Apple iPad took the level to touchscreen tablet PCs to a new height. And now RIM is all set to stun the market with its BlackBerry PlayBook. Competition between Apple and BlackBerry has always been a tough and healthy one and BlackBerry PlayBook VS Apple iPad is to watch out for.
With the release of BlackBerry PlayBook, we have a portable and powerful touchscreen tablet PC than the others in the market. Below is a detailed comparision of the specifications of Apple iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook, which would help you to take a right decision.
PROCESSOR
Apple iPad runs on a single core processor of 1 GHz. Whereas, BlackBerry PlayBook has two such processors. This surely marks PlayBook as a powerful and faster tablet PC than iPad. Apple uses Cortex A8 processor technology for iPad.
Unlike Apple iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook makes use of Cortex A9 processor technology.
DISPLAY
When it comes to display, Apple has always been the best in the business. BlackBerry PlayBook features a 7 inch display screen compared to 9.7 inches display screen of Apple iPad. iPad offers a display resolution of 1024 x 768, whereas PlayBook offers the same of 1024 x 600 pixels.
Apple might of won this comparision, but RIM could introduce top-spec LCD panel to make the competition more close.
PORTABILITY
Physically, BlackBerry PlayBook is smaller than Apple iPad. Its thickness is 0.5 inches compared to the 0.4 inches of that of iPad. And PlayBook weighs 0.9 pounds, which is way lesser than 1.5 pounds than that of iPad.
CONNECTIVITY
Apple iPad features high speed 3G connectivity but presently, BlackBerry PlayBook rides on Wi Fi networks only. But connectivity is something, which RIM would surely work on once it sees the response of the market.
CAMERA
Camera specifications of BlackBerry PlayBook is something that RIM would brag about. It features two cameras. The one placed on the front side is a 3 megapixel camera, and the one placed on the rear side is a 5 megapixel camera. And in addition to it, the camera placed on the rear side can capture videos in 1080p resolution. This surely spices up the BlackBerry PlayBook VS Apple iPad battle.
OPERATING SYSTEM AND APPLICATIONS
No wonder, Apple’s App Store is something that every application developer looks at. With Apple iPad, a user can access upto 25,000 applications, specially optimized for iPad. Whereas, BlackBerry PlayBook cannot run the applications available on BlackBerry App World because unlike other RIM devices, PlayBook runs on the new “Neutrino” OS from QNX.
RIM promises that this new OS will power so many amazing applications as it supports Adobe Flash, Adobe AIR and HTML5.
CONCLUSION
BlackBerry PlayBook is not just another small fish which is over hyped by calling it a rival of Apple iPad. With the powerful processor, PlayBook has some real power and speed to offer. Although PlayBook doesnot have any interesting applications to brag about like Apple’s App store but its robust OS is really promising.
With no cameras of iPad, PlayBook’s two powerful cameras with one offering a 1080p shooting mode, PlayBook is all ready to prove its metal. Products by Apple always raise the bench mark which proves to be a difficult task for its counterparts.
Since the release of PlayBook is a recent activity by BlackBerry, we do not have numbers to rank any of these amazing tablet PCs. Apple iPad has already proved to be one of its kind tablet PC but considering the specifications of PlayBook, the market war, BlackBerry PlayBook VS Apple iPad is just about to begin on high flames.
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