Oh boy, the BlackBerry popo are going to be busy today. It seems an unofficial, early-build BlackBerry PlayBook has landed in the wild with Ryder posting about it on a blog called Mobility Insider. No doubt he sold his soul for this one (I'd sell my soul three times to have a production PlayBook right now), but there's a video above to prove he has it and apparently a longer video is on its way. In addition to the teaser video, a bunch of first impressions were posted. Here's the short version:
- UI - fluid, fast and easy to navigate
- Look and Feel - solid and well built, 7" tablet is easy to type on. He feels Job is wrong on 7" not being big enough
- Cameras and Multimedia - front and rear cameras are working well, and apparently the media player is awesome
It's a good start to a pre-release review. Let's see if they add more. In the meantime, for all the latest info on the BlackBerry PlayBook, click here.
Source: Mobility Insider
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