August 9 Release of BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet With 4G LTE

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Following a gradual decrease in the market share of Research In Motion in the device market, the company may be hoping that its upcoming device offering will allow it to get back on the good graces of consumers. The 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry PlayBook of RIM is expected to become available in the market by August 9 in the Canadian market even as the schedule for the US release has yet to be announced by the company.

The 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry Playbook will be available with a 32GB internal storage and if 4G LTE connectivity is unavailable, the device will reportedly adjust to an HSPA+ network automatically. According to the company, the European and US release of the 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry PlayBook will be coming in the next few months. The same goes with other markets around the world,

Even though the 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry Playbook already has a release date for Canada, the company has yet to reveal its price tag.

Aside from the 4G LTE network support and an upgrade in the processor from 1GHz to 1.5GHz, the device basically has the same features as the original device that was released around a year ago. The 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry Playbook will feature a seven-inch display screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600, a pair of HD cameras, stereo speakers, and HDMI capability.

The 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry Playbook will also feature a 1GB of RAM although it will only be available in one storage option at 32GB.

The 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry Playbook is considered as the last chance for RIM to be able to perform well in the market following a number of issues that resulted to poor sales of the original model of the device. The company incurred huge losses last year since it had a good number of unsold devices in its inventory.

The situation was only exacerbated by the release of much cheaper seven-inch tablets including the Amazon Kindle Fire which was priced at around $199, which is less than half the price of the RIM tablet. The 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry Playbook will also feature the BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 operating system, which will give the upcoming device some of the features that was absent on the original model of the device.

The future of RIM will likely lie on the performance of the 4G LTE model of the BlackBerry Playbook in the market, which may soon see the release of the reported iPad Mini of Apple.