RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Review

GENERAL    

2G Network     N/A

SIZE   

Dimensions       194 x 130 x 10 mm

Weight             425 g

DISPLAY      

Type    TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size      600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches

- Multi-touch input method

- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate

SOUND         

Alert types        N/A

Loudspeaker    Yes, with stereo speakers

3.5mm jack      Yes

MEMORY    

Phonebook       Practically unlimited entries and fields

Call records      N/A

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

Card slot          No

DATA

GPRS              No

EDGE             No

3G                   No

WLAN                        Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n

Bluetooth          Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR

Infrared port     No

USB                 Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA     

Primary            5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus

Video               Yes, 1080p

Secondary        Yes, 3 MP

FEATURES   

OS                   BlackBerry Tablet OS

CPU               1.0 GHz dual-core processor

Messaging        Email, Push Email, IM

Browser           HTML

Radio               No

Games              Yes + downloadable

Colors              Black

GPS               No

Java               Yes, MIDP 2.1

- Micro HDMI port

- Document viewer

- Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+

- Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp

- Organizer

- Adobe Flash 10.1 support

- Predictive text input

BATTERY                 Standard battery, Li-Po 5300 mAh

BlackBerry PlayBook Unboxing

GENERAL
2G Network N/A
Announced 2010, September


SIZE
Dimensions 194 x 130 x 10 mm
Weight 425 g


DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate


SOUND
Alert types N/A
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields
Call records N/A
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Card slot No


DATA
GPRS No
EDGE No
3G No
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0


CAMERA
Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus
Video Yes, 1080p
Secondary Yes, 3 MP


FEATURES
OS BlackBerry Tablet OS
CPU 1.0 GHz dual-core processor
Messaging Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
- Micro HDMI port
- Document viewer
- Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
- Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
- Organizer
- Adobe Flash 10.1 support
- Predictive text input


BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Po 5300 mAh

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9780 Review

Key features:

• Enhanced email and data security via BlackBerry services
• 2.44" 65K-color TFT landscape display with a resolution of 480 x 360 pixels
• Hardware four-row full QWERTY keyboard
• Quad-band GSM support and tri-band 3G with HSDPA
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• GPS receiver and BlackBerry maps preloaded
• 5 megapixel autofocus camera, LED flash
• 624 MHz CPU, 512 MB RAM
• BlackBerry OS v6
• Touch-sensitive trackpad navigation
• Hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
• DivX and XviD video support
• Decent web browser
• Office document editor
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Smart dialing
• Compact body and solid build quality

Disadvantages:

• BlackBerry Internet Service account is a must to enjoy all phone features
• Outdated and unintuitive camera interface
• No FM radio
• No video-call camera
• No built-in accelerometer