{"id":10161,"date":"2010-09-27T23:26:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T23:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2010\/09\/blackberry-launches-playbook-tablet\/"},"modified":"2010-09-27T23:26:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T23:26:37","slug":"blackberry-launches-playbook-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2010\/09\/blackberry-launches-playbook-tablet\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackberry launches Playbook tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/playbooknavigator.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image image-_original\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com.S3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/sites\/356\/playbooknavigator.jpg\" alt=\"playbooknavigator.jpg\"><\/a>As the tablet market heats up, Blackberry is coming out with its own version of its competition to iPad.  As we said in an <a href=\"http:\/\/drishtikone.com\/blog\/future-world-computing-will-be-defined-smartphones-today-not-laptops\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">earlier post<\/a>, that future of computing is going to be decided by the mobile computing as opposed to laptops of today.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7-inch display, Cortex A9, 1GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, an e-reader app<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work with Blackberry phone and will connect via Bluetooth to BlackBerry devices<\/li>\n<li>Runs Flash 10.1 and HTML 5 along with supporting hardware accelerated video<\/li>\n<li>HDMI (HDMI connection can output video to dual displays) and USB ports<\/li>\n<li>Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV<\/li>\n<li>Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA<\/li>\n<li>Front and rear-facing camera<\/li>\n<li>PlayBook is fully compatable with BlackBerry Enterprise Servers right out of the box<\/li>\n<li>Measurements: 5.1\u2033x7.6\u2033x0.4\u2033 (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)<\/li>\n<li>Will use new operating system from QNX Software Systems acquired by RIM recently<\/li>\n<li>Will have full OpenGL and POSIX support<\/li>\n<li>Will offer 3G and 4G models in future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was also announced that BlackBerry Messenger system will be opened up as like a social platform for applications.  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