BlackBerry PlayBook Live Pics and Impressions !


blackberry playbook

At MWC 2011  we got up close with the BlackBerry Playbook which is RIM’s Tablet running on the BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX) . You can take a look at the photos of the Playbook below and boy ! it was pretty small in person compared to the photos you might see on the internet.

The hardware was solid and pretty nice to grip. It was only the software which seemed new but multitasking rocked. Yet we are concerned about the no of apps the device will have at launch.It supports  Adobe Flash and AIR.

blackberry playbook homescreen

It has a 7 inch display yet sports a 1024x600px resolution. 3MP Camera in the front.

blackberry playbook

5 Camera on the back

blackberry playbook

It’s light at little over 400 grams in weight

blackberry playbook

Power button , volume keys and play/pause button on top along with 3.5mm audio jack

blackberry playbook

Its 10 mm in terms of thickness

blackberry playbook

The microUSB port and micro HDMI port along with docking pins sit on the bottom

blackberry playbook

blackberry playbook

The PlayBook does look like one impressive tablet but one thing which left us puzzled is how the the device handles Email by pairing with your Blackberry via Bluetooth. It may sound great for security reasons but it would be crazy if the device can’t handle email without a BB !

Check out Video from CES

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7hG9A00Kyw


Author: Varun Krish

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