Research in motion had the first showing of the playbook today for people to observe. The display of the device is 7-inches and will have a 1 GHz processer. The amount of memory that is going to come with the device has yet to be determined, but many think it will come in a 16 GB or 32 GB models. The playbook also has a built in camera for taking pictures, and also has the capability to link to a person’s blackberry via Bluetooth; this will allow the passing of contacts and calendars. The writer of the article says that this could help RIM in the aspect of current blackberry users not happy with the device that they already own; particularly cell phones. The playbook is also compatible with Wi-Fi and also has an interactive touch screen display. It is also a bit smaller than the Ipad and they hope that this will be a niche in the market and allow them to sale the product successfully. They hope to be rivaling the Apple Inc. Ipad in the near future.
I believe that this is a good motion for Research in Motion to go with their company. The stock of RIM is currently in a state of a downtrend and this could be what the company needs to break the trend. I think this would also be good for all the people out there that have a blackberry because it would allow them to link the phone with the playbook and to use them interchangeably with the software already installed on the Playbook. This is a really interesting device and I would like to see how it works with the Bluetooth linking, and to see if it is going to rival the Ipad for market share.
Selleck, Evan. "Blackberry PlayBook Hardware Upclose." Slash Gear. 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. http://www.slashgear.com/blackberry-playbook-hardware-upclose-27104651/.
The article you did on blackberry was very informative. I have been hearing about this device coming out to challenge Apple's Ipad and I hope it does well. You did a good summarization of the article, I just wish the article would have told more about how it is going to work compared to the Ipad. I read that it is suppose to come with two cameras instead of one, but if that is the only major difference between that and the Ipad, I would still invest with the apple product.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting article considering all the news lately has been about Apple and the new line of Ipads/Iphones. I have never owned a blackberry but I have heard the linking is a definite weakness of blackberry. Hopefully the release of this device will help lower the prices of both the Playbook and Ipad.
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