 "MWC 2011: RIM Announces LTE and HSPA+ Versions of 4G PlayBook")
The tablet market has shaped up pretty well, especially when you look at HTC , Samsung and Acer coming out with tablets at the MWC in Barcelona, Spain. RIM is hot on the heels with 4G LTE and HSPA + versions of the PlayBook.
Now with LTE and HSPA+
RIM had earlier unveiled the PlayBook at CES last month and are now adding the LTE and HSPA+ versions to their 4G models. To sum it up, they now have a total of four variants which are:
- BlackBerry PlayBook with Wi-Fi
- BlackBerry 4G PlayBook with Wi-Fi + WiMax
- BlackBerry 4G PlayBook with Wi-Fi + LTE
- BlackBerry 4G PlayBook with Wi-Fi + HSPA+
RIM PlayBook runs on BlackBerry’s QNX-based Operating System. The tablet is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor. There’s built-in support for HTML5 and is Adobe Flash 10.1 enabled. While the basic model supports 3G, the rest of the them support 4G. Here are the specs of the PlayBook:
- 7-inch LCD Capacitive Touchscreen with 1024 x 600 pixels resolution
- 3G/4G, Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
- 5 Megapixel camera
- 3 Megapixel front-facing camera
PlayBook can play 1080p HD video and also supports H.264, WMV and MPEG4 HDMI video output for which it uses a micro HDMI port. In terms of software, PlayBook also supports POSIX OS, SMP, Open GL, Adobe Flash, Java and Adobe Mobile AIR.
While the Wi-Fi and WiMAX models are expected to hit the market in the second quarter of 2011, these two new versions will launch at the same time.