Engadget BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Preview

[DivideBYZero]

Just heard on Leo Laporte's radio show, a RIM person mentioned that the dual core processor is a TI OMAP.

Correct. This has been known for a while.

 

[sciwizam]

Correct. This has been known for a while.

I didn't know about that, I never heard RIM mention it before, just that it was dual core.

 

[DivideBYZero]

I didn't know about that, I never heard RIM mention it before, just that it was dual core.

RIM didn't say it, I can't remember where I learned it from, either. Anyway, it's a pretty sweet platform.

 

[sciwizam]

RIM didn't say it, I can't remember where I learned it from, either. Anyway, it's a pretty sweet platform.

Engadget confirms TI OMAP 4430.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/08/rims-blackberry-playbook-purportedly-using-a-1ghz-omap-4430-pro/

 

[Pliablemoose]

So what's the word on battery life, DBZ?

 

[Pliablemoose]

Locking the tablet to a BB for email and calendar is sort of moronic...

 

[finbarqs]

yeah... the email is pretty moronic at this state. I just played with it yesterday while at the BB booth. The best part is that Hulu works completely without a Hulu Plus account. This screams total win to me right away. No more "Your platform is not supported". It just started streaming the videos right away! I took a picture of this, but should've taken a video! This is because it's not a mobile browser, but a full browser!

The responsiveness, I'd have to say, falls between an Android and an WP7/iOS. Faster than android, not as fast as WP7/iOS.

They didn't comment on Battery life, and they said they wouldn't until the final OS is ready to ship.

only Sprint has been in the plans to release the playbook. They're gonna release the wifi first (unbound to any network), before they release anything else.

It feels like a WebOS device, in terms of navigation and 3rd party multitasking.

 

[tokie]

Locking the tablet to a BB for email and calendar is sort of moronic...

That's not going to happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnBS9Wnv0kg

He says that there will be a native email client people can access "as the platform grows". I'm guessing it isn't fully developed yet.

 

[DivideBYZero]

My Wife used to work directly with Ryan at RIM.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Engadget confirms TI OMAP 4430.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/08/rims-blackberry-playbook-purportedly-using-a-1ghz-omap-4430-pro/

OK, found the post where I predicted it was the OMAP 4430:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=30898673&postcount=1

I WIN!