14 DAY TRIAL // Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just posted a series of videos that are meant to showcase more of that BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC that it is set to bring to the market in the coming months.
One of these videos is meant to showcase the web fidelity the upcoming device would sport when it comes to multimedia, gaming and social networking, while the other one should offer a glimpse at how easy would be for developers to develop apps using the provided SDK.
RIM claims that its upcoming device would be able to play nicely with all kinds of websites, including those which have HTML5 and Adobe Flash content, and the first video below is meant to show exactly that.
The demonstration follows the previously spotted BlackBerry PlayBook vs. iPad comparison video, and was posted as a response to requests from enthusiasts, the company notes in a recent blog post.
“Our good friend Matthew from the web browser group at Research In Motion (RIM) is back as well, demonstrating rich web video content using both HTML5 and Adobe Flash, and social networking with Facebook Chat, Facebook Flash games and viewing embedded content in your News Feed,” the said post reads.
As for the second video embedded at the bottom of this article, it is meant to prove that the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK Beta2 for Adobe AIR and the BlackBerry PlayBook Simulator Beta are easy to use tools when it comes to deploying applications for the BlackBerry PlayBook.
The video also shows the similarities between testing an application through the BlackBerry PlayBook Simulator, and using an actual BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for that, RIM explains in another blog post.
At the same time, the video showcases how the “BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK integrates directly into Adobe Flash Builder 4 and the GUI builder in Flash Builder 'Burrito',” the blog entry reads.
Basically, RIM is trying to prove that the tools it made available for application developers could easily allow anyone to create BlackBerry PlayBook software.
“You might also be interested in learning that developers who create a qualifying application for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet prior to its initial North American release are eligible for a free BlackBerry PlayBook tablet (here),” the blog post concludes.
The BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK Beta is available for download from Softpedia too, via this link.