Motion. They have plenty of pent-up rumors and speculation being thrown around. Most of that around the BlackPad, the first tablet from the house that built BlackBerry. And, sure enough, RIM is working on a tablet device. It’s not called the BlackPad, though. It’s called the PlayBook, and it is indeed the BlackBerry tablet.