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At the GITEX conference in the Dubai, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie talked up their new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. After whipping out what looked like a working device, he showed off a full spec sheet that not only confirmed that the PlayBook would have a 5300 mAh battery, but that a version with 64 GB of storage would be available, on top of the 16 and 32 GB models we saw at DevCon.
RIM was tight-lipped about the battery at launch (and still didn’t say what 5300 mAh worked out to in terms of hours and minutes), but it’s good to see some of the finer details of their tablet being nailed down. It’s hard to tell for sure what the iPad’s battery is for comparison, but the comparable Samsung Galaxy Tab has a smaller 4000 mAh battery. The added tier of memory is a bit of a necessity since there’s been no sign of support for microSD cards (or SD, for that matter). As a machine that will be built for media, you’d think they would provide some kind of removable storage. On the other hand, since a lot of stuff will just be beamed over from a BlackBerry smartphone, it sounds like there will be a sufficient amount built in to keep most people happy.
Balsillie also announced that the Torch and App World 2.0 would be available in the UAE, which is great news considering BlackBerry was on the verge of a ban not too long ago. Here’s the video of Balsillie’s announcement at GITEX.
RIM CEO Jim Ballsille keynote at Gitex 2010 from Tbreak on Vimeo.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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