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Following up on the BlackBerry PlayBook teardown from this morning, an Ottawa company has not only done their own disassembly, but also tallied up how much all of the parts cost. According to their bill of materials, the 16 GB version costs $190, the 32 GB version costs $205, and the 64 GB model $235.…
Although nobody was exactly camping out overnight to pick up a BlackBerry PlayBook yesterday, Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies & Co., claims 45,000 of RIM’s first tablet was sold on launch day through Best Buy and Staples alone, counting 25,000 preorders predominantly for 32 GB and 64 GB versions. Mike Abramsky, of RBC Captial…
The BlackBerry PlayBook was released to the public yesterday, and it’s already been fully disassembled for inspection by some hardware experts. A lot of the components have come from Texas Instruments (not just the processor). From a repairability standpoint, the PlayBook is easy enough to open, using standard screws, but replacing the battery requires you…
The BlackBerry PlayBook launched yesterday with little more than a home screen shortcut to the Facebook web page. Though admittedly, Facebook renders pretty nicely on RIM’s first tablet, a real app is what we’re waiting, and by the looks of this demo from Adobe, it’s not far off. Adobe was showing off a bunch of…
BlackBerry Bridge, the app which promises to bring all of your core smartphone apps to RIM’s latest tablet, has gone live with the launch of the PlayBook today. Despite a few hiccups with the app rollout, I managed to get my Torch 9800 paired up with the PlayBook just fine, and it’s now showing all…
Now that the BlackBerry PlayBook is out and in the wild, RIM has updated their software development kits so app-makers have some polished tools to work with. With WebWorks 2.0, RIM has separated JavaScript APIs from the OS, which should make it easy to add new and alter existing APIs through their open source project…
To all the BlackBerry addicts out there, I hope you enjoyed PlayBook launch day! If you tossed down some cash to pick up RIM’s first venture into the tablet scene, good on ya… and if you haven’t already, be sure to check out Simon’s BlackBerry PlayBook Review. It’s good stuff, I swear. With tablets clearly…
It’s been almost six months since we first saw the BlackBerry PlayBook from Research In Motion but the 7-inch corporate-friendly tablet is now available. The PlayBook can be yours for about $500 for the 16 GB model. When the BlackBerry PlayBook was first introduced, it blew us away with its specs: 1 GHz dual-core processor,…
The BlackBerry PlayBook is launching on April 19 after a long six months of anticipation. As Research In Motion’s first tablet and the initial release of their new QNX-based operating system, it will be setting the bar for many future BlackBerry devices to come. Tablets are still a nascent form factor, with lots of room…
We’ve seen glimpses of the upcoming touchscreen BlackBerry Bold here in North America, but RIM’s a global company, it looks like they’re getting ready to launch it worldwide. A batch of hands-on pictures of the Bold Touch 9900 (code-named Dakota) have surfaced in Latin America, where it was compared to the Bold 9700 and Torch.…