BlackBerry PlayBook officially launched in India

Frenny Bawa, Managing Director of RIM India and Bollywood superstar Salman Khan unveil the BlackBerry PlayBook in Mumbai

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Wednesday launched its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in India. It is available at Rs.27,990 (16 GB), Rs.32,990 (32 GB) and Rs.37,990 (64 GB), depending on the models.
It will be distributed nationally through Redington India and Ingram Micro, initially in 1000 retail stores across eight cities and will then expand to other parts of the country. Accessories for the BlackBerry PlayBook will also be available in these stores from Wednesday, the company said.

A conference attendee examines the PlayBook at its launch in Mumbai

"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, (RIM).
"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," she added. The PlayBook is also equipped with Wi-Fi support. -IANS Photo Credits:Danish Siddiqui / Reuters



BlackBerry PlayBook specifications

7" 1024x600 WSVGA capacitive LCD touch screen

Ultra-portable at less than a pound and less than one-half inch thick: 0.9 lbs (425g) and 5.1” x 7.6” x 0.4” (130mm x 194mm x 10mm)

1 GHz dual-core processor

BlackBerry® Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing

MP3, AAC and WMA audio playback

Support for 1080p HD video playback (H.264, MPEG4, WMV)

HDMI out

Dual HD cameras for video conferencing and video capture

1 GB RAM memory

Up to 64 GB internal storage (16, 32 and 64 GB models)

Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n) connectivity

Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR support



Development platform:

Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java