The Blackberry Playbook! - iPad competitor?

The Blackberry Playbook, RIM's brand new tablet device, is expected to cost around between $300 and $350 (£190 - £220) according to an analyst at CCS Insight called John Jackson. RIM has just launched it’s tablet which was rumoured as the BlackPad. It is called the Playbook and here are the specs. The device will launch in U.S.A. in early 2011.

Blackberry Playbook Specs

• 1 GHz Dual Core Processor
• 1 GB RAM
• 7 inch LCD  display with 1024 x 600 screen resolution
• Multitouch capacitive display
• Dimensions : 130mm x 194mm x 10mm
• Weight : 400g
• microUSB , micro HDMI and DLNA connectivity
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Powered by QNX platform with multitasking
• Full Adobe Flash 10.1 support
• Built-in support for HTML 5
• Video Conferencing with HD Quality and Stereo sound
• 5 MP Rear Camera
• 3 MP Front Camera
• Video playback : 1080p HD video – H.264, MPEG4, WMV , DivX formats
• Audio Playback :MP3, AAC, WMA
• Pair with any Blackberry Device ( min OS 5.0 device)  via Bluetooth for Push Email , Calendar , Docs and BBM, Currently the model announced supports only WiFi , but 3G and 4G models are coming soon according to the company