Blackberry Playbook Creating A Huge Buzz In The Phone Market

By Author: Thomas Whittle
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The tablet PC segment is probably the best place to be in every manufacturer. It is a segment that has grown incredibly in the last eight months or so. It has to be mainly attributed to the launch of the Apple iPad, which significantly changed the outlook of the tablet PC's. The Apple iPad was launched at the time when tablet PCs are thought to be the slowly dying breed, but within a few months of its launch, it has totally changed that perception. This enormous success has led to the advent of many tablet PC's from other manufacturers. BlackBerry is the latest in the line and it has launched their latest and first-ever tablet PC, the BlackBerry PlayBook.

The BlackBerry PlayBook
comes as a better device than the Apple iPad straightaway. The few months of development that the BlackBerry PlayBook had was given an enormous advantage over the Apple iPad. Previously, the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the tablet from Dell were thought to be the main contenders for Apple iPad. However, with the launch of this new tablet, all ...
... other tablet PCs have been put aside. The BlackBerry PlayBook is a stunning tablet that has a screen size of just 7 inches. In this regard, it follows the principle of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Even though the Samsung Galaxy Tab did not take off greatly, the principle of portability that comes about by using a smaller screen is something that has been adopted into the BlackBerry tablet.

The tablet weighs just over 400 g and it is something that also adds to the appeal of being a portable tablet PC. The 7 inch LCD display is capable of handling a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The images are displayed in 16:9 widescreen ratio for better cinematic experience. The biggest advantage that the BlackBerry PlayBook holds over the Apple iPad is the presence of a dual core processor. The Apple iPad is an extremely fast device, but the dual core processor in the BlackBerry PlayBook completely overshadows it. The processor is rated at 1 GHz, but by virtue of being a dual core processor, it is capable of delivering almost 2 GHz speed. This spectacular amount of speed is essential when it comes to running the operating system, which is similar to the BlackBerry OS 6, but it has been retuned to be fit for a tablet PC. The operating system is a QNX-based operating system for better operation of a tablet PC.

Like the Apple iPad, the BlackBerry PlayBook will also be available in three different memory options. There is the 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB memory variants available on the BlackBerry PlayBook. The tablet also has two cameras. The front facing camera is a three megapixel unit and the rear camera is a five megapixel unit. The tablet PC has just been announced by BlackBerry. It is expected that it will be available on stores within a few months in the United Kingdom. Besides that you may also wish to take a look at BlackBerry Bold 9780 for other available deals.