WITH 2011 set to become the year of the tablet with 55 million units expected to be sold, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has joined hands with Sprint Nextel to make a mark with its PlayBook in the fast crowding tablet market. RIM is launching the WiFi-only version of its PlayBook in the US market in March. It will sold under $500.
But its wireless version to be released later will run on Sprint’s fast wireless 4G technology and sold through the third largest wireless carrier in the US, according to the Wall Street Journal. The daily says the Sprint or wireless version of the tablet won’t be available until summer, and the companies are yet to reveal the price of the product.
According to the report, Playbook won’t be able to run a significant number of the applications built for RIM’s BlackBerry smartphone because the tablet runs on a new operating system built by QNX Software Systems. RIM bought Ottawa-based QNX Software Systems for $200 million in April to have exclusive access to its software technology for its tablet.
Unveiled in September, the seveninch Playbook has a dual-core computer chip to run high- definition video and other application simultaneously. Moreover, it supports Flash which Apple’s iPad does not, thus enabling PlayBook users to fully access YouTube and Facebook.
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