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BlackBerry PlayBook and iPad Comparison: Web Fidelity (VIDEO)

Douglas Soltys — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:05:18 +0000

I know many of you are eager to see more of the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ in action. I’m excited to share the above video with you that we filmed with Matthew from the web browser group here at RIM, which demonstrates how the web browsing experience is coming together on the PlayBook.

On the video, Matthew quickly runs through a series of comparison tests with a PlayBook and iPad (running iOS 3.2.2), which demonstrate three things: the speed of the PlayBook Browser, its support for rich Adobe® Flash® content, and the performance of open web standards like HTML 5 on the PlayBook. Post a comment and let us know what you think!

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BlackBerry PlayBook: The Apps Are Already Coming

Douglas Soltys — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:16:00 +0000

You may know that many attendees were surprised during the Adobe MAX keynote when Kevin Lynch of Adobe revealed that the tablet he was using was a BlackBerry PlayBook. You may have also seen RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis joining him soon afterward for a detailed BlackBerry PlayBook app demo.

What many of you might not know is that, owing to the ease-of-development of the BlackBerry Tablet OS and related tools, developers are already writing apps—and quickly. (Keep in mind that the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK for Adobe AIR has only been out since Monday!) Here’s a quick highlight of what developers are already building for the BlackBerry PlayBook.

BlackBerry PlayBook at Adobe MAX

Douglas Soltys — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:42:39 +0000

It’s been an exciting week for the BlackBerry PlayBook and our sister site the Inside BlackBerry Developer’s Blog. Not only did RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis demo BlackBerry PlayBook apps during the Adobe MAX 2010 keynote, but he also announced a BlackBerry PlayBook giveaway for developers! The BlackBerry PlayBook SDK for Adobe AIR was also released in beta, allowing eager developers to get started building great BlackBerry PlayBook apps. Make sure to watch the video above to see BlackBerry PlayBook apps in action and click on the links below for the rest of the news from Adobe MAX 2010.

BlackBerry PlayBook Developer Promotion Information
BlackBerry PlayBook Demo Highlights from Adobe MAX
BlackBerry PlayBook SDK: Adobe AIR Development
BlackBerry at Adobe Max 2010