Mark W. Smith: BlackBerry enters tablet market with PlayBook

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Mark W. Smith: BlackBerry enters tablet market with PlayBook

Detroit Free Press - Mark W. Smith - 26 Apr, 2011
The BlackBerry PlayBook is available now and comes in 16-, 32- and 64GB versions priced at $499, $599 and $699. / Research In Motion JEFF CHIU/Associated Press BlackBerry, with its diminishing legions of devoted fans, ...

Tech Review | BlackBerry PlayBook

MiamiHerald.com - Bridget Carey - 26 Apr, 2011
• Features: The PlayBook has a 7-inch touch-screen, weighs in at just under a pound, has a 1 GHz dual-core processor and uses the new BlackBerry Tablet Operating System. There are two cameras: a front-facing 3 megapixel camera, ...

Bridget Carey's Tech Review: BlackBerry PlayBook

MiamiHerald - 26 Apr, 2011
How does BlackBerry's first tablet stand up against the iPad? Miami Herald tech reporter Bridget Carey reviews the PlayBook.

RIMM Gets To $68 Even With PlayBook Flopping

Forbes (blog) - 26 Apr, 2011
Research in Motion's new PlayBook tablet represents nearly 7% of the company's stock value by our estimates. For this value to be realized, the product needs to elbow its way into an increasingly competitive tablet market. ...

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook Already has 3 Strikes--Is It Out?

PCWorld - Brennon Slattery - ‎Apr 24, 2011‎
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has only been available for a few short days and already it has three strikes against it -- maybe even more. The reviews thus far are infamously horrendous, ...

RIM threatens to take thunder away from Apple

Inquirer.net - ‎Apr 24, 2011‎
By Daxim Lucas MANILA, Philippinesâ€"It took a while for the makers of BlackBerry to join the tablet race, but now that they have, Research In Motion has done so in a big way. Members of the local press were given a chance recently to preview the new ...

WebMania: RIM debuts BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

CTV.ca - ‎Apr 23, 2011‎
When the BlackBerry PlayBook was launched last Tuesday, many critics said it hit the shelves prematurely, without having all of its bugs worked out. But before discounting Waterloo's pride, it's best remembered that RIM has the benefits of a large and ...

BlackBerry PlayBook has me excited about the HP TouchPad

ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - ‎Apr 23, 2011‎
The entire time I have been using the BlackBerry PlayBook I have come to realize how much of the webOS interface that RIM has borrowed. Seeing the PlayBook in action has me excited about the upcoming HP ...

RIM Wants Hulu Plus on the Blackberry Playbook

PC Magazine - Sara Yin - ‎Apr 23, 2011‎
Research in Motion is working with Hulu to bring Hulu Plus to the BlackBerry PlayBook, now that Hulu has expectedly blocked Playbook users from streaming free Hulu.com content through the tablet's web browser. "We are in conversations with ...

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: A Work in Progress

PCWorld - Galen Gruman - ‎Apr 23, 2011‎
It's been half a year since Research in Motion unveiled its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet based on the QNX operating system. This week, RIM began shipping the 7-inch tablet. After spending a couple days with the final product, ...

BlackBerry PlayBook First Look

V3.co.uk - ‎Apr 22, 2011‎
V3.co.uk US editor Iain Thomson gets hands-on with the BlackBerry PlayBook and shares his initial reaction to the iPad's latest challenger.

Are the BlackBerry PlayBook and LG G-Slate ready to take on iPad2?

Chicago Sun-Times - Andy Ihnatko - ‎Apr 22, 2011‎
The launch of Blackberry's Playbook tablet in Toronto Tuesday, April 19, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese I'm not entirely sure that the tech industry will produce a tablet computer that can ...

24 Hours With the BlackBerry PlayBook

PCWorld - Jared Newman - ‎Apr 22, 2011‎
The decision is heartbreaking, because, for all of the PlayBook's crushing lows, there are just as many amazing highs. When everything's working, the PlayBook experience blows the iPad out of the water. ...

Graphics testing, Blackberry PlayBook, and Digital Privacy on PCWorld Podcast #112

PCWorld - Edward N. Albro, Jason Cross - ‎Apr 22, 2011‎
So how about that BlackBerry PlayBook? It's okay, but it's not going to knock the iPad 2 off its throne anytime soon. Ed Albro kicks off a discussion about how these non-Apple tablets are rushing to market without the sort of polish and software ...

RIM In Talks With Hulu About Access For PlayBook Users

Wall Street Journal - Nat Worden - ‎Apr 22, 2011‎
(Updates with confirmation of talks between RIM and Hulu by a Hulu spokeswoman in the fourth paragraph.) By Nat Worden Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Blackberry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) is in talks with Hulu LLC about gaining ...

PlayBook First Day Sales Pegged At 50000

InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - ‎Apr 22, 2011‎
Research In Motion's new tablet may have beaten Motorola's Xoom Tablet and the Samsung Galaxy Tab in sales on the first day each was available. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek The PlayBook was met with a lukewarm reception when it became available for ...

BlackBerry PlayBook; a good reason to buy a BlackBerry smartphone

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - ‎Apr 22, 2011‎
The BlackBerry PlayBook is a fun device with a slick user interface and powerful operating system. It is made better with a BB smartphone so I now want RIM to release their new 6.1 models. ...

RIM PlayBook All Hat And No Cowboy

InformationWeek - Gina Smith - ‎Apr 21, 2011‎
BYTE Wireless Radio and teamBYTE dig into the good, bad, and the ugly of RIM's new tablet. By Gina Smith InformationWeek We dedicated this week's BYTE Wireless Radio show to one topic: RIM's PlayBook tablet. For musicians, podcasters, voice over ...

Apple iPad 2 vs. RIM BlackBerry PlayBook comparison

mobileburn - ‎Apr 21, 2011‎
MobileBurn.com - Here's a video comparison of the hardware and some of the major features found on the Apple iPad 2 and RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computers, including some basic UI features, gaming, and multi-tasking.

Analyst: BlackBerry PlayBook sales beat forecasts

CNET - Lance Whitney - ‎Apr 21, 2011‎
Research In Motion may have sold more BlackBerry PlayBook tablets than analysts expected, as many as 50000 on the first day alone, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky. In a research note sent to investors yesterday, ...

BlackBerry PlayBook teardown

ZDNet - ‎Apr 20, 2011‎
With its BlackBerry PlayBook, Research in Motion joins the growing tablet market and sets its sights on the Apple iPad 2 and Motorola XOOM. TechRepublic's Jason Hiner was one hand at the PlayBook launch event and snagged one for us to test and crack ...

BlackBerry launches PlayBook tablet

ITN NEWS - ‎Apr 19, 2011‎
The makers of the BlackBerry smartphone have launched their iPad rival, the PlayBook. Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/itn.

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook

CNETTV - ‎Apr 19, 2011‎
Live Link: http://cnettv.cnet.com/rim-blackberry-playbook/9742-1_53-50103242.html The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet ably showcases RIM's powerful new mobile operating system, but its middling size diminishes many of its best features.

Speed tests: iPad 2 vs. PlayBook

CNETTV - ‎Apr 19, 2011‎
Live Link: http://cnettv.cnet.com/speed-tests-ipad-2-vs-playbook/9742-1_53-50103225.html In the world of competitive tablet speed testing, there can be only one...winner.

Kompas Daily publishes on Black Berry

Media Update - 26 Apr, 2011
Kompas Daily, winner of the Silver Award in the tablet category of WAN-IFRA´s Asian Digital Media Award 2010, is now publishing content both on Apple´s iPad and RIM´s new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet device. The team behind Indonesia´s largest newspaper ...

BlackBerry tablet due in June

The National - Colin Simpson - 26 Apr, 2011
A visitor test-drives the new BlackBerry Playbook at the 3GSM world congress in Barcelona, Spain in February. Dubai // The new PlayBook tablet computer - BlackBerry's answer to Apple's iPad - will be launched in the UAE in June. ...

RIM Introduces Playbook in Indonesia, On a Bus

Penn Olson - 26 Apr, 2011
by Ratri Adityarani on April 26, 2011 in Asia, Tech After the BlackBerry Playbook official launch in North America on April 19, the tablet was also introduced in Indonesia just yesterday. Research In Motion (RIM) displayed the Playbook product in a ...

RIM rolls out BlackBerry WebWorks SDK 2.0 with PlayBook launch

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog) - Nick Hession-Kugelman - 26 Apr, 2011
In tandem with last week's North American retail release of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) introduced its BlackBerry WebWorks SDK 2.0 for Tablets and Smartphones as well as the final version of its Tablet OS SDK for ...

BlackBerry PlayBook Commercial Finally Hits the Air

N4BB - Nic Hagan - 26 Apr, 2011
I was watching tv and trying to unwind from my day when all of a sudden I'm hit with the commercial above. We've all been waiting to see some marketing from RIM for the PlayBook and I have to say this spot ...

First BlackBerry Commercial Airs

BerryReview - Luis Merlos - 26 Apr, 2011
We have been waiting to see RIM launch an ad campaign for the BlackBerry PlayBook and today we get to see the first step. We speculated for quite a while when we would first see them and we were hopping for an add blitz ...

 

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