I saw in the recent email from Office Depot that they are taking pre-orders for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The PlayBook has a 1GHz processor, 7″ touchscreen, built-in WiFi, and dual cameras for HD video conferencing. The PlayBook supports Adobe Flash and offers seamless BlackBerry integration. It’s available in 16GB ($499.99), 32GB ($599.99), and 64GB ($699.99) versions. There’s a limit of one per customer, while supplies last.
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As long as they make it pretty much mandatory that you have a Blackberry phone in order to really use the Playbook it’s pretty much destined for failure.
Allegedly you will be able to tether to other phones besides the Blackberries via bluetooth.
http://crackberry.com/internet-tethering-blackberry-playbook-tablet-bluetooth
OfficeMax is also taking pre-orders for the Playbook.
http://www.officemax.com/home/custom.jsp?id=m8480482&EDID=NF42QD-MJ5PO-YFLCZ-PPT9KB-24Y42-v1&cm_mmc=Email-_-promo2-_-wk14-_-LearnMore
iPad killer has arrived
You do not need a BlackBerry phone to use the PlayBook. You can tether with ANY phone.
Methinks you are confusing Hz and bytes: “The PlayBook has a 1GB processor…”
@Randon Nerd It was a typo. When you type GB and GHz as often as I do, it just happens sometimes…
Yes, but can you get your email and calendar and keep them synched?
@Janet, sorry if I sounded snarky. I knew it was a typo.
Now, is it dual core? What kind of processor is it? (I imagine they’re not releasing specs yet?)
Anyway, don’t see how this is going to compete against my iPad.
@Random Nerd No problem! Actually, they have a spec sheet hidden on the PlayBook page at BlackBerry. It says it has 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB memory. If you want to see the specs, go to the playbook page, and you’ll find the “download specs” link on that bar under the slideshow – hidden over to the right.
@Ken S The spec sheet I told Random Nerd about in the comment above this one says “Wirelessly connect to your BlackBerry® smartphone* for real time access to:
Email, calendar, address book, task list and BBMT”