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RIM Launches A New Tablet Called The PlayBook


At the annual Research In Motion BlackBerry Developer Conference, CEO Mike Lazaridis announced a new tablet to rival the Apple iPad. The tablet is called the PlayBook. RIM developed the tablet’s operating system using QNX technology; RIM bought out QNX this past April. The operating system that will run the PlayBook is called the BlackBerry Tablet OS and it offers full OpenGL and POSIX support. The BlackBerry Tablet OS also supports the HTML5 web standard. These platforms are all tied to RIM’s new WebWorks SDK.
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