14 DAY TRIAL // DEVCON10 is the place where RIM finally unveiled the long rumored BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC, and is also the place where the company plans on unveiling more details on the device, in a series of special sessions set to take place today and tomorrow.
One of these sessions would be focused on the new BlackBerry Tablet OS, which comes with a wide range of appealing features, and which should prove a great development platform for applications builders.
Set to take place on Tuesday, Sept 28, 12:45pm-1:45pm GG Hall B, the session should be followed by two other events dedicated to the new slate, one set for Tuesday, Sept 28, 4:30-5:30pm GG Hall B, while the other for Wednesday, Sept 29, 10:45-11:45am YBB 1-3.
The last two sessions will be focused on Adobe Flash-based rich Internet application (RIA) development based on Flash Builder 4.
We already had the chance to take a quick look at the new tablet PC from RIM, but it seems that there are some features that were not mentioned, including the fact that it would come with support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR and HTML-5.
Boasting a vivid 7” high resolution display, the new BlackBerry PlayBook comes with premium multimedia features, aimed at providing users with an enhanced experience, RIM announced.
“It includes dual HD cameras for video capture and video conferencing that can both record HD video at the same time, and an HDMI-out port for presenting one's creations on external displays,” the company stated.
The slate comes with a 1 GHz dual-core application processor inside, as well as with the new BlackBerry Tablet OS which, according to RIM, supports true symmetric multiprocessing.
“Together, the abundant processing power and highly sophisticated OS enable the BlackBerry PlayBook to provide users with true multitasking and a highly-responsive and fluid touch screen experience for apps and content services,” RIM notes.
The operating system should enable easy building of applications, as it comes with support for Open GL for 2D and 3D graphics, and can run software solutions built in Adobe Mobile AIR or with the new BlackBerry WebWorks app platform.
Another important feature of the new operating system is that it comes with support for Java, so that developers can port existing BlackBerry 6 Java applications to the BlackBerry Tablet OS environment.
Additional info on the slate can be found in the video below, while more details on the Special DEVCON10 Sessions on BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry Tablet OS can be found here.