While Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab have been all over the news, several competing hardware manufacturers are working tirelessly to get their own offerings onto the market. One such company is Research in Motion (RIM) of BlackBerry smartphone fame.
If you’ve been with us for a while you probably remember that RIM is preparing their own tablet dubbed the BlackBerry PlayBook which will be running a unique operating system (called BlackBerry Tablet OS) and will feature things like a 7-inch screen 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, an HD webcam and more. While we’ve heard of the PlayBook a good deal, we’ve yet to get official confirmation as to when the tablet will actually be hitting store shelves or how it will compete against some of its hardest hitting competitors.
Well today we are proud to tell you that a video has hit the web of a RIM employee comparing the BlackBerry PlayBook against Apple’s iPad. In the video, he shows that the BlackBerry PlayBook’s web browser loads pages much faster than the iPads – in some cases even finishing before the iPad began.
Most of us know about the BlackBerry Playbook, and RIM has released the BlackBerry PlayBook simulator, allowing developers to play with QNX-based operating system.
The simulator was released along with Adobe Air SDK and available for Windows and Mac. While we are wondering about the Playbook, I can’t help but wonder if the BlackBerry App World PC-to-device will work for the Playbook as well.
The BlackBerry Playbook has been getting a lot of press lately, and it seems to get some more press.
It looks like it will match the iPad as far as memory is concerned. It turns out that it will have 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB variants available, as well as a huge 5,300mAh battery. Not to mention the Kobo e-reader.
We just recently heard about the long rumored BlackBerry tablet from Research in Motion dubbed the PlayBook. With its 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and high definition front and rear facing cameras the PlayBook is certainly shaping up to be a more than capable competitor in the tablet market.
However, while tabets like the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab are marketered towards regular consmers, the PlayBook is marketed toward enterprising consumers. This means taht a whole slew of productivity focused applications are sure to be released for the device following its release.
Today, it was announced that the device will be getting Amazon’s Kindle application meaning the PlayBook will definitely be advertised as an eBook reader. In fact this means the PlayBook is access Amazon’s library of over 630,000 eBooks for purchase.
Amazon adds to its growing list of Buy Once, Read Everywhere Kindle apps that let readers choose from over 700,000 Kindle books and read them across a wide range of devices
SEATTLE – Sept. 27, 2010 – Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that it will launch a Kindle app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer. Customers can already enjoy the free Kindle app on their BlackBerry today. Like all Kindle apps, the Kindle app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook will let customers Buy Once, Read Everywhere-on Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, Android-based devices, and in the coming months, the new BlackBerry PlayBook. Amazon’s Whispersync technology syncs your place across devices, so you can pick up where you left off. For more information about the free Kindle apps, go towww.amazon.com/kindleapps.
“When you buy a Kindle book, you can already read it on iPhone, iPad, Android, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, and of course on your Kindle, Kindle 3G, and Kindle DX,” said Dorothy Nicholls, Director, Amazon Kindle. “We’re very excited to add the new BlackBerry PlayBook to that list. As with our other Kindle apps, the BlackBerry PlayBook app will be free and will incorporate our WhisperSync technology so you can seamlessly switch between devices. Our vision is ‘Buy Once, Read Everywhere.’”
With Kindle devices and Kindle apps, customers can choose from over 700,000 books in the U.S. Kindle Store – the largest selection of the most popular books that people want to read-including New Releases and 108 of 111 New York Times Bestsellers. Over 575,000 of the books in the Kindle Store are $9.99 or less, including 80 New York Times Bestsellers. With Kindle Worry-Free Archive, books you purchase from the Kindle Store are automatically backed up online in your Kindle library on Amazon where they can be re-downloaded wirelessly for free, anytime.
Customers can learn more about the free Kindle apps at www.amazon.com/kindleapps.
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