BlackBerry PlayBook News
BlackBerry PlayBook plagued by battery issues, says analyst
Developers report two to four hours of battery life out of RIM's yet-unreleased PlayBook tablet. The company may need to re-engineer the internals to optimize for lower power consumption...
BlackBerry PlayBook expected to be released in March
According to the RIM's Third Quarter Results Conference Call, there are no BlackBerry PlayBook earnings slated until the first quarter of the fiscal year, leading us to believe that it will be released in late March...
Video shows off more of the BlackBerry PlayBook and the views of Mike Lazaridis
RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis shows off more of the BlackBerry PlayBook whiile also giving his views on what this tablet offers that others don't; the RIM executive also manages to avoid some questions during...
BlackBerry PlayBook extensively previewed on video
A 10-minute video exploring the BlackBerry PlayBook demoes its touch-enabled bezel, and also the interface, multitasking, and some more cool features. RIM's "iPad killer" is shaping up to be one very compelling piece of tablet...
Mike Lazaridis: In the future, all BB smartphones are to be powered by the PlayBook OS, talks up the tablet
In the last few days not one, but two videos showing the PlayBook in action were presented and now it's time for Mike Lazaridis, one of the two RIM CEOs, to take the stage...
Full length video of the BlackBerry PlayBook presentation at TabLife posted by Rogers
Rogers confirmed that 4G is coming to RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook, and posted the full eighteen minute video of the presentation of the BlackBerry PlayBook at its TabLife conference...
Catch this sneak peek of the BlackBerry PlayBook
RIM VP of Special Projects, David Neale, took some time at the Rogers TabLife conference yesterday to show off some of the workings of the BlackBerry PlayBook; the model in the demo is an early single-core device, but still shows off a lot...
Rogers to offer RIM's BlackBerry Playbook early next year, announces the carrier's stoic VP
At TabLife, Rogers VP John Boynton says that the carrier will be getting the Wi-Fi version of the BlackBerry PlayBook early in 2011 with the 3G model coming as soon as it is available...
RIM acquires TAT for crafting the user interfaces on the BlackBerry Playbook and smartphones
The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) has worked on the Android UI, and is now joining RIM to dish out the new interfaces for the Playbook tablet and the BlackBerry smartphones...
BlackBerry PlayBook priced from $399
A leak suggests that the BlackBerry PlayBook will be available in three different flavors with prices starting from $399 for an 8 gig version. The figure is far from being official, but confirms word spread by RIM co-CEO Jim Balsilie…
BlackBerry PlayBook featured in Black Eyed Peas music video
The Black Eyed Peas have featured the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in their new music video, "The Time (Dirty bit)," and have made the product placement surprisingly tasteful and effective...
Leaked information confirms that RIM PlayBook is arriving in Q1 in North America, set to cost $500
RIM is set to join the tablet battle and one by one, details about the BlackBerry PlayBook start to emerge. After the news that the PlayBook will cost "below $500", we understood...
BlackBerries to get PlayBook interface?
It's not that we don't like BlackBerry's OS interface, in fact we do appreciate its utilitarian approach to looks, but we have to admit we would like to see some more juice and flavor as we are about to see on the BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM co-CEO Jim...
RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie: "We'd be fools not to have NFC in the near-term", PlayBook to have "module cavity"
It seems NFC (Near Field Communication) is set to become a payment standard in the near future, since pretty much all the big manufacturers have said that they are planning...
First look at the BlackBerry PlayBook browser against the iPad
RIM has outed an excellent video comparison of its BlackBerry Playbook in action next to an iPad. The browsers are compared in favor of the PlayBook in terms of ability to run Flash, Javascript and HTML5 rendering...
BlackBerry PlayBook will get an under $500 price tag
BlackBerry's 'professional tablet', the PlayBook, will get a price tag of under $500 at its launch in Q1 of 2011. The 7-inch tablet will be on par with Apple's Wi-Fi-only iPad and will undersell the $599 3G Galaxy Tab by Samsung…
Apps are already appearing for the BlackBerry PlayBook
Due to the ease of use of the PlayBook SDK, some developers have already managed to port or quickly code applications for RIM's tablet...
Video shows off BlackBerry PlayBook in action for the first time, using Adobe-built apps
RIM's Co-CEO Mike Lazaridus and Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch, show off the BlackBerry PlayBook, running live in front of an audience for the first time; some of the tablet's applications were written...
