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The Blackberry Playbook With Adobe Flash capabilities the Blackberry Playbook displays impressively sharp images on a high-resolution screen – just one of many remarkable specifications offered by this fantastic tablet. The presence of Flash unlocks a host of web video that can easily be plugged into your TV via the HDMI business world. BlackBerry Balance also conveniently allows you to keep work and personal communications separate which is a great little feature. The PlayBook comes loaded with Word, Sheet, and Slideshow to Go from DataVis, giving you the ability to view PPT, DOC, and XLS files, even create the latter two right on the tablet. Viewing and editing documents is simple so makes for increased productivity. The seven inch high resolution touch display enables full email inbox functionality as well as giving you easy access to your address book, calendar, memo pad and task list and being perfect for those all-important PowerPoint presentations. Applications galore With the latest tablet to vie for our attention, we wanted to know what it offers in terms of applications. Let us start by saying that applications load quickly, are impressively responsive and switching between them is largely effortless. Another noteworthy point is that the BlackBerry App World boasts the first ever designed- for-tablets Facebook app, which more than lives up to expectations. The video chat app is BlackBerry’s Skype and FaceTime rival. There’s also a fantastic music store app. Open the music app to access four big, convenient buttons where you can select artists, albums, genres, or all songs, test your gaming skills with pre-loaded applications including Need for Speed, Undercover and TETRIS. Blackberry App World provides a gateway to a whole host of awesome apps to offer challenging experiences. Another exciting development is the access to Android apps in the BlackBerry App Market. The Android Player functionality will be able to interpret the code of apps designed for Android and submitted to RIMs store opened up so many more possibilities for applications to the Blackberry Playbook user. Applications run simultaneously and in real time for exceptional multi- tasking. A slick performer Tablets have become increasingly sophisticated and now this seven inch tablet makes multi-tasking simple with ultra fast web browsing and exceptionally fast responses. The PlayBook boasts a 1GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor, which is similar to the iPad 2, although the PlayBook sometimes takes a little time when opening apps. Multi-tasking is available and, in theory, you can have a HD video, game, music app and web browser all running concurrently. When we put this theory to the test, we’re pleased to report it worked efficiently with no frustrating slowdown. On a par with the iPad 2, you can expect approximately seven hours of web browsing, video watching, game playing and general usage from the Blackberry Playbook in terms of battery life – enough to get you through the day or last a couple of days depending on what you use it for. At 425g it’s lighter than the iPad 2 (601g), and very comfortable to hold with one hand, while still feeling reassuringly weighty. RIM has struck the perfect balance with a tablet featuring a fairly soft feeling rubberised back is a masterstroke which making it easy to handle and providing a slick feel as you cruise easily around the device. It’s even comfortable when reading one-handed for longer periods of time. Cameras are not generally a major feature on tablets, but that said; the five-megapixel snapper on the PlayBook produces quality shots in good lighting conditions, offering great clarity and excellent viewing angles. With three megapixels up front and five around the back, enabling 1080p MPEG4 video recording in a tablet, the Blackberry Playbook delivers decent results. Combining all the features you need within one ultra-portable design, the intuitive Blackberry Playbook is the latest tablet available for busy people on the go. THE BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK connect anytime, anywhere 137 SIMPLY ABU DHABI Time to keep in touch With the Blackberry Playbook, it is the touch of your fingers that gives you complete control and provides a gateway to the world of communications. The 7-inch, 600x1024 LCD screen displays HD video trailers on YouTube in vivid colour and with fantastic clarity. The home screens, menus and WebPages are also clear and crisp and the keypad in highly responsive. Flicks and swipes across the screen are also fairly intuitive, so all in all makes for a user-friendly experience in terms of performance, but then there will always be comparisons made to the iPad 2, so in the end it may come down to personal preference. With games, media, applications and all the rich content offered by the real Internet – all from your Blackberry Playbook – you are in touch with the world and it only takes your touch on this incredible tablet to get started. So move with the times and keep up with the technological advances with the 7inch ultra-portable, ultra-compact, ultra-powerful tablet that does it all. There’s bound to be something else lurking just around the corner so get in touch with the Playbook today. For more information please visit www.blackberry.com

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