BlackBerry PlayBook vs Apple iPad 2

Jun 15
08:09

2011

Jennifer. Abej

Jennifer. Abej

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Apple launched lighter,BlackBerry PlayBook vs Apple iPad 2  Articles thinner and faster ipad2 with enough upgrades to give a tough fight to the Android, webOS and QNX-based tablets.

The changes Apple made in iPad2 is, reduced its weight by about 15 percent to 1.3 pounds from the earlier iPad's 1.6 pounds. But the size is 9.7-inch only while in the market 7 inch tablets are there like Samsung Galaxy Tab, RIM PlayBook and Dell Streak 7

In the 7 inch category RIM PlayBook is popular and giving tough fight to Apple iPad2. Apple's iPad 2 and BlackBerry PlayBook are the most anticipated tablets of 2011.

 

Which tablet is best for your business? Let’s compare both products and find out.

Display: iPad 2 has 9.7-inch display with screen resolution of 1024x768 and RIM PlayBook has 7-inch display with 1024x600 screen resolution. Apple iPad 2 1.3 pounds and is 0.34 inch thin and Playbook 0.9 pounds and is 0.4 inch thick. Here iPad 2 offers big screen size, less weight and thinner than Playbook.

 

Memory Available: Apple iPad 2 is available in 3 types of internal memory configurations, 16GB/32GB/64GB. While the Playbook comes in 8GB/16GB/32GB/64 GB. PlayBook offers 1GB in RAM inside while Apple dint clarify anything about RAM it offers.

 

OS: Apple iPad 2 has iOS 4.3 and RIM works on QNX OS. iPad OS is faster and gives access to the hundreds of thousands of apps available in the Apple App Store. AirPlay functionality is also expanded in version 4.3 of iOS, so you'll be able to use third-party apps to stream content to your Apple TV or Mac. While BlackBerry Tablet OS is a secure operating system offers true multi-tasking, enterprise level security and a uniquely simple user interface. In addition you will get full flash browsing, HTML 5 support. QNX OS offers a different multi-tasking experience as it keeps apps running simultaneously rather than suspending them.

 

Camera: Both of this RIM and Apple's tablets are having from acing and rear cameras. Apple’s rear camera is capable of capturing 720p, HD video up to 30 frames per second with audio. The rear camera has 5X digital zoom and the front camera takes VGA quality images. RIM features a 5 megapixel back camera and a 3 megapixel front camera, both of which can shoot HD video (up to 1080p for the back). Here Playbook beat ipad 2 in resolution.

 

While in Video Conferencing, iPad2 has its own video-conferencing application and service which is called FaceTime. This is advantage for Apple iPad2.

 

 

 

Battery: iPad 2 has a 6930 mAh battery capacity which offers 10 hours of Internet surfing on Wi-Fi, watching video or listening to music. While the PlayBook has 5300 mAh battery capacity, returns 6 hours in battery life. You can charge your iPad 2 in two ways, power adapter or USB to Your Computer system.

 

Apps:  Apple is definitely winner in this part because Apple store provides you plenty of applications to download. It is largest store featuring hundred thousand of apps.

 

Apple iPad 2

RIM PlayBook

 

 

 

OS

iOS 4.3

QNX

Processor

A5 dual-core 1GHz

TI OMAP dual core 1 GHz

Display

9.7-inch

7-inch

Resolution

1024x768

1024x600

Memory

16/32/64 GB

8, 16, 32, 64 GB

RAM

N.A

1GB

Camera

2 cameras rear and front facing

5 MP rear, 3 MP front-facing

Video Capture

720p

1080p

Video Playback

720p

1080p

Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery

10 hrs

6 hrs

Depth

0.34 inch

0.4 inch

Weight

1.33 pounds

0.9 pounds

 

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About the author: Jennifer Abej, content writer for Technoeshop http://www.technoeshop.com/