BlackBerry PlayBook is smart with a smarter price

Reserch In Motion has announced its new tab Playbook which will be available in US market in Q1 2010. Company’s CEO Jim Balsillie has given us a clue about the expected price of Playbooks. While making the live demonstration of PlayBook at Adobe MAX, he was heard saying “Very competitively priced” and “under $500”. If this figure is to be believed, this will make other tabs prices spiral down.

New Blackberry PlayBook  is sleek and has killer looks

While announcing the Blackberry Playbook, co-CEO Mike Lazardis talked about features Playbook will be shipped with.Here are few excerpts about blackberry PlayBook at Adobe MAX.

co-CEO Mike Lazardis talks about new Blackberry PlayBook

• Mike Lazaridis emphasized the Playbook's ability to play the "full web,” that translates to Flash playing capability for us.
• Blackberry Playbook would be “enterprise ready." That’s expected from anything coming out of research in motion.
• Specs disclosed so far are, announced at the press release of Blackberry PlayBook.

1. 7" LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
2. BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
3. 1 GHz dual-core processor
4. 1 GB RAM
5. Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
6. Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
7. Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
8. HDMI video output
9. Wi-Fi - 802.11 a/b/g/n
10. Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
11. Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
12. Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
13. Measures 5.1"x7.6"x0.4" (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
14. Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
15. Additional features and specifications of the BlackBerry PlayBook will be shared on or before the date this product is launched in retail outlets.
16. RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future

Blackberry PlayBook will start shipping in Jan-Feb 2011, It is going to be priced at below $500 and its cool.

Though we still don’t know what this new tab will be supporting in terms of apps , this is for sure RIM is relying on its huge repository of applications and other cool stuff that blackberry users already use. 

Should we wait for PlayBook ? 

If you are not a loyal customer of Apple and are not already planning to buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab , it is recommended to wait for PlayBook , its market release is very near and even if you don’t buy the PlayBook you can certainly buy other tabs at cheaper prices because of the price was that is expected after the release.