RIM Launches PlayBook Tablet to Rival iPad

[JMcEntegart]

Waterloo-based Research in Motion has finally revealed its much talked about tablet. Dubbed the PlayBook, the device was launched today at the BlackBerry developer event in with a launch date of 'early next year.'

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[Coolio_alert]

There's an ___ for that?!

 

[Coolio_alert]

Figure's RIM would launch a tablet after the huge success of the iPad.

 

[cj_online]

Sweet!!

Hope this is an iPad Killer!

 

[lashabane]

My typography teacher tried telling us that the iPad is as revolutionary as the Gutenberg Press. I was so shocked, I was only able to sit there and wonder if he was going to share what he was smoking.

 

[AndrewMD]

Ok... Hope it does well. But lately RIM has not been doing good in product releases.

Guess we will find out

 

[SneakySnake]

surprised no one's said this yet, but I think the name sucks.

I think playbook is a worse name then iPad. It just sounds completely kiddy and juvenile. Blackbook woulda been a sweet name

 

[dedhorse]

I'm kind of confused by that video. Are they trying to tell us it can act as a projector too? Why don't they just show people using it instead of projecting the screen up on walls, benches, and windows? Kind of giving the wrong idea.

 

[SneakySnake]

I do love how it looks so far, looks like it'll rape my iPad in the features department

 

[orionantares]

This actually sounds like a tablet worth giving consideration too. This sounds better than an oversized iTouch.

 

[NeeKo]

RIM always beated everyone @ Smartphones.. now into tables!

 

[kelemvor4]

It's iPad for grown-ups!

 

[haunted one]

I wish there was more of the tablet itself in the video! At the very end, they used a black background making it harder to contrast the tablet.

 

[verbalizer]

just like Windows operating systems and other software, I'll wait for a service pack or revision to come out first... lol

 

[Warsaw]

Possible giveaway contest for one in the making?

 

[verbalizer]

Possible giveaway contest for one in the making?

^LMAO..

 

[fjjb]

i hope this wake peoples mind (ejemmm... apple fanboys) and they see that the ipad is not the only "magical thing that came from god... sarcasm" and that the ipad just resizes iphone apps or even leave them in the same resolution...

 

[eddieroolz]

Surprised that there hasn't been much fanfare for this release. Personally I'm just glad RIM threw in modern hardware.

 

[gekko668]

"7-inch (1024 x 600) WSVGA multitouch display, which makes the device a little more compact than the iPad with its 9.7-inch display; a 1GHz dual-core CPU; 1GB of RAM; 1080p video playback; support for Flash 10.1, HTML5; WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR; HDMI out; and two webcams, one 5-megapixel camera on the back and one 3-megapixel camera on the front for video conferencing. "


This kind of spec make the ipad hardware look like child play.

 

[shizen]

in your face ipad...!!!

 

[verbalizer]

my sprint 4g htc evo is like a mini-laptop or netbook on your hip
i need something to make me go WOW.!

 

[dEAne]

I can't say if I won't used the product myself.

 

[Guest]

"PlayBook"?

I keep thinking football

 

[ericburnby]

[citation][nom]fracture[/nom]uh oh, upset apple fanboys thumbing down people.[/citation]
Yeah, and all the haters on Tom's NEVER EVER give a thumbs down to anyone who makes any sort of positive comment about an Apple product.

 

[spentshells]

a little slow on the draw like um 6 months but hey thats cool look at the support.

a 1GHz dual-core CPU; 1GB of RAM; 1080p video playback; support for Flash 10.1, HTML5; WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR; HDMI out; and two webcams, 5 and 3 MP's

SICKNESS....but I won't be buying one