Video: Hands-on with the textbook

The battle of tablets, started by iPad, heats their own tablets is from day to day with companies such as Samsung, Motorola, Nokia and RIM launch or at least notice based on various platforms and features, which tend to surpass each other. One such company is RIM its tablet, the BlackBerry playbook few months back announced. BlackBerry means business and that is the same message of this tablet from the Canadian mobile giant bears. With its specifications and functions it aims for consumers and business users alike. Clear with a 7-inch LCD screen, the tablet on special Tablet OS developed by QNX is running has been acquired recently by RIM. When it comes to power has the Tablet, 1 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB RAM on board. The WebKit browser supports HTML 5 and Adobe Flash Player 10.1. There is a two snapper, a 3MP one on the front and a 5MP on the back. Guys over at BGR got their hands on the table and come with a short video about the things you want to know about the textbook in 10 minutes.

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Ipad can go 2 head with BlackBerry textbook head.

The Apple iPad is undeniably a hit, although many of us were unsure of what they needed it for it’s fair to say we all want one. The ipad is seen as the benchmark for what tablet computers should deliver but, it was still missing some key features when it was released back in April. Some features such as Multitasking should be debuting with Apple’s IOS 4.2 update which should be available imminently. Some features like a camera will require a hardware update, and these updates may appear quicker then expected.

Based on Apple’s yearly release schedule of their iPhone and iPod touch range we had expected a similar approach with the iPad. An April 2011 release would be far from surprising however leaked stories surrounding the new iPad would suggest the a new model will be released within Q1 of 2011.

9to5mac highlighted that Apple had hired David Sims, a British photographer to shoot an ad for the new iPad. It was highlighted however that the original iPads were used in the shoot and suggested that they would be swapped for a new version in post production. This is fairly weak evidence to be honest but more fuel has been added to the fire today by Digitimes.

Digitimes have reported that a selection of Taiwanese manufactures, after recently becoming certified by Apple will be shipping small quantities of components that will be used in the new iPad. They will ship these components during December leading industry analysts to expect a consumer launch in Q1 of 2011.

Appleinsider also went on record in October saying that Apple were going to become much more aggressive with their facetime product and that Apple would be introducing an Ipad no later then Q1 of 2011. This would keep the iPad aligned with Apple’s face time strategy.

The rumours as you can see are building with an early 2011 release looking ever more likely. This could be bad news for Apple competitors when the likes of Samsung and Blackberry are only just releasing their first tablet computer.

The Blackberry Playbook is getting a large amount of attention especially from the business market due to it’s server integration and encryption technology, however they clearly see Apple’s current iPad as their biggest contender. A video released this week from Blackberry showcasing the Playbook’s web browser is directly compared to that of the iPad.

As the Playbook is due for launch during Q2 of 2011 Blackberry may have found that they were targeting the wrong product if the iPad 2 is released a few months before the Playbook.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below and keep checking the mobiles.co.uk blog for any new developments.

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