Browsing the Internet and play multimedia content immediately, almost finger swipe, are the two great virtues that we provide these devices called tablets. The Apple iPad was the first. More than two years after its launch, this gadget continues to revolutionize the technology market.
Halfway between a netbook, a cell phone or an e-reader, tablets and ignores the keyboard to navigate the web, check email, watch videos and photos, listen to mu music, play games or connect to other devices through Bluetooth technology.
All this using the finger of one hand. According to Gartner, by the end of 2010 had sold nearly 20 million tablets worldwide.
The Cutting Edge
During the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES, for its acronym in English), held in Las Vegas, was presented in partnership PlayBook, the first tablet BlackBerry, whose identity is summarized in a modern attractive design, or very carefully, as an operating system and a new way to navigate.
Unlike the iPad, supports both Flash content as HTM5 pages. This means that any content created with load current and future web standards, with the sharpness of a large computer.
Other aspects of care: the browser lets you save links, images, and text. The tablet, 10 mm thick, more than the new iPad, it is easier to carry because it is light pequeñay: weighs 425 grams and measures 130-194 millimeters.
Other advantages of PlayBook
Its bright screen, seven-inch touch notable for its framework. PlayBook runs, even if minimized, several applications at once without take a long time. In fact, you can use two graphically powerful games at the same time or you can write a document as the tablet projected a movie on the TV.
Also surprising autonomy: does not require a computer to start using nor a BlackBerry phone. Application offering is expanding every day. Updates both application and operating system are performed almost automatically.
The price? The 16-gigabyte version with wifi costs a little more than the iPad 2 with the same capacity.
Tags: Revolution, Tablets