Andre Yoskowitz
27 Sep 2010 18:00
RIM has unveiled their long-anticipated Playbook tablet today, throwing their contender into the market dominated by the Apple iPad.
"Every successful professional has a great PlayBook," said Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of RIM.
The tablet will measure in smaller than the iPad at just 7 inches, but it is thinner at 9.7 millimeters.
Furthermore, the tablet has a rear and front-facing camera, and the ability to natively playback Flash videos.
BlackBerry smartphone owners can tether their devices and use the 3G on the tablet.
The Playbook will not run on RIM's new BlackBerry 6 OS, however, instead it will run on a brand new mobile operating system created by QNX Software, which was acquired by RIM earlier in the year.