BlackBerry PlayBook Arrives in India

BlackBerry PlayBook Arrives in India



Research In Motion (RIM) announced the launch of BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in India. It will be distributed nationally through Redington India and Ingram Micro, initially in 1000 retail stores across 8 cities and then expanding to other parts of the country.

"The BlackBerry PlayBook is an incredibly powerful and innovative product in the growing tablet marketplace.  It's perfect for both large organizations and individuals, and it gives users an unmatched mobile experience," said Frenny Bawa, Managing Director, India – Research In Motion.

"With the BlackBerry PlayBook we are stepping into a new era of mobile computing and opening up new and even more exciting opportunities for developers and content publishers with support for Adobe Flash, Adobe Mobile AIR and HTML-5," Ms. Bawa added.

Customers who have a BlackBerry smartphone (running OS 5.0 or higher) can also benefit from BlackBerry Bridge, a feature that allows a user to wirelessly and securely connect their BlackBerry smartphone to their BlackBerry PlayBook over Bluetooth.Also the secure connection allows the user to access their BlackBerry smartphone's email, address book, calendar, BBM and browsing functionality using the large display on the tablet.

BlackBerry PlayBook specifications :


* 7-inch capacitive LCD touch screen

* Multi-touch

* 1 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU

* PowerVR SGX540 GPU

* Adobe Flash 10.1 support

* Camera : 5 MP with autofocus and 3 MP Front facing camera

* BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing

* MP3, AAC and WMA audio playback

* Weight : 425 g