2010 was the year of tablet PCs; hands down. It was the pioneer Apple who brought out the glorious iPad, the first ever tablet which took the world by a storm. It was one of a kind product which couldn’t fit into any existing categories of computers. Neither was it a desktop, nor a laptop. It gave rise to an era of the all new “Tablet PCs”. It sure was one of the best selling products of the year 2010. People preferring a portable PC happily bought an iPad for themselves. But how can we forget? This is the world of technology; one starts, the rest follow the suit. Many companies started planning a tablet for their own brand.
A new tablet PC which is being greatly touted by the IT industry as the next best tablet is the BlackBerry Playbook. This tablet PC introduced by RIM may even overtake market sales of Apple iPad it is said! With some awesome features and some even better than the iPad, it sure has a great future. Let’s have a look.
The Operating System:
What makes Apple iPad popular and user-friendly is the Apple iOS which is used in iPhones also. On the other hand BlackBerry Playbook runs on an exclusively made QNX based Operating System. This OS was especially designed for the RIM Tablet.
Processor and RAM:
Apple iPad has a 1GHz Processor and a 256 MB RAM; while the BlackBerry Playbook boasts of the same 1 GHz Processor but with a 1GB RAM. The winner is clear!
Camera:
Where Apple iPad does not come with an inbuilt camera, BlackBerry comes with a 5 megapixel rear camera and a 3 Megapixel front facing camera! Now that sure is the silver lining on RIM’s cloud.
Display:
This is an area where the iPad takes away the glory. Apple gives us a 9.7 inch screen with a 1024 x 768 resolution; whereas we get a 7 inch screen and a resolution of 1024 x 600 from BlackBerry. Playbook certainly has a very small screen which sometimes leaves the critics wondering whether it would really be able to express all that it has.
The tablet browser:
Now this is something which would earn Playbook its brownie points. It comes with a browser which is built on Open Web Browsers hence supporting the Flash which the apple iPad does not. So that definitely means that you can access your favourite videos on YouTube when you have a Playbook but not when you have an iPad. Similarly iPad wouldn’t allow you to play your favourite games (which are usually Flash based) and send instant messages.
Apart from this, both the tablets come with a connectivity option through Bluetooth.
Needless to say, from all the things discussed above Playbook certainly has a better future. It certainly is better than iPad in several aspects. Until and unless you are really enthralled by Apple iPad’s user-friendly interface, BlackBerry Playbook seems to be much better a choice.
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