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Well, it’s been a whle since we last updated this blog! But there’s more news about the Blackberry Playbook (the name has been changed from BlackPad). And it all looks very exciting…

It’s being touted as a mix between gaming platform and Blackberry phone OS-based speedy tablet PC. So, what does it do? As much as you want apparently… It has a 7 inch screen, dual core 1Ghz CPU, multi-touch display and will run Flash and Adobe Air content.

The PlayBook will be capable of 1080p HD video, and comes equipped with an HDMI port as well as a microUSB jack, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1. The device clocks in at a svelte 5.1- by 7.6-inches, is only 0.4-inches thick, and weighs just 400g (or about 0.9 pounds).

Specs

• 7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full 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), supports 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
• Ultra thin and portable

Thanks to the recent surge in demand for smartphones and the increasing popularity of the Blackberry, Research in Motion has, for the first time, broken into the top five phone mobile phone companies worldwide in sales.

RIM replaced Motorola in the Top 5 chart and tied with Sony Ericsson for the No. 4 position. RIM shipped 10.6 million phones in the first quarter, while Motorola, which had been a fixture in the top-five ranking since 2004, shipped 8.5 million phones.

Nokia held on to its No. 1 position worldwide, shipping an incredible 107.8 million phones in the first quarter of the year – up 16 percent from the same quarter year before.

The latest Blackberry phones and increase in demand for smartphones and access to email and other online features has helped push the Blackberry maker into the top 5.