The official release date for the Blackberry Playbook is 16th June 2011, however keen buyers can snap one up a day earlier in the UK from the Carphone Warehouse. The mobile phone retailer has announced that they have an exclusive deal that has allowed them to set the release date as June 15th 2011. But you can’t pick it up from any Carphone Warehouse store, only five will have that privilege including the Westfield centre in London, London’s Oxford Street store, The Trafford Centre in Manchester and our closest store – Bristol,...
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Last week Otterbox unveiled a brand new case for the iPad 2, the Defender series has been extended this week to include a brand new heavy duty case for the Blackberry Playbook. Like the other Defender cases this one comes complete with several layers of protection including a polycarbonate shell that fits snuggly around the Playbook, a silicone skin keeps out dirt, moisture and also keeps scratches and finger prints at bay. Unlike may other cases the Defender also comes with a robust screen protector which like the silicone skin stops...
Insight UK, PC World, Dixons, Carphone warehouse, Best Buy and curry’s have all started rolling out pre-orders for the Blackberry Playbook tablet PC. It will cost £399.99 when it launches on June 16th, a release date that many feel is long overdue. RIM are touting the Blackberry Playbook as the “world’s first professional-grade tablet”. Which they feel sets it aside from other tablets on the market; this is a marketing trick that worked very well with their smartphone range, which pre-iPhone held the lion’s share of the business...
The great thing about tablets is that they don’t come with a cumbersome keyboard, well unless you have a Zaggmate for your iPad, or an Asus Transformer or one of these new keyboards produced by RIM for their Blackberry Playbook. The new keyboard will connect to the Playbook via Bluetooth and have the same footprint as the tablet. At this stage it doesn’t come with a way of marrying the two together although RIM is said to be working on a case that will allow users to comfortably use the keyboard with the tablet and carry both together...
Blackberry World in Orlando, Florida is in full flow and new updates and announcements have been occurring all day. One such announcement involves the insanely popular Angry Birds franchise which is set to spread it’s wings and land which much applause on the Blackberry Playbook tablet. RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis has confirmed that the bird firing app will be available in the summer along with a range of other popular titles. Rovio will surely be excited by the partnership which will further strengthen their cross platform stranglehold...
What’s the best way to stop your rivals from beating you in the market? When it comes to gadgets then buying all the available parts is a pretty good approach. The BlackBerry PlayBook launch looks like being set back a month. Why? Because those chaps at Apple have been stashing away all the blooming touchscreens, that’s why. It seems that the iPad manufacturers have upped their purchasing to cope with iPad 2 demand and left the BlackBerry touchscreen-less for the moment. A release date in mid April is now being quoted for the US and...
The 2011 Tablet Wars are well and truly here, what with the iPad 2 press release yesterday and the Motorola Xoom, Blackberry Playbook and HP Touchpad all launching in the very near future. As with many tech release dates these are based on external sources and industry experts ramblings. This page will be updated with news and specs as and when we hear of them. Where possible both UK and US info has been included. Which one would you pick and what specs excite or indeed dissapoint? MotorolaXoom AppleiPad 2 HPTouchPad BlackBerryPlayBook Operating...
This week has been a real eye opener for the big players in tech, with a distinct change from being very much independent to a ‘if you can’t beat them, join them mentality. First Nokia partnered up with Microsoft and now it seems RIM have done the same thing with Google. RIM, who are the parent company behind the Blackberry Playbook is said to be developing their upcoming tablet to work with the Android Marketplace meaning it will be capable of running Android apps, a big plus point for any device – especially blackberry who’s...
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