BlackBerry PlayBook News: BlackBerry PlayBook On Sale 2Day

BlackBerryPlaybook.JPG

Today is the official release date for the PlayBook from BlackBerry maker RIM.  The 7-inch (1024 x 600) touchscreen tablet runs the new BlackBerry Tablet OS on a1GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM.  The PlayBook supports Wi-Fi and Flash.  It weighs less than one pound.

The BlackBerry PlayBook costs $499.99 for the 16GB model, $599.99/32GB and $699.99/64GB.

It is available from Best Buy and other retailers.

It can tether to a BlackBerry smartphone.  Features include user-friendly QNX technology, true simultaneous multitasking - apps run simultaneously and in real time, accelerometer, 6-axis motion sensing (gyroscope) and digital compass (magnetometer), GPS and micro USB port.

There's a new launch video showing reviews and users that follows.