Research In Motion has launched the 4G LTE BlackBerry Playbook Tablet 2 in its home country, Canada. The tablet launched today has a 7-inch display, front and rear HD cameras, HDMI-out, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and 32GB of storage. The slate runs on the latest OS 2 software. The device is priced at C$550 contract-free. Carriers Bell, TELUS, and Rogers are selling the device for C$350 on a three-year contract.
What Else You Need To Know:
- RIM has not announced release dates outside Canada.
- RIM has yet to launch a device with BlackBerry 10 OS, its next-generation QNX-based platform.
Other sources
- Tech Radar
- 4G LTE BlackBerry Playbook comes to Canada