SAN FRANCISCO — BlackBerry builder Research In Motion is jumping into a inscription locus with a PlayBook. It will have a 7-inch shade and is written for both personal and commercial operation users.

“This is an ultramobile, regularly upon, ultrathin device,” Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of Research In Motion told attendees during a ongoing BlackBerry developer discussion. “The initial time you reason it, it only feels right as well as you wish to take it everywhere you go.”

The BlackBerry PlayBook is 0.4 inches (9.7 mm) thick, creation it thinner than a iPad’s 0.5 inches.

It will embody Wi-Fi though no 3G connectivity, creation it the inscription which will have to be interconnected with BlackBerry phones for 3G internet entrance. RIM did not criticism upon either a wireless tethering choice will be accessible with alternative smartphones, as well. But it is promising 3G as well as 4G models in a future.

The device will have the high-resolution 1024 x 600 pixels widescreen display as well as will be lightweight during only 0.9 lbs, compared to a iPad’s 1.5 lbs.

The PlayBook will run on a 1-GHz dual-core processor as well as come with 1 GB IMPEL. It will additionally include dual cameras: a 5-megapixel camera at the behind, as well as the 3-megapixel front-facing camera. The PlayBook additionally has videorecording capability.

The inscription will run QNX, an handling complement from the association which Research In Motion paid for final year. It will include an HDMI video output as well as the USB port.

EDGE did not make known pricing or exact accessibility for the PlayBook. The device is approaching to strike sell stores early next year.

BlackBerry’s PlayBook the ultimate challenger to Apple’s iPad, which launched in April. Apple has sold some-more than 3 million iPads so far, while rivals have been delayed to meet the plea. Dell as well as Samsung have voiced their own tablets, yet Samsung’s Galaxy Tab inscription has yet to hit a marketplace. Meanwhile, Microsoft as well as HP have both canceled programmed inscription projects.

RIM has a single value: The BlackBerry platform is still the No. 1 smartphone handling system since of a company’s strength with business users. Because the PlayBook is tied to the BlackBerry, which may give it the leg up in the market.

BlackBerry’s inscription also hopes to kick rivals by charity a abounding web experience, multitasking as well as the rapid processor, as well as by attracting developers as well as publishers to a device.

The PlayBook will support full Flash 10.1, have hardware-accelerated video as well as 1080p HD video.

Lazaridis hopes a PlayBook will turn the the one preferred between business users.

“The BlackBerry PlayBook, only similar to a BlackBerry smartphones, will turn a craving customary,” he told developers.

The PlayBook will support multitasking and the local SDK, or program developers kit, will be accessible for the device.

“The PlayBook will be an implausible gaming height for game designers as well as the great platform for publishers,” says Dan Dodge, a founder of QNX who is additionally being billed as the inventor of a PlayBook inscription. “We are giving everybody a full web experience upon the really absolute platform.”

EDGE didn’t suggest any hands-on demos with a PlayBook, gripping a device firmly behind the potion box. But we have the couple of photos of a PlayBook from a uncover. Also check out the company’s preview video for a BlackBerry PlayBook.

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BlackBerry’s preview video for the PlayBook: