Posted on 01 October 2010 by
Beautiful isn’t it? The new Blackberry PlayBook is RIM’s foray into the growing tablet market. And on paper, it looks like it might give Apple a run for their money.
It runs on a new BlackBerry Tablet OS for an optimized tablet experience like how iPad does it. Nothing like Android’s sloppy implementation. It comes packed with a Cortex A9-based, dual-core 1GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM. It’s no wonder why RIM claims that the PlayBook is the “fastest tablet ever.”
Outside that raw horsepower is a 7-inch, 1024 x 600, capacitive multitouch display, a 3-megapixel front-facing camera, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, a HDMI port, as well as a microUSB jack.
The OS rounds up all that hardware with familiar finger gesture support, multitasking, and ability to handle Flash content and Adobe AIR apps via Flash 10.1.
Feature list:
- 7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
- BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
- 1 GHz dual-core processor
- 1 GB RAM
- Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
- Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
- Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
- HDMI video output
- Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
- Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
- Measures 5.1″x7.6″x0.4″ (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
- Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
- RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future.
Check out the Blackberry official website for more pictures.
Original post by Leon
Posted on 23 September 2010 by
Check out the 9 minutes live video demo of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab below. Time will tell whether it will really shake things up for Apple in the tablet market. But so far, it’s looking great!
Original post by Leon
Posted on 18 November 2009 by
It’s been nearly three full years since we’ve heard a peep from Malata, but the outfit has chosen an opportune time to reemerge into the spotlight. The R108T netbook is one of the convertible variety, boasting a swiveling 10-inch touchscreen (similar to ASUS’ Eee PC T91) and Windows 7 to boot. Internally, things get a lot more boring — there’s a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 1.3 megapixel camera, WiFi, Ethernet, a pair of USB sockets, VGA output and a 3-in-1 card reader. We’re told that the asking price on this one will hover around $439, though there’s no clear indication that it’ll ever head stateside.
[Via Slashgear]
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Malata’s R108T netvertible embraces touch, Windows 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Darren Murph
Posted on 17 November 2009 by
The last time we saw Stantum, it was blowin’ minds with its
PMatrix technology — and here we are, a mere ten months later, and the company’s back with its proof-of-concept Slate PC. Based on the
Dell Mini 10 platform, this bad boy features a 10.1-inch “unlimited” touchscreen and new, compact case. In order to save space, the company did away with not only the keyboard and trackpad, but the webcam, WiFi, Bluetooth, and one of the USB ports (bringing the total down to two) as well — which just might limit the appeal for resellers. You never know. Feel like diving in? Hit the read link to contact the company, and tell ‘em Engadget sent you.
[Thanks, Adam]
Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs
Stantum’s unlimited multitouch meets Mini 10 in a fight to the death originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Joseph L. Flatley
Posted on 17 November 2009 by
The last time we saw Stantum, it was blowin’ minds with its
PMatrix technology — and here we are, a mere ten months later, and the company’s back with its proof-of-concept Slate PC. Based on the
Dell Mini 10 platform, this bad boy features a 10.1-inch “unlimited” touchscreen and new, compact case. In order to save space, the company did away with not only the keyboard and trackpad, but the webcam, WiFi, Bluetooth, and one of the USB ports (bringing the total down to two) as well — which just might limit the appeal for resellers. You never know. Feel like diving in? Hit the
read source link to contact the company, and tell ‘em Engadget sent you.
[Thanks, Adam]
Update: We just received an email from the company telling us that revision 2 of the Slate PC (available now!) includes your beloved WiFi and Bluetooth. Hit that source link for further details.
Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs
Stantum’s unlimited multitouch meets Mini 10 in a fight to the death (update: now with WiFi, Bluetooth) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Joseph L. Flatley
Posted on 15 November 2009 by
We’re not super familiar with the term “steamrolling along” as it applies to device launches, but apparently it’s good news for Michael Arrington’s CrunchPad tablet. Mike dropped the news on a recent episode of Steve Gillmor’s “Gillmor Gang” podcast (like “Gilmore Girls,” but with less inter-generational drama), saying that he’s not sure where the rumor of cost being too high came from, since costs continue to come down. The “$300 to $400″ price range he’s quoting is a bit higher than we’d heard previously, but it still sounds pretty good for a 12-inch touchscreen device. He also made mention of “soft revenue” and “sponsorships” on the device, akin to the revenue Firefox gets from its Google search box, and added that it won’t impact the user experience. Outside of those tidbits Mike says they’re working on making it “perfect,” and that there should be some big news about the device coming shortly. Video is after the break, CrunchPad discussion starts at the 39 minute mark.
[Via UMPCPortal]
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CrunchPad is ‘steamrolling along,’ will cost between $300 and $400 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Paul Miller
Posted on 14 November 2009 by
Hikari’s iFrame (as opposed to the
other,
Ubuntu-sportin’ iFrame from a while back) is an
Android-powered tablet with a skin that’s heavy on the widgets and — in case you’re
still intimidated by its difficulty — is also being touted as a photoframe for people who don’t mind ugly photoframes. Ideally suited for the kitchen or living room (and, as such, is being marketed towards women — which we find pretty condescending, truth be told) this bad boy features a 7-inch touchscreen display, SD memory card slot, and WiFi. Due out in Japan sometime next year (no word yet on a stateside release date) look to pay anywhere between $220 and $330 (with the company giving credit to the OS for the low price point). Video after the break.
[Via SlashGear]
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Hikari to unleash iFrame Android tablet on Japan (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Joseph L. Flatley
Posted on 12 November 2009 by
Uh, um, ok… remember how Steve Jobs called the finger, the “best pointing device in the world” while chiding the stylus? Well, guess he wasn’t lumping handwriting capabilities in with his lambasting if there’s anything to this patent application for recognizing and processing “ink information” from a pen-based computer system that went public today (filed in July 2009). Naturally, the patent app makes liberal mention of tablets as the most recognizable pen-based computing systems; something that will certainly fuel speculation about the much rumored (it is still a rumor right?) Apple tablet possibly sporting a, gulp, stylus. Now go ahead and check the video after the break and listen to Steve Jobs describe the insanely great “pointing device we’re all born with” (1:54) in addition to how Apple “invented a new technology called multi-touch” (2:03) with the patents to prove it (2:27 and 6:19). Oh MacWorld 2007, isn’t there anything you can’t do?
[Via Unwired View]
Continue reading Apple’s patent application for pen-based computer remembers fingers can’t write
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Apple’s patent application for pen-based computer remembers fingers can’t write originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Original post by Thomas Ricker
