Good news for those of you who find the BlackBerry PlayBook, because the BlackBerry PlayBook has been available in Best Buy Mobile stores in the U.S. and Future Shop stores in Canada. If you want to get this PlayBook, you can start placing your preorders starting today at 8 am Eastern Time.
As reported in cnet.com, the BlackBerry PlayBook is finally available for preorder. Wi-Fi equipped Playbook will come in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB flavors, and is $ 499, $ 599 and $ 699 respectively. In particular, it reflects the IPAD 2 exactly prices, at least for models with Wi-Fi only. Will Best Buy stores starting April 19 in the U.S. and Canada. The PlayBook will also be available at select Best Buy Mobile stores in the U.S. and Future Shop stores in Canada. To obtain an advantage, you can start doing your preorders starting today at 8 am EDT.
As a reminder, the PlayBook is running on the QNX platform that allows robust multitasking. It also has a 1-GHz dualcore processor, 1GB of RAM, micro HDMI, 1080p video playback, a back 5 megapixel camera and a 3 megapixel rear camera on the front. The screen measures just 7 inches diagonally.

If you are interested in products from RIM, the following are the recommendations of one of the products from RIM, the BlackBerry Curve 8520.
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2009, July | |
| Status | Available. Released 2009, August |
| Size | Dimensions | 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 106 g |
| Display | Type | TFT, 65K colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 320 x 240 pixels, 2.46 inches | |
| - Full QWERTY keyboard |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; Polyphonic(32), MP3 ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes, check quality | |
| - Dedicated music keys |
| Memory | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
|---|---|---|
| Call records | Yes | |
| Internal | 256 MB | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB |
| Data | GPRS | Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps |
|---|---|---|
| EDGE | Class 10, 236.8 kbps | |
| 3G | No | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11b/g | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v2.0 with A2DP | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB |
| Camera | Primary | 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Yes, QVGA | |
| Secondary | No |
| Features | OS | BlackBerry OS |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 512MHz processor | |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| Radio | No | |
| Games | Yes + downloadable | |
| Colors | Black | |
| GPS | No | |
| Java | Yes | |
| - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - Organizer - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1150 mAh | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 408 h | |
| Talk time | Up to 4 h 30 min |
| Misc | SAR US | 1.22 W/kg (head) 0.83 W/kg (body) |
|---|---|---|
| SAR EU | 1.02 W/kg (head) 0.78 W/kg (body) | |
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