Research in Motion Unveils Their PlayBook

With every technology company coming out with their answer to the question of who can compete with the iPad, Research in Motion (R.I.M), the creator of the Blackberry smart phone, announced their own tablet at a developers’ conference in San Francisco. Their name for it is the PlayBook.R.I.M. is known for popularizing wireless e-mail and making it easy for people to get their e-mail to their phones. However, since Apple and Google have released phones, R.I.M. has been giving up its incredibly sizeable lead. Some analysts even suggest that R.I.M. now has to play catch up with Apple to ensure that they stay successful.However, R.I.M. is tackling this from a different perspective. The iPad is a general use product. According to Michael Lazaridis, CEO of R.I.M., this is “the world’s first professional tablet” and will be compatible with the servers that corporations and governments use to track their employee’s Blackberries.One of the features that were discussed about the PlayBook is the built in outlets that allow users to connect their tablet to a computer monitor or a TV. This makes presentations considerably easier because users only have to carry the small tablet rather than a laptop.Many criticize R.I.M. for their outdated operating system used on their phones. They listened. They are using a new operating system developed by QNX Software Systems which is a company that R.I.M. acquired earlier this year. This new software, it is assumed, will run effectively.To demonstrate how the PlayBook is a slight jab at the iPad, but not in direct competition with it, Mr. Lazardidis demonstrated how they will be using Adobe Flash on their product. It can be recalled that Steve Jobbs was very firm on the fact that Adobe Flash was the reason that his products crashed and therefore, he wouldn’t put them on the Apple line.The one part that is a little discouraging for some about the PlayBook is the fact that it doesn’t connect to a mobile phone line. However, it can connect to your Blackberry device—if you have one—and a WiFi connection, so you can still have total coverage. It connects to your Blackberry device by means of a Bluetooth connection.On the announcement of the PlayBook, Amazon came out and said that they would be releasing a Kindle app for the PlayBook.Little is known about the price, release date and other features for this product. While Mr. Lazaridis turned on the device, he didn’t do much more. However, it is speculated that the device will be released in the New Year.

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