Research in Motion, the company behind the Blackberry Line of Smartphones will be releasing their much anticipated Blackberry Playbook Tablet in the 1st quarter of 2011 for $500.00 The price today was revealed in Seoul, South Korea by RIM CEO Jim Balsillie in an interview, he also mentioned it will globally ship by the second quarter of 2011. RIM is one of the few big … [Read more...] about Blackberry Playbook to be priced at $500
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Blackberry hooks up Developers with a free Playbook
Excited about the new Blackberry Playbook? You are not alone! At the Blackberry Developers conference earlier on in the month, we got to look at the new Tablet device from Research in Motion. Today at the Adobe Max conference, they announced free Blackberry Playbooks to developers. Taking the stage today at Adobes annual extravaganza RIM CO-CEO Mike Lazaridis announcing that … [Read more...] about Blackberry hooks up Developers with a free Playbook
64GB BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Confirmed
The 16 and 32 GB versions of Research in Motion's PlayBook tablet was unveiled at the DevCon event in San Fransisco. Now several weeks later, Research in Motion has chosen the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) convention now underway at Dubai to come up with what many had long been waiting for, the 64 GB version of the PlayBook tablet PC. However, before you fall … [Read more...] about 64GB BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Confirmed
Operating System from QNX to be BlackBerry’s future standard OS
It was in August that we had first reported of such a move on part of Research In Motion - that they now have access to the QNX Operating System after having acquired the QNX Software Systems, which will be made the default OS in all future products from the Canada based company. While we all know the recently launched tablet PC - PlayBook - from RIM employs a version of the … [Read more...] about Operating System from QNX to be BlackBerry’s future standard OS
Free Kindle app for the just released BlackBerry PlayBook
The tablet device that Research In Motion was rumored to be developing is finally out and it seems Apple's iPad now has some serious competition to deal with, what with the Samsung's Galaxy Tab being out in the fray. However, to have a viable ecosystem that caters to all the requirements of tablet users is the other factor that is more important than having just one brilliant … [Read more...] about Free Kindle app for the just released BlackBerry PlayBook
Kobo teams up with Blackberry Playbook for Social Reading
We just covered the official launch of Research in Motions highly anticipated Blackberry Playbook Tablet at the Devon conference in San Francisco. On stage after the main event was our friends at Kobo, who have partnered with RIM to provide a E-Reading social service for the device! Kobo will be integrating an e-reading service using the core elements of the popular … [Read more...] about Kobo teams up with Blackberry Playbook for Social Reading
Blackberry Tablet possibly due in November
We have just heard reports that Ontario based Research in Motion has bought the domain name www.blackpad.com and this might be the last marketing key to get the Tablet PC product launch into shape. An email was circulated to key people earlier in the week soliciting opinions related to an iPad-like device. There were tons of questions regarding specific configurations and … [Read more...] about Blackberry Tablet possibly due in November
Borders launches its e-bookstore
Borders Group Inc, it seems is in a hurry and is quickly preparing themselves to make their presence felt in the e-book segment. And as the first step, the company launched commercial operation of their online bookstore on Wednesday. This will allow users to buy books from Borders.com and have them downloaded in their e-readers. The company also took the opportunity to … [Read more...] about Borders launches its e-bookstore
More detials surface of the RIM ‘BlackPad’ tablet
The ‘BlackTab’ Tablet device that was rumored to be under development from the makers of the BlackBerry range of smartphones is back in the news once more and this time, with more details of the elusive tablet. Each bit of news is clearing the haze bit by bit so that that what we are getting is a clearer picture of the device though the problem is it is painfully slow. However, … [Read more...] about More detials surface of the RIM ‘BlackPad’ tablet
Comprehensive list of Slate and Tablets to debut in 2010
2010 is the year of a new generation of mobile computing products called the SLATE PC. Slate PC’s bridge the gap between a Laptop, a Smartphone and a Netbook. Although a Slate PC is currently not a replacement as of yet for your main Computer, it is a viable alternative to other mobile devices such as E-Readers and Laptops. Slate PCS primarily are a full color, multi touch … [Read more...] about Comprehensive list of Slate and Tablets to debut in 2010