The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is RIM’s first smartphone companion device, rocking HDMI-out, twin 1 GHz processors, 1 GB of RAM, a 7-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen, a 3 megapixel forward-facing and 5 megapixel rear-facing camera (both capable of HD video capture), and a new operating system from QNX that specializes in stability and multimedia. Take a look at our eyes-on tour of the PlayBook to scope out the hermetically-sealed hardware.
If you’re hankering to pick one up, the BlackBerry PlayBook should be available in Q1 2011.
It’s relieving to see RIM showing the OS proper running, and everything seems to be moving very smoothly. I’d go so far as to say that it is much more production-ready than any of us thought it was.
So, anyone still saying “vaporware?”