BlackBerry Playbook VS Apple iPad 2 – Detailed Comparison

Finally, the Apple iPad 2 is out. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who was there at the iPad 2 launch event, specifically said that 2011 can not be the year of the copycats. This, was said by relating to the fact that other tablet manufacturers in the market haven’t already caught up with the technological advancements of the original iPad, let alone the iPad 2. Apple strongly believes that 2011 will be the year of the iPad 2 as 2010 was most definitely the year of the original iPad.

One such contender in the market, against the iPad, is the yet to be announced BlackBerry Playbook. This particular tablet, comes from RIM, whose price and availability details haven’t been given out as yet. The only niche this particular tablet may target primarily, would be die-hard BlackBerry users.

However, if you’re wondering how the BlackBerry Playbook vs iPad 2 fight turns out to be, you can check out how these two devices come head to head, down below:

	BlackBerry Playbook	Apple iPad 2
Manufacturer	RIM	Apple Inc.
Operating System	QNX based OS	iOS 4.3
Processor	1 GHz Dual Core	A5 Dual Core
RAM	1GB	512 MB (confirmed)
Memory	16 GB, 32 GB, 64GB	16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB
Screen size	7-inch	9.7-inch
Dimensions	5.1 inches tall, 7.6 inches wide, and 0.4 inch thick	9.5 tall, 7.31 inches wide and 0.34 inch thick
Multitasking	Yes	Yes
Camera	Two cameras, front and rear	Two cameras, front and rear
Video Recording	Yes, 1080p	Yes, 720p
WiFi and 3G	Yes	Yes
Flash Support	Yes	No
microSD Card Slot	No	No
USB Ports	Yes	No
Price	Unannounced	Starting at $499

So there you have it. The BlackBerry Playbook pitched head to head against the Apple iPad 2.

Verdict:

If there’s any aspect in which the BlackBerry Playbook is better than the iPad 2, it has to be the RAM. Imagine multi-tasking pleasure on a tablet that has 1 gigabytes of RAM. On the other hand, Apple avoided telling us about the RAM on the iPad 2, so its being said that it retains the 256 MB RAM of the previous iPad. Then, the BlackBerry Playbook has USB port while the iPad 2 doesn’t. Other than that, BlackBerry Playbook comes with Flash support, whereas the iPad 2 does not support Flash.

However, the iPad 2 is impressive. Considering the extremely unbelieveable dimensions of the tablet itself, it is amazing to wonder how Apple managed to fit in all that it has in the iPad 2.

BlackBerry Playbook has lost considerable interest because we’ve only been hearing rumours for long about its price and availability, on the other hand, the iPad 2 starts shipping March 11.