Today RIM announced the BlackBerry PlayBook, the first tablet device from the Canadian-based wireless company.  Here are the bullet points:

– 7" LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen w/ multi-touch and gesture support.
– BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
– 1 GHz dual-core processor
– 1 GB RAM
– Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), 1080p HD video recording
– Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
– Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
– HDMI video output
– Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
– Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
– Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
– Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
– Measures 5.1"x7.6"x0.4" (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
– Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)

Looks pretty cool at first glance.  Unfortunately, it won’t be out in the U.S. until “early 2011.”

Source: RIM Press Release