REUTERS: BlackBerry's new PlayBook Report

BlackBerry's new PlayBook Report

Sept. 27 - Research in Motion took the wraps off its new BlackBerry PlayBook, making a big bet on the tablet market. Bobbi Rebell reports.

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Amazon to Launch Kindle App for New BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Computer

Amazon to Launch Kindle App for New BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Computer

Amazon adds to its growing list of Buy Once, Read Everywhere Kindle apps that let readers choose from over 700,000 Kindle books and read them across a wide range of devices

SEATTLE � Sept. 27, 2010 � Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that it will launch a Kindle app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer. Customers can already enjoy the free Kindle app on their BlackBerry today. Like all Kindle apps, the Kindle app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook will let customers Buy Once, Read Everywhere-on Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, Android-based devices, and in the coming months, the new BlackBerry PlayBook. Amazon's Whispersync technology syncs your place across devices, so you can pick up where you left off. For more information about the free Kindle apps, go to www.amazon.com/kindleapps.

"When you buy a Kindle book, you can already read it on iPhone, iPad, Android, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, and of course on your Kindle, Kindle 3G, and Kindle DX," said Dorothy Nicholls, Director, Amazon Kindle. "We're very excited to add the new BlackBerry PlayBook to that list. As with our other Kindle apps, the BlackBerry PlayBook app will be free and will incorporate our WhisperSync technology so you can seamlessly switch between devices. Our vision is 'Buy Once, Read Everywhere.'"

With Kindle devices and Kindle apps, customers can choose from over 700,000 books in the U.S. Kindle Store � the largest selection of the most popular books that people want to read-including New Releases and 108 of 111 New York Times Bestsellers. Over 575,000 of the books in the Kindle Store are $9.99 or less, including 80 New York Times Bestsellers. With Kindle Worry-Free Archive, books you purchase from the Kindle Store are automatically backed up online in your Kindle library on Amazon where they can be re-downloaded wirelessly for free, anytime.

Customers can learn more about the free Kindle apps at www.amazon.com/kindleapps.

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RIM Playbook Blackberry Tablet screenshots

Related post with specifications: http://worldwidegadget.blogspot.com/2010/09/playbook-rim-blackberry-tablet.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Worldwidegadget+(Worldwidegadget)

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RIM�s new BlackBerry Tablet OS Supports Both Adobe AIR and Flash Player

Today at BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco, RIM unveiled BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry Tablet OS, which will come integrated with Flash Player 10.1, Adobe AIR as well as Adobe Reader. It is important to note that not just apps but the browser and apps launcher, essentially the entire UI of the BlackBerry Tablet OS are all built on Adobe AIR.

It is great news for the Flash Platform developers who will be able to create new AIR apps that can take advantage of new UI controls and system extensions of the upcoming BlackBerry Tablet OS, repackage their existing AIR apps easily for the new Tablet OS, and distribute them through BlackBerry App World.
RIM will be making the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK available in the coming weeks. The SDK contains necessary component packages, UI libraries, extensions to Adobe Flash Builder and Flash Professional, packager tool, code signing tool, and simulator needed to test, simulate, develop, package and sign AIR apps that will on the BlackBerry Tablet OS. Developers can sign up for an Early Access Program to get the SDK at http://bit.ly/bbtabos

A new version of Adobe AIR SDK will also be made available on Adobe Labs in the coming weeks. In the meantime, developers can begin learning about ActionScript development using Adobe Flash Builder at http://www.adobe.com/go/bbtabos. Stay tuned for more news at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles on October 23-27.

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PlayBook-The RIM Blackberry Tablet

• Ideal for games, media, apps and everything the real Internet offers
• Full Adobe� Flash� 10.1 enabled
• Built-in support for HTML 5
• No-compromise, beautiful rendering of text, graphics and video
• 7" LCD display, 1024 x 600 screen resolution
• 5.1" x 7.6" x 0.4" (130mm x 194mm x 10mm)
• 0.9 lbs (400g)
• Built-in microUSB connector
• Multi-touch capacitive screen
• Wi-Fi� 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Powerful, user-friendly QNX technology - it's what the World Wide Web runs on
• On-screen keyboard
• True multi-tasking
• Crystal clear HD display
• Rich stereo sound
• 3 MP high definition forward-facing camera
• 5 MP high definition rear-facing camera
• Codec support for superior media playback, creation and video calling
• 1080p HD video; H.264, MPEG4, WMV HDMI video output
• Micro USB, Micro HDMI, and DLNA media streaming
• Pair BlackBerry� PlayBook with a BlackBerry smartphone* via secure Bluetooth� connection for full access to:
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• Push technology
• Email, calendar, BBM�, tasks, documents and more
• BlackBerry security and data efficiency
• Full computing power in a tablet format
• 1 GHz dual-core processor ( Cortex A-9)
• 1GB RAM
• Symmetrical dual-core processing

�  Rapid development environment

�  Reliable BlackBerry Tablet OS, powered by QNX technology

• �  Supports POSIX OS, SMP, Open GL, BlackBerry� 6, WebKit, Adobe� Flash�, Java� and Adobe AIR
• Out-of-the-box compatibility with BlackBerry� Enterprise Server
• Seamless pairing for a secure window into your BlackBerry� smartphone
• 3G access via existing BlackBerry smartphone service plan
• Corporate data access
• Secure and manageable

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