Characteristics of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
- 7 inch (17.8 cm) screen size
- Multi-touch capacitive screen that supports up to four simultaneous touch points
- Landscape-oriented display with support for portrait display
- On-screen virtual keyboard and optional external keyboard
- BlackBerry® Tablet OS (IEEE® POSIX® certified and supports symmetric multiprocessing)
- 1 GHz dual-core processor
- Support for Adobe® Flash®, Adobe® AIR®, BlackBerry® WebWorks™, HTML 5, and OpenGL®
- 1 GB RAM
- 16 GB, 32 GB, or 64 GB internal storage space
- Dual HD cameras (3 MP forward-facing and 5 MP rear-facing)
- Stereo speakers
- Multimedia support (video: 1080p HD, MPEG-4, WMV, with HDMI output; audio: MP3, AAC, and WMA)
- Wi-Fi® (IEEE® 802.11™ a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR wireless networking
- External connectors (micro-HDMI, micro-USB, 3.5 mm audio output, and charger)
For more information about other capabilities of the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet, see the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK Feature and Technical Overview.
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