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You know what, nevermind playing around in the BlackBerry PlayBook in the Adobe AIR simulator, how about a live device for a change? Aside from a few brief glances at speeches on stage, and a stifling demo display, we had until now seen very little of RIM’s first tablet actually running the native OS. Today at the Adobe MAX conference, RIM’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis decided to show off the device in some detail, and how the newly-announced Flash tools can be used on the PlayBook.
The BlackBerry PlayBook has a 7″ 1024 x 600 capacitive touchscreen, a rear-facing 5 megapixel camera, front-facing video conferencing camera, dual-core 1 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, and runs a whole new operating system. We’re expecting it to launch early next year.
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?”
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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.
