Stores Begins Accepting Orders For BlackBerry PlayBook in US and Canada Today
Research In Motion (RIM) has today announced that it is making BlackBerry PlayBook tablet available in more than 20,000 retail stores in the U.S. and Canada.
The BlackBerry PlayBook with Wi-Fi will be available in three models and will feature a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) starting at $499 in the United States and Canada. The lineup of retailers and wireless carriers currently expected to carry the BlackBerry PlayBook in the United States and Canada includes the following companies stores:
United States
- AT&T
- Best Buy
- Cbeyond
- Cellular South
- Cincinnati Bell
- Office Depot
- RadioShack
- ShopBlackBerry.com
- Staples
- Sprint
- Verizon
- BlackBerry from Wireless Giant
Canada
- Bell
- Best Buy
- Chapters / Indigo
- Costco
- Future Shop
- Mobilicity
- MTS Allstream
- Rogers
- Sasktel
- Sears
- ShopBlackBerry.com
- Staples
- Telus
- Tbooth Wireless
- The Source
- Videotron
- Walmart
- WIND Mobile
- WIRELESS etc.
- WIRELESSWAVE
BlackBerry PlayBook Specifications
- 7″ 1024×600 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 high resolution video playback (H.264, MPEG4, WMV)
- 1080p HDMI output
- Dual 1080p HD cameras for video conferencing and video capture (3MP front and 5MP rear)
- 1 GB RAM memory
- Up to 64 GB internal storage (16, 32 and 64 GB models)
- GPS, Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), 6-Axis Motion Sensor (Gyroscope), Digital Compass (Magnetometer)
- Stereo speakers and stereo microphones
- Wi-Fi® (802.11 a/b/g/n) connectivityBluetooth® 2.1+EDR support