RIM confirmed rumors of a tablet by introducing the BlackBerry PlayBook, a powerful 7-inch device that will offer a dual-core 1GHz processor, full HTML 5 browser, Flash 10.1 with video acceleration, 1 GB of RAM, 1080p playback with HDMI output and two HD cameras, all built atop the QNX operating system.
The PlayBook connects to all 250,000 BlackBerry Enterprise Servers, offering solid security and management and cementing its appeal with enterprise users. That’s how RIM is framing the PlayBook, first as an “enterprise-ready professional tablet.” But with a full WebKit browser, multitasking and multimedia support, it should appeal to consumers as well.
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